What Was Richmond Really Weighing Up With Liam Baker in 2024?
Updated: Aug 30
The full RTSSG member feature, The Choices, the Pros and Cons of keeping or not keeping Liam Baker at Richmond, opens a question worth separating from the easy answer.
In 2024 Richmond was trying to retain Liam Baker while rival interest grew around a vice-captain and premiership player whose contract decision carried both football and list-value consequences.
What was Richmond really deciding? Was the choice simply keep a good player or lose him, or did age, leadership, trade value, rebuild timing and the player’s own ambitions all pull in different directions?
How should a rebuilding club value a prime-age leader when draft capital is also valuable? Does the answer change if the player wants to stay, wants to leave, or can command a return that reshapes the next draft?
What did Baker represent to the team Richmond still had in 2024, and what might he represent to the team it hoped to build next? Which of those values should have carried the most weight?
The evidence does not stop there. Read the full RTSSG member investigation here.
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