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Bigfooty Jedi
No, that part I do not like, we do not live in a totalitarian society ... thankfully.
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No, that part I do not like, we do not live in a totalitarian society ... thankfully.
- Sep 17, 2012
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I'm not saying I want it. Just for it to work. I hate the thought of it.
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Bigfooty Jedi
I believe it should just be draft picks that could be traded on the day of the draft. This would include picks from future drafts.
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If we took Petracca with 2 GWS could with live trading, offer us 4 and 7. The issue though is that our recruiting staff probably haven't prepared for the situation where they have picks 4 and 7, and aren't going to make a snap judgment to trade Petracca and then use 4 and 7 without the proper research (unless GWS had told them well ahead of time). Same goes for trading of future picks, but with even more uncertainty.
If the system was in play then all clubs would be prepared for all scenarios well in advance.
P4&7 would be easy in any event. Clubs know and have interviewed the top X picks. It's picks +35 that would get tough!!
Pretty sure that was Twomey.
donsdontdrug
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live trading would make the draft so much better. GWS would jump at the chance to get pettrecca and melb would get better with 2 more top 7 picks....
Except we wouldn't do that trade, we'd get better with Petracca.
LukeParkerno1
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Live trading would be a great initiative. Plus I like the idea of future first round picks being allowed to be traded.
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Bigfooty Jedi
I reckon that makes his Phantom Draft of Laverde at pick 14 even more bemusing. I know he may have more info through his insider contacts, but the last I heard West Coast were very keen on him if he was still available.
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This shows me that the wrong players were picked ( and probably the system mis-ratedthe players ). Nothing new about this as clubs still stuff first round picks - Clubs like Sydney/Hawthorn/Collingwood who allegedly have excellent development systems have had their shares of misses - Recruiting is an inexact science.
yaco55
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McCartin at number one - Will be the best forward in this draft and could prove to be the best player. A bold move by the Saints.
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I like it too but how does that fit in with father-son picks in the following year. You can't trade out of a future draft to avoid paying within the required round next year. Although I suppose that could be part of the equation but it doesn't make sense to me.
Excellent point!
- Apr 20, 2006
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You never know I guess he has abit of Atley about him. In 2010 draft Essedon was going to take him and even prematurely released a video of their recruiter doing an interview on him then all of a sudden Heppell slides and he goes 9 places lower at 17
We took mids in last years draft and apparently next years draft is full of mids too.
Would rather Petracca, but can definitely see why the club are taking paddy.
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Recent developmental history suggests otherwise...
Agree, I think its the correct move for them.
I'm still having a hard time understanding how James Frawley = Christian Petracca.
You completely missed the point.
