Noodleman2
Debutant
- Oct 8, 2014
- 110
- 72
- AFL Club
- Hawthorn
- Banned
- #576
Great trading once again by Wright. Got a former top-10 pick essentially for pick 19 (or was it 20?). O'Rourke's shown enough to suggest he stands a good chance of being better over the journey than whoever we might end up with through the draft.
What impresses me most is that all our trades seem like fair deals for all parties - GWS would also think they've done okay out of the deal i suspect. I can't think of a time since the Croad or Nathan Thompson trades when we've really bent a team over (and even those were only one sided in retrospect!) I feel like the reputation for fairness we've built up has helped us get a lot of value out of trade period, year after year.
Don't get carried away with the former top 10 tag. This bloke plays like another top 10 pick I know of Jarrod Oakley-Nicholls. This is a huge risk for Wright to take considering he fluffed up our last first round pick.