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[QUOTE="Pushkin, post: 2825819, member: 9011"] [B]Jack Bird[/B] is one of the best young players in the competition, and he deserves a fat contract. He's also a massive loss for the Sharks. He doesn't deserve to be panned for accepting a good offer. There is a lot more to the Bird story. When Bird was negotiating with Cronulla no senior officials were involved, until the very end. That's the formula that is normally successful for the Sharks as coach [B]Shane Flanagan[/B] is a known deal maker. [I]On the other hand, Bird was wooed by Brisbane and Newcastle's coach, chief executive and other officials. The Sharks will say he should never have been meeting with other clubs, but Bird's management will argue he wasn't talked to by the Sharks until January. Cronulla will say they had [B]Valentine Holmes [/B]to lock down. It is safe to say neither side is thrilled. But that is what can happen when negotiations go south. Debate has been raging about exactly how much the Broncos will pay Bird. Brisbane have been hosing down the price because they fear what they are going to need to pay off-contract stars[B]Darius Boyd[/B] and [B]Anthony Milford[/B]. My sources tell me the original offer was $800,000 for year one, $850,000 for year two and $900,000 in the third year. That was knocked back by Bird's management. Until I see the contract, I will believe my sources who say Bird was eventually paid $950,000 for three years. In year four the deal is for $1.2million, and the option for that fourth year is in Bird's favour. That matches the $4 million for four years I was told after the deal was done. That's a long way from the original figure the Broncos were feeding to the local media of $700,000 a year for three years. A star Bronco would have accepted that without thinking twice. Brisbane are now trying to change the focus of the media by saying the Sharks shouldn't have put out a statement saying Brisbane had signed him. Brisbane don't need their players wondering why they aren't on "Bird money". It has the potential to be distracting and take the focus off their season. Boyd has the right to feel he should be the highest paid player at the club. And despite internal pressure for Milford to do a deal, his agent, [B]Sam Ayoub[/B], is not in a rush. Bird wasn't [B]Wayne Bennett's[/B] only choice. The Broncos coach made a very sneaky play to try to snatch brilliant young fullback [B]Kalyn Ponga[/B]. He was being sold Boyd's fullback position. Bird will be sorely missed by the Sharks, which is why, on Wednesday, a group of senior players did their best to keep him. [B]Chris Heighington[/B] and [B]Paul Gallen [/B]had a long chat to Bird over a coffee in Cronulla. Gallen then drove Bird to a crisis meeting with Flanagan. Gallen offered to attend the meeting with Bird, but the young star went on his own and left 40 minutes later without signing on. According to Danny weidler in the Sydney morning herald.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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