Geelong Cats · 4 notes
Toby Greene's move to Geelong started early, with Simon Murphy calling his manager, Paul Connors. The Cats didn't speak to Greene himself until a couple of weeks after his season ended. Andrew Mackie: "Jeremy Cameron playing at our club helps with a Toby Greene discussion."
Toby Greene was the easy one of three. Geelong list boss Andrew Mackie said the Cats had all three targets locked in before the trade period: "Obviously, Toby was easier being the unrestricted free agent." As a free agent, he cost no trade.
Geelong wanted to keep pick 14 but gave it up to land Rowan Marshall, leaving no early pick. "Out of respect to him, we just wanted to get him in," Andrew Mackie said. He called it a great thing for the club that Toby Greene, Jordan Ridley and Marshall "want to come."
Toby Greene took up free agency and Lachie Whitfield went to Carlton for no first-rounder, which GWS's Jason McCartney called "the best deal that's been done with a 32-year-old or plus player." Giants hold picks 9, 20, 26 and 59: "we needed more assets in this year's draft."