Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Tue Nov 01, 2022 10:36 am  

rather retire than go to bradford?
sound decision.
good luck to him. been good player in some poor seasons

Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Tue Nov 01, 2022 10:51 am  

Tough call and I'm sure we'll have had to pay him off so that's going to hurt him. Whatever we'll have done will have been in the most cap-friendly way possible. Surprised it didn't involve him getting a coaching job for a year

Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Tue Nov 01, 2022 10:53 am  

christopher wrote:

I'm not sure we've convinced him per se, I think he was probably told he had to go to the Bulls or similar and thought retiring was a better option (I don't blame him)

We will have had to pay him off, does that go on the cap or not?

We coundnt have forced him to go to the bulls tho, could have easily just sat back and got his final year salary.

Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Tue Nov 01, 2022 11:00 am  

We would have negotiated a payment - I'd assume a similar sort of amount we would have had to subsidise him at the Bulls. Wouldn't be his whole year's wages though. Maybe half?

Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Tue Nov 01, 2022 11:03 am  

leedsbarmyarmy wrote:

We coundnt have forced him to go to the bulls tho, could have easily just sat back and got his final year salary.

In fairness I think Prior wouldn't do that, he seems a decent bloke. He'll be getting a pay off anyway so will be well looked after.

Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Tue Nov 01, 2022 11:22 am  

My bet is he will take up some role that's not on the cap for a year or two maybe ?.

The quota spot is handy tho. How many do we have now ?

Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Tue Nov 01, 2022 11:25 am  

Emagdnim13 wrote:

My bet is he will take up some role that's not on the cap for a year or two maybe ?.

The quota spot is handy tho. How many do we have now ?

I think he'll go home, hasn't he got a young family?

We have one quota spot now, we had none before!

Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Tue Nov 01, 2022 11:31 am  

Emagdnim13 wrote:

My bet is he will take up some role that's not on the cap for a year or two maybe ?.

The quota spot is handy tho. How many do we have now ?

Wouldn’t have thought so, if that was the case the club would have said he’s taking up a non playing role.

Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Tue Nov 01, 2022 11:43 am  

Overall, i think he's definitely been one of the better overseas singings we've made. He always gave everything, and his mobility and ability to offload late will be missed.

Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Tue Nov 01, 2022 11:52 am  

He was a very good player. Time caught up with him. Not his fault we dumbly offered a 34-year old a 2 year contract. Hopefully lesson learned - we seem to be generally signing players for 2 years now, which is about right unless they are really special or expected to take a while to develop.