Rohan signs 3 year deal

**liz** · 16th July 2011, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by Triple B

This Gary Rohan interview which is linked from the RWO Wiki confirms as I suspected that he signed for 3 years at the start, rather than the standard obligatory 2 year draftee contract. If memory serves me correct we speculated on RWO that the Swans moved quickly because a 2 year contract would see him come out of contract this year, smack bang in GWS' window (even tho they have the same concessions next year).

I'd love to see that he signed for a further 3 years again, but it would be a real surprise if he was doing all that stuff when he's still got 18 months to go on his current contract.

I must admit I am sceptical - not that there was a piece in the Daily Telegraph but that it is true. Extending a contract out for a further 3 years would be an incredibly high risk both for Gary - who will be currently getting paid primarily on potential and with a CBA in progress - and for the club, for a player who is still very raw and far from a sure thing.

Would seem likely that someone at the Tele heard something about an initial 3 year contract and got himself a bit mixed up. A one year extension, to take him beyond the reaches of the GWS recruitment concessions would make sense for the club, though maybe not for Gary himself, given the money GWS has to throw around over the next couple of seasons.

**Bexl** · 16th July 2011, 06:50 PM

The heraldsun did make the point that he was now out of GWS's reach so what people are saying about a 3 year deal instead of a 2 year one to start his time with the Swans sounds right.

**giant** · 16th July 2011, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by ScottH

It was mentioned in one of the other threads, but probably deserves a thread of it's own!!
Terrific News

Agreed, though it's looking like time for an apostrophe refresher session all round.

**nomae** · 16th July 2011, 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by giant

Agreed, though it's looking like time for an apostrophe refresher session all round.

Haha yes!

But let's reverse here; we still have no online source of this? If it were true (which I hope it is), wouldn't it be all over the Swans website?

**Nich** · 16th July 2011, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by nomae

Haha yes!

But let's reverse here; we still have no online source of this? If it were true (which I hope it is), wouldn't it be all over the Swans website?

Not really. Not every new contract signed is advertised to the supporters/public. I would be surprised if the Herald Sun would run it in the paper and not have a solid source for it. In the whole scheme of football news down in Melbourne, for them to run a story on Gary signing you would think they would have the correct info.

**Steve** · 16th July 2011, 10:30 PM

It was in the HS last week, not an article by one of the main footy journos (just a one paragraph piece in the Confidential? page in the sport section).

It did read as though it was an extra 3 years - perhaps they meant a 2-year extension on top of the current deal which expires next year. GWS are still in the mix at the end of 2012, so it makes sense we'd want to extend his current contract sooner rather than later.

But it is surprising nothing has been mentioned anywhere else.

**Dosser** · 17th July 2011, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by Nich

Not really. Not every new contract signed is advertised to the supporters/public. I would be surprised if the Herald Sun would run it in the paper and not have a solid source for it. In the whole scheme of football news down in Melbourne, for them to run a story on Gary signing you would think they would have the correct info.

Imagine a newspaper running a story without a solid source...

**Nich** · 17th July 2011, 12:37 PM

What I'm saying smarty

is that this is not the type of story you would run not based on truth. Nothing to gain from it. Especially in a Melbourne paper about an injured second year Sydney player.