Don’t want to feel like Carlton are beating him:
Great’s rift with old club behind delay in deal
There seems to be a new twist in the sad story of great Stephen Silvagni Blues when at odds with Carlton Football Club.
Silvagni, who played 321 games for the club his father and two sons also represent, had a bitter fallout with Carlton in 2019 when he was list manager.
Currently at the top of St Kilda’s books, Silvagni’s involvement is key in a potential four-team swap that includes Carlton, according to Tom Morris.
The deal has been mooted for some time and would see Nick Coffield and Paddy Dow swapped as well as draft picks being swapped as well.
The complex deal could go ahead on Tuesday, but Morris explained the scenario on SEN Mornings.
“The people of St Kilda were very confident that it would happen today, as were the Bulldogs,” Morris said.
“It will be Paddy Dow for the Saints, Nick Coffield for the dogs.
“Pick 40 goes to the Saints for Coffield and I think the Dogs will end up getting a pick or two back.
“Carlton demands a future third-rounder from the Dow, even if it means the Blues have to give up a future fourth-rounder. They’re happy to do that as long as they get a third part in the future.
“St Kilda said no. It is said that he is not worth more than a quarter in the future.
“Essendon is involved, they have been working closely with St Kilda for some time, they will be involved just by changing the options.
They will improve their draft thanks to this trade.
The sticking point is Silvagni, who is still stuck with the Blues four years after officially leaving.
Silvagni declined an invitation to the Carlton room when his son Jack played his 100th game for the club earlier this year.
“If St Kilda make a third offer in the future for Dow, the deal will be done in 30 seconds,” Morris said.
“They offered a fourth one in the future and Carlton said, ‘okay, how about a third one in the future and we’ll give you a fourth one in the future’ and St Kilda said no.”
“There’s the Stephen Silvagni and Carlton subplot here and it’s definitely real. Speaking to people in this situation, it’s true.
“Obviously he doesn’t want to feel like Carlton are beating him into a deal and they can deny it forever, but that’s what people think about the situation.”
It looks like this volatile impasse could be a real sticking point as the clubs try to get this deal done before Wednesday’s deadline.
Details of the bitterness at the heart of the Silvagni-Carlton debacle emerged at the end of April this year as the champion full-back prepared to face his old club while wearing a St Kilda shirt for their clash at Marvel Stadium.
The incident came to light last month when Silvagni turned down an offer to celebrate his son Jack’s breast milestone.
Silvagnis is synonymous with Carlton Football Club, and the family has had a strong presence at Princes Park since the early 1950s, with three generations of the family all wearing No.1 navy jumpers.
It’s why Silvagni’s reported decision to stay in the car as his son was honoured for his milestone match has left many fans sad.
There has also been an argument that the man popularly referred to as “SOS” didn’t want to steal attention from his son’s big moment by walking into the sheds and attracting glances.
There are no issues within the family. Stephen Silvagni’s dislike is directed purely at his former football club, it has been widely reported.
In April, The Herald Sun revealed new details on exactly how destructive the situation was before Silvagni was pushed out the door in 2019.
The report identifies a number of key factors as to why Stephen Silvagni did not join the club for which he played 321 games, including:
– Silvagni is not close to many of his former team-mates That, a source confirmed to the newspaper that he was a part of it. why the reunion of the 1995 prime ministerial group was so difficult to arrange.
— There are still unresolved divisions within the football club since the 2002 salary cap scandal brought the club to its knees. This prompted Silvagni to join Ross Lyon’s coaching staff at St Kilda in 2007.
– Silvagni remained the dominant force at Carlton before tussling for power with former general manager Cain Liddle.
Silvagni had wanted to return to Carlton after taking over as list manager of GWS in 2014 when close friend Mark LoGiudice took over as club chairman in 2014.
The boat began to rock when Jack was drafted in 2015 as part of a father-son draft.
Ben Silvagni also joined the club in 2018 as the No. 70 overall pick. He was delisted at the end of the 2020 season.
Conflict arose between Stephen Silvagni and former manager Brendon Bolton in 2019 after Jack Silvagni was dropped from the squad at the start of the season.
A source told the Herald Sun the feud between Silvagni and the coach was a “car accident waiting to happen”.
There was an accident in the middle of the 2019 season.
The situation between Silvagni and former CEO Liddle is said to be “toxic”.
Silvagni’s close friendship with LoGiudice has allowed him to rise above everyone else in the club. Liddle took a stand.
“SOS doesn’t like to be challenged and doesn’t like to be held accountable,” an “observer” told The Herald Sun.
“When you’re a champion of a club and you have been treated like your s**t doesn’t stink for so long, you think you can behave like that.
“Cain Liddle was the first one to stand up to him.”
Despite their close friendship, LoGiudice ultimately sided with Liddle when the general manager told Silvagni that he was not wanted.
The friendship between Silvagni and LoGiudice no longer exists. They will no longer be on good terms.
Silvagni said that in 2020, the accusation from Liddle hurt him the most on his way out.
“The thing that hurt me the most… was probably when your president talked to you and he told you that I fought for you, that the CEO felt like I was going to sabotage the award time.” exchange and recruitment,” Silvagni said.
“I hate to talk about myself, but when you’ve played for a club for 17 years and you’ve given it your all and supported the club your whole life, for one person to say that you’re going to destroy ruining the trade and the draft period, and for me, an outsider who came to the club and didn’t know much about the club or me, that was probably the most disappointing thing of all that happened out.
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