Should the Dees and the Pies do a hard reset like the Tigers?

[Dr Tigris]

Given that Tassie will soon come in and compromise a couple of drafts, and with overall just the amount of sides in the competition it's got me thinking that clubs may be more inclined to trade away value as per what Richmond did this year and start looking at how a 2 year rebuild could be achieved. The model is really just trading out players still with value and aiming for as many top 30 picks in a single draft then you are just naturally not very good for a couple of years until ideally that bulk of players come good.

If we look at recent premiership dynasty sides like Melbourne (2021) and Collingwood (2023) who aren't likely to win anymore flags after such an unprecedented run of success, should they just face the music and go all in so that they aren't trying to rebuild with the minimum draft capital each year?

Richmond fell into the 'hard reset', rather than planned to do it - until mid seaon last year.

IMHO clubs will wait to see what happens before doing the major trade and draft thing immediately after a contending phase. Bringing in a heap of high end draftees whilst still having a good core of experienced players used to winning is rare (non-existent) in previous hard rebuild clubs.

• Does having that core of mature players make a difference?
• How do you balance having what looks like a team that is still capable of competing (if fit and in form) with so many young players of talent? i.e. Do you try to win or try to develop for the future?
• Will you be lucky enough to have the right payers wanting/willing to go to clubs able and willing to pay through the nose for them?

So no, clubs won't try to redo Richmond 2024 (they'd be nuts to want an injury list that long, a disfunctional coaching group, and a previosu coach who left the list in dissaray).
But over time if the Tigers rebound fast with a top list then clubs that have slid past their contention will liekly give it a shot.