Compared to GC who traded a lot of their draft picks (who are nowhere near as successful) to GWS who drafted. All I am saying is generally trading gets you less value and is less effective than drafting.
Sure.
Checks notes
Melbourne: pick 1 Tom Scully
Pick 2: Jack Trengove
Trade: Steven May and Jake Lever.
Hawthorn
Brian Lake
Sean Burgoyne
Jack Gunston
Brent Guerra
Even with Hodge, Roughhead, Franklin, Mitchell, Lewis they still had to trade these players in and we only lost the Grand final by 13
I too would like to follow the Geelong model.
(Snag a heap of picks in the 2001 super draft) then basically don’t draft at the top again for years as they also had, checks notes again
THREE HALL OF FAME FATHER SONS come on to their list, then trade for two more hall of fame players who wanted to go home.
This argument is inane