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I've been running the numbers and I've managed to show that we only paid an extra 55 points or so over last years offer of 20+22+2019 2nd rounder.
Hear me out.
Last year we did a bunch of live-trade stuffing around that had the following effects:
Picks 20+22 became picks 28+31+35.
Pick 54 became pick 24 (Thanks Sydney for rorting the system and rewarding us for it)
So that makes last years offer 28+31+35+33, and this years offer 14+18 (estimated)+33+54 with 52 and 51 (estimated) coming back.
Works out to a difference of around 55 or a late 4th rounder. This is before picks 14+18 (estimated)+33 all slide down the order, while 52 and 51 (estimated) hold their value or even move up the order.
By the end of the draft with all the bidding and live trading shenanigans, I expect we'll have paid less points than we offered last year, with Geelong benefiting from Sydney turning pick 54 into 24 rather than us.
Sure, most of you glass-half-empty eeyores won't be able to think of pick 24 as pick 54, but that cost us nothing through a draft maneuver that's now been banned.
So in summary we only overpaid with something we got for free. Our drafting position is just as good as it would have been if we got Tim last year for our final offer and the AFL knocked back Sydney's shenanigans, or Sydney went to another club for it. Our draft position is better than it would have been if we paid what Geelong were asking and the AFL knocked back Sydney's shenanigans, or Sydney went to another club for it.
This concludes my TED talk. There is free panadol at the door as you exit the auditorium.
Hear me out.
Last year we did a bunch of live-trade stuffing around that had the following effects:
Picks 20+22 became picks 28+31+35.
Pick 54 became pick 24 (Thanks Sydney for rorting the system and rewarding us for it)
So that makes last years offer 28+31+35+33, and this years offer 14+18 (estimated)+33+54 with 52 and 51 (estimated) coming back.
Works out to a difference of around 55 or a late 4th rounder. This is before picks 14+18 (estimated)+33 all slide down the order, while 52 and 51 (estimated) hold their value or even move up the order.
By the end of the draft with all the bidding and live trading shenanigans, I expect we'll have paid less points than we offered last year, with Geelong benefiting from Sydney turning pick 54 into 24 rather than us.
Sure, most of you glass-half-empty eeyores won't be able to think of pick 24 as pick 54, but that cost us nothing through a draft maneuver that's now been banned.
So in summary we only overpaid with something we got for free. Our drafting position is just as good as it would have been if we got Tim last year for our final offer and the AFL knocked back Sydney's shenanigans, or Sydney went to another club for it. Our draft position is better than it would have been if we paid what Geelong were asking and the AFL knocked back Sydney's shenanigans, or Sydney went to another club for it.
This concludes my TED talk. There is free panadol at the door as you exit the auditorium.