"Five wasn't on the table,"Dodoro said."In the end,our philosophy was we wanted a player to be part of this and they couldn't see their way around it.
"I spoke to Joe about an hour ago. Obviously[he's] a little bit disappointed but as you know with Joey he's a resilient young man. Actually throughout this whole process I think we've grown to respect him a lot more for the person that he is.
"They put nine and a future first[round pick] to us[as the best offer].
Dodoro wouldn't disclose the specific players they put to the Swans.
Swans football manager Charlie Gardiner said it was clear to the club that picks five and nine would not have satisfied Essendon.
"We didn't need to offer[pick five],we had a number of discussions over ten days or so and it became clear and was confirmed today that the deal was not going to satisfy Essendon,"Gardiner said.
"We knew entering the negotiations that it wasn't going to be straight forward because Joe was contracted."
Gardiner said they don't see the situation as a failure and implied the Swans would try again with Daniher in next year.
"We'll revisit it in 12 months time and see how we go."
Daniher,who had driven the trade request,will be a restricted free agent next year when he comes out of contract.
Loading
After 10 days of inaction – the Bombers had put an initial demand for a high draft pick as well as one of a raft of players on Sydney's list – the talks ended in stalemate,with the Swans unable to satisfy Essendon. The Swans had only been prepared to include either Zak Jones or Tom Papley in a trade.
The deadlock on Daniher meant the Swans also refused Papley's request for a trade to Carlton. The Swans had said they would only entertain a trade for the small forward - who has a long-term contract – if it was part of a deal that would land them Daniher. Carlton list manager Stephen Silvagni confirmed this after trade talks ended.
Most of Sydney's trade discussions for Daniher centred on a trade of pick nine,a selection they would have brought in from Carlton as part of an exchange for Papley.
Slightly complicating the picture was the fact that Daniher had managed only 11 games over the last two seasons. Regardless of any ongoing groin injury concerns the Swans offered a significant contract to the former All-Australian.
Daniher will now have to return to Tullamarine and see out the final year of his contract before becoming a restricted free agent at the end of next season.
Conceivably the Swans and Bombers will be back in trade talks again next year if Essendon chooses to match any contract offer Daniher receives from the Swans,assuming Sydney revisits their offer next year and Daniher retains his commitment to move north.
Clubs have the right to match any offer for restricted free agents in which case a player must then be traded in order for a player to move.
The domino effect,or the reverse domino,of the Daniher non-trade meant that Papley stayed at Sydney and did not go to Carlton while the Blues scrambled unsuccessfully in the last hour to secure Jack Martin from the Gold Coast.
The Blues had tried to secure Martin – who is out of contract and whom they had offered a large contract – for a future second and third-round draft pick.
With the extra compensation picks the Gold Coast have next year that was considered insufficient by the Suns who had asked for a swap of first-round draft picks as part of an exchange. That proposal was for Carlton to move from pick nine to 15 to bring in Martin.
"We felt as though we put a reasonable offer to the Gold Coast which wasn't accepted. We still have an avenue to get him in the national draft or pre-season draft,"Silvagni said.
"It's an option to be able to do that."
With Sam McClure and Daniel Cherny