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| Worst kept secrets?? Brown had decided to stay with the Lions a week before Mathews left!! Boy you seem to know more what is happening then what these guys are actually doing.... |
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| "It was going to have no effect (on re-signing)," Brown said. "I was going to re-sign so I was comfortable with the fact he was coach. "It was done on the weekend, I found out this morning (of the resignation). "We weren't expecting it. Leigh obviously had 12 months to go on his deal, so yeah, it was a shock." Yeah pull the other leg Brown, ONE OF FOOTIES WORST KEPT SECRETS |
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| JONATHAN Brown had no idea that friend, mentor and coach Leigh Matthews would quit as Lions senior coach, but denied it would have changed his mind to commit to the club for the rest of his career. The silver lining on a tumultuous day for the Lions was spearhead Brown's decision to re-sign with the club that helped him become a triple premiership player before he turned 22. The star forward revealed he agreed on Saturday to a new multi-season deal, just a day before Matthews told the Lions he was ending his 10-year tenure with one year to run on his contract. Although disappointed Matthews won't finish the last season of his three-year deal, Brown denied he was fazed at being given no indication of the surprise resignation. "It was going to have no effect (on re-signing)," Brown said. "I was going to re-sign so I was comfortable with the fact he was coach. "It was done on the weekend, I found out this morning (of the resignation). "We weren't expecting it. Leigh obviously had 12 months to go on his deal, so yeah, it was a shock." Brown, arguably the game's hottest property, wouldn't detail specifics of his new deal, only to say he'd agreed to terms before the 61-point loss to the Sydney Swans on Saturday night. Neither would the club break its policy of keeping silent on player contract lengths but it did send out a short press release hailing Brown as a Lion for life. The Lions co-captain turns 27 next month so club's confirmation he recommitted "effectively for the rest of his playing career" suggests at least a four-year deal. The 2007 Coleman medallist reportedly wanted a five-year contract to end his career at the Lions, with Collingwood presenting the biggest danger to its hopes of sewing him up as a one-club man. Brown credited Matthews as the person who had the biggest influence on his professional career, which started at 18 after being recruited from Warrnambool and the Geelong Falcons under 18s. "He had a massive in ... |
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