Opinion Which players are worth pick 1?

[FairKouta]

I’d give one for toby greene seriously underrated

 

[Juddernaut08]

The problem is that most teams with pick 1 are probably 5 years off being a legit premiership shot. So if you've got pick 1, you're probably not incentivised to trade it for a guy who's 26 or older, even if that guy is the best player in the comp.

I mean, look at the Judd deal. That is probably the last time we've seen a player traded who was worth pick 1. Carlton were awful but they were still determined to keep pick 1 because they thought Kreuzer was going to be amazing. In the end, they'd have been better off trading pick 1 and keeping Kennedy. But the appeal of pick 1 was too much for them to let it go, like Gollum with the ring. Even with Judd who was 23 and a star, Carlton were like "nah pick 1 is untradeable".

So WC traded Judd to Carlton, who didn't do much. WC bottomed out but then rose from the depths like a blue and gold Cthulhu and won a flag. Kreuzer retired. Kennedy was amazing and hopefully still has a year to go. I guess my point is that Carlton's eyes lit up over pick 1 but they already had a kid on their list who was more valuable than Kreuzer. They traded him for a readymade star and it didn't work out.

But if you ask me right now, whether I as a WC supporter would rather have pick 1 or any number of proven stars, I'd take a player who could help WC win another flag or two in the immediate term over the draft pick.

pure crap. it depends on the year.

 

[Juddernaut08]

I’d give one for toby greene seriously underrated

bit old now

 

[Sweet Jesus]

pure crap. it depends on the year.

What's crap?

Carlton poached Judd and really should have traded pick 1 if we're talking about value in anything resembling objective terms, which is tricky when only one team has pick 1 in any given year. But if any player was worth pick 1 in a trade, surely it was Judd. Instead Carlton traded Kennedy, who turned out to be vastly more useful than Kreuzer, allowing WC to rise like a blue and gold Cthulhu to win a flag, while Carlton swam in mediocrity for another decade or so.

In short, Carlton should have traded pick 1 instead of Kennedy. But you were corrupted by its power.

 

[PAFC_1870]

Petracca and Rowell are the only two in the comp worth pick 1

And only if pick 1 is a certain superstar which you really never know... so no I wouldnt trade Trac or Rowell for pick 1

Sure you can't name a few more Demons?

Is that you Crawf?