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I think clubs have just finally cottoned on that going to the draft is almost pointless when it’s the most shambolic system in world sport
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Seeds thinks every single draft pick is nick daicosThe salary cap stuff up is another story. He'll hit approximately 200 games of solid AFL midfield with an AA year since we traded for him. Better than what you'd average for the picks in terms of both number of games and quality.
It won't be enough. That's barely more than we gave away for Schultz and Houston is actually indisputably elite and coming off 2 AAs. Also has 3 years left on his contract compared to Schultz who had one year before UFA.I'd do Richards, Noble and future first for Houston.
3 way deal. Port and GC squabble about picks, but Port want this year's 12 and GC will want the future pick as the big pieces.
We can change the past, embrace the present. Let the club do it's job, then worry about the decisions they've made.Who says Huston doesn’t do his ACL day one of preseason and never make it back. Taking two picks to the draft defrays the risk. Yes there is a chance both end up as busts but same with the player you bring in
Good point. He might almost be a freeby as a salary dump though.Lucosious needs to be factored into the trade
The key word is average here. So no, the likelihood is that you’ll either get a 150-200 gamer or a bust, with a sprinkling of role players thrown in.I’ve literally given you the stats which you choose to ignore.
Picks 11-20 in the draft average 110 games. Thats role players at best. That’s a markov career.
Until they both die in a plane crash together, at least Houston will likely overcome his ACL injury..Who says Huston doesn’t do his ACL day one of preseason and never make it back. Taking two picks to the draft defrays the risk.
The only metric that even remotely shows the value of the trade is looking at the players drafted with those picks. In this case it's Treloar for Logue and Weiderman. Dunno if you want to continue hitching your wagon to this argument.No flag, no BNF, no all Aus and didn’t play 100 games for two top 10 picks. If that was the return we got from the draft picks you’d say they were a bust
That’s what we got for two top 10 picks 90 games.The salary cap stuff up is another story. He'll hit approximately 200 games of solid AFL midfield with an AA year since we traded for him. Better than what you'd average for the picks in terms of both number of games and quality.
lol look at the other players available. At or after that pick. We wouldn’t have necessarily made the same decision as the clubs the picks got on traded toThe only metric that even remotely shows the value of the trade is looking at the players drafted with those picks. In this case it's Treloar for Logue and Weiderman. Dunno if you want to continue hitching your wagon to this argument.
lol. So it’s okay to say let’s give up two picks as their bodies may fail like Scharenberg and Freeman yet the same logic can’t be applied to assess the risk of the trade the other wayShould trade Nick then. We could derisk his potential injury with 4 first round picks...
Different scenarios. No one valued those second round picks last year, because there were so many academy kids and teams didnt rate the draft enough to open a lot of list spots, so forget that second round pick part of it. Then with the future first, it ended being a lower number than expected in a draft that's value has also risen significantly since the deal.It won't be enough. That's barely more than we gave away for Schultz and Houston is actually indisputably elite and coming off 2 AAs. Also has 3 years left on his contract compared to Schultz who had one year before UFA.
Exactly, what ever move we make is a risk. Yet the chance that two players bodies fail them is lower than putting all your eggs in one basketWhen we picked up Freeman and Sharenberg using two top 10 draft picks and they both barely played for us who could have known? Huston's a risk and so are draft picks.
How are you not getting this? Nobody is saying that the risk is that their bodies might fail. It's that they won't be as good of a player as the one that we're trading for. Future injuries can't be factored into any trade scenario.lol. So it’s okay to say let’s give up two picks as their bodies may fail like Scharenberg and Freeman yet the same logic can’t be applied to assess the risk of the trade the other way
Yet the example you use are two players who’s bodies failed them so it is exactly what you were sayingHow are you not getting this? Nobody is say that the risk is that their bodies might fail. It's that they won't be as good of a player as the one that we're trading for.
If the only risk with Shaz and Freeman or any other draft pick was their body failing, I'd agree with you.lol. So it’s okay to say let’s give up two picks as their bodies may fail like Scharenberg and Freeman yet the same logic can’t be applied to assess the risk of the trade the other way
What will make us a better side next year, Houston or 2 17 year old kids?Exactly, what ever move we make is a risk. Yet the chance that two players bodies fail them is lower than putting all your eggs in one basket
Since when could we play 17 year olds?What will make us a better side next year, Houston or 2 17 year old kids?
You do know that both Sharenberg and Freeman were delisted and not medically retired, yeah?Yet the example you use are two players who’s bodies failed them so it is exactly what you were saying
Yes that was because we stuffed up the salary cap. It wasn't because of the trade.That’s what we got for two top 10 picks 90 games.
2 kids out of the draft. Will they make us better next year or Houston. Or are you going some side ways ramble again?Since when could we play 17 year olds?
Nope apparently not.All this talk about Housten vs picks is ridiculous.
With Housten you're getting a gun and right now we need guns to win another Premiership.
The fact that people value unknown players (picks) ahead of ready made ones when it's hit or miss when we are in a premiership window is buffoonery.