As Couch heads west, Zak “Cherry’’ Evans is weighing up his future amid persistent speculation about a move to football.
Evans also lost his state contract 12 months ago.
He led St Kilda’s pace attack last season with 27 wickets at 22.63.
But it appears Evans is not in Victoria’s plans for next season and at 24 he has reached a now-or-never point with the football option.
He had taken the eye of recruiters while playing school football for Xavier College in 2017 and AFL clubs could land him as a Category B rookie, as Collingwood did with state-contracted leg-spinner Wil Parker in February.