AFL: Geelong footy boss Andrew Mackie spoke about the last minute deal to secure Bailey Smith, and how important he will be for the Cats.
Arguably no trade was more climatic than Bailey Smith’s move to Geelong that took until the final few minutes of Wednesday night’s deadline, with his manager lifting the lid on how it went down.
Smith’s manager, Paul Connors, who heads up Connors Sports Management, said the deal got caught up in the Dogs’ other moves, with list boss Sam Power seemingly the busiest man at the deadline. “The time came when I needed to ask Geelong to see what they could do with a bit extra from Pick 17. In everyone’s mind, they just got Pick 17, but they slid from Pick 38 to 45 — they wanted to 38 to 47.
It included another prominent Connor Sports client, Dan Houston, being granted his move to Collingwood as part of a three-way mega trade with Port Adelaide and Gold Coast.despite some backlash it didn’t yield a big enough return for dual All-Australian Houston — a package centred around Pick 13, Jack Lukosius and Joe Richards
“There wasn’t a better offer, that’s why maybe they paused — Pick 25 was always going to Caleb Daniel — they could only have possibly got Pick 13 for their future first.It gives the Power a first-round pick for the first time since 2021, with selections 29, 36 and 50 rounding out their draft hand.
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