Anonymous
Years ago
The Tom Jervis/Nate Jawai conspiracy theory thread
okay conspiracy theorists, get your teeth into this:
1. Tom Jervis gets the flick from Perth and is on the point of retiring
2. meanwhile big nate wont immediately commit to a new contract and taipans haven't got state govt. funding to pay him what he wants anyway
3. taipans reach out to Jervis through Jamie Loughton's Perth connection and sign Jervis on a retainer on the understanding he's unlikely to ever play, and that he's only playing if nate doesn't return
4. nate's agent shops him far and wide but no takers. Perth don't want a bar of him because he's a lazy pain in the arse to deal with, nobody else is looking for an injury-prone 32 Yr old centre who averages 6 ppg in the French second tier
5. tailans find some indigenous funding from somewhere and go back to nate with an offer
6. nate realises he's got no other options and signs
7. Tom Jervis steps back gracefully
8. nate acts like he was always coming back
9. nate's agent puts down the deposit on his new summerhouse
frankly I'd rather have had Tom Jervis but there you go.