West Coast Eagles Priority Pick (2024)
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Better Loosen Up
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There was no Ben McKay gift. Essendon offered him a contract that triggered the compensation we were given so get over it.
You are on the same timeline that we were. If the AFL genuine believes that what we were given is sufficient to rebuild a list, then you should get the same. Nothing more, nothing less.
Whether your academy pick is pick 10 or 20 it requires bending the rules. The AFL weren't prepared to do it for us, why should they do it for you.
As for pick blow outs, in the whole time we were a complete basket case like you are now, we never actually had access to the best rated player in the draft even though we had pick 1. Sh1t happens.
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They have a few in their late 20's/early 30s like Barass, Cripps, Gaff, Darling and Sheed who are either oft injured or in poor form
We do have a few out of form older players but we don't really have as many older players as you think
Teams with players who turn 30 or over this year
Geelong 11
Richmond 10
Collingwood 9
Gold coast 9
Sydney 9
Gws 7
St Kilda7
Brisbane 7
Melbourne 7
Western Bulldogs 7
West coast 6
Essendon 5
Freo 5
Port 5
Carlton 5
Adelaide 4
Hawthorn 4
North 3
If you consider Barrass and Sheed old players who i think are 28,29 this year i will have to adjust other teams as well and it would be about the same result. Sheed looks like playing Wafl this week so hopefully will be back at Afl level shortly
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However it works out it would be good to see some rational parameters.
eg: to get a pp club must:
eg: to get a pp club must:
- have not won more than X number of games in three years (12? 15?)
- havent played finals in 6 years
- havent won a flag in 18 years or however many clubs are in the comp (too harsh? 2/3 the number of teams?)
- have no salary cap infringements in 10 years
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That’s completely false.Yes, close enough
Collingwood have 4 father sons in their B22, 3 of which are AA.
I'm sure if WCE were lucky enough to get the same opportunity, they probably would look far better also.
Then there's the fact that they get to play 17-odd games at their home ground every year.
Top Victorian clubs get significant advantages over clubs west of the border. Little travel = extended career being one of them.
If we still had Victoria Park and played 10 home games and then played 4 or so games at the MCG at the home of Melbourne, Richmond etc, that would be an advantage.
When 2 teams have the same home ground, there’s no advantage to either as what West Coast would enjoy.
In terms of FS, maybe we got lucky. We also had the 2 Brown brothers, and Kelly recently, and how did that work out for us.
Josh Daicos was still on the board at pick 57. Moore wasn’t bid for until 9 from memory.
But either way, your club participates just like ours for FS. We haven’t been given any advantage over your club. We just happen to have 1 or 2 who are very good and have been coached well.
I didn't agree with the handouts North got either.
They well & truly created the problem they find themselves in now.
North offered you their picks #2 & #3 and something else for #1, you could have had three quality draftees for the price of one but no, you took the #1.
No, they didn't even offer #2 in a trade to begin with, let alone 2 & 3.
WCE said they'd accept 2 & 3(reportedly) and North said no thanks.
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Ah well WC will get propped up by the looks of it , guess we will just have to enjoy the “ worst team in the history of the AFL “ that will be a hard one to beat you would think and adding them to the list of WAP welfare basket case clubs that can’t look after themselves
Not all bad when you think about the big picture , few extra salvo’s to launch over the eskies at barbie’s and what not
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I am sure you need to learn to read and also effective communication as people can see BS arguments from a mile away.
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All things being equal, I would agree with you.
But North got priority picks, which helped push our second round pick after finishing last from 19 to fecking 30. So while I would prefer no club got priority picks, I'll take them as compensation for the mess that was last year's national draft.
Also, that didn't happen. Their best deal, I believe, was 3, 17 and 18 (which would have been late 20s picks after all the shenanigans were said and done. An absolutely shiteful deal for us.
Bulldogs wanted Moore at 5.
That pick ended up being used in the Griffen/Tom Boyd trade - GWS took Caleb mMrchbank with it.
Just on this, the additional picks in the first round in 2023 were:
Academy selections: 5 (Gold Coast 4, Sydney 1)
Free agency compensation: 3 (North Melbourne 1, Adelaide 1, St Kilda 1)
Father-Son: 2 (Bulldogs 1, Hawthorn 1)
Priority pick: 1 (North Melbourne)
Most of the NMFC draft assistance was either later or in future picks.
It would have been nice if North were that stupid, but they weren't. You're making stuff up.
The ignorance is breathtaking. For 20 years we virtually received no father/son picks. You guys complain that some of them aren't All Australian but we participate. At least now it is fairer.
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WCE would've snatched that in 2 seconds if it were offered.
Gonna fess up, my knowledge on picks isn’t amazing, but was wondering if the following would be possible.
Given that the Eagles didn’t that long ago win a premiership but have managed to basically self inflicted put themselves in a hole there’s an argument for and against a priority pick.
Would an option be for the Eagles to be offered a priority pick - to dig themselves out of a hole - however, the next time they qualify for the 8, they essentially pay for it by losing their first or second pick that year?
Given that the Eagles didn’t that long ago win a premiership but have managed to basically self inflicted put themselves in a hole there’s an argument for and against a priority pick.
Would an option be for the Eagles to be offered a priority pick - to dig themselves out of a hole - however, the next time they qualify for the 8, they essentially pay for it by losing their first or second pick that year?
One of the things that makes it hard for a list to regenerate is not having early picks.
So your suggestion would probably result in more teams falling off a cliff in the way North Melbourne and West Coast have done, and may cause more harm than good.
I like that, compromise the draft even more.
They will need to create a whole industry to keep track of who is who in the zoo.
And no. Premiership was 6 years ago with no premiership on horizon this decade. Priority picks are so you don’t continue to be a basket case on field for years, not to help you win a premiership.
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