I think the coaches have a lot to answer for in this situation. Ayres ruined our list with his list management philosophy and almost refusing to play younger players. Coaches can be blinded by the short term, premiership windows etc. Coaches should act like custodians of the list, but often they don't. We did benefit with Lynch. After his first game I commented on how I didn't understand how you guys let him go, let alone not play him at all.Good times down at seaford. How I miss getting top notch picks.....and actually using them well
Your list is in much better hands with Richardson. He has seen the hard way how to re-build. On 3AW they commented on how there was doom and gloom touted for St. Kilda and about the number of wins you guys were predicted to get this year. Now it looks like you will win way more than the doomsdayers were predicting. And you have a nice young additions to your list.