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As we all know, Jeremy Cameron has just re-signed with the Greater Western Sydney Giants for five years on a whopping four million dollar contract. But let’s take a look and see what it means for the young struggling club still in its infancy.
I’ve been on record as saying that they will struggle to attract big fish or retain the really good ones, and after losing a number one draft pick and potential star, and a financial loss for the club, things certainly looked bleak.
Luring Ryan Griffen to the club in part of the trade for Tom Boyd was a good get for the club. Now they have landed the big fish – only who thought the big fish was actually one of their own.
Cameron is on his way to being a star of the competition. He’s been the Giants’ leading goalkicker and all three of their seasons including 62 in 2013 in a side that only won a few games, while also earning himself and the club’s first all Australian gong. Miraculous stuff indeed.
Cameron’s re-signing is significant in that now they have a gun big man to build this team around and secretly I’m sure AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan and his team were secretly smiling when he re-signed.
What it also means is that Cameron not only believes that success is coming to the Giants but that he wants to lead that charge, and that he also believes in his coach Leon Cameron. There is only Dylan Shiel, Adam Treloar and Stephen Coniglio remaining to re-sign, and if they can lock away two or maybe all of them then they could be tracking north fairly quickly.
While most people think the Gold Coast Suns are the next powerhouse I think the Giants might just win a premiership before them. The Suns don’t have a big gun forward capable of winning games off his own boot and the Giants have at least one in Cameron, maybe two if Jonathon Patton gets his body right
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