- Apr 5, 2016
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I don't want to be disrespectful, I understand and respect the effort but I feel it's a bit of searching for something that isn't there.Alright this is the list of the 8 premiers in that 12 year period. I also added a basic breakdown of what each club did. I’ll try to break it down further in the future as I am curious to know how we fare against them in the draft and trade period.
Teams Trades/Free Agency National Draft Picks Rookie Picks Mid Season Picks Total List Changes Melbourne 43 41 23 4 111Sydney 20 47 35 7 109Collingwood 33 44 26 6 109Hawthorn 34 39 28 7 108Geelong 26 49 28 2 105West Coast 26 48 26 5 105Richmond 22 43 23 7 95Bulldogs 28 46 17 3 94
The majority of them are making around 1 more change than us a year. The obvious odd one out here is Richmond and I think they’ve made a mistake recently. In the last 5 years they made just 34 changes which is a low number. The problem was they thought they were still in a premiership window when they really weren't the last few years and sold the farm for Tarranto and Hopper. The highest draft pick they had in the last two drafts was pick 40 so you can understand why they didn’t cut deep and it's hurt them in the long run.
When the large total list differential is really in the rookie picks and mid-season picks, we're grasping at straws a little bit aren't we? Those players rarely, if ever, change the fortunes of a club.
Free agency also isn't really kind to smaller Victorian clubs, and we've had a fairly compromised draft hand due to the matching requirements of two top two picks in seasons where we finished in 2nd and 8th position respectively.