Gold Coast have to be odds on to get a first round priority pick before our pick
I have a dream. Hear me out.
If we don’t win another game and end up with pick 2 then any priority pick Gold Coast get will be after our first pick. Especially considering we haven’t played finals for 8 years and the AFL won’t want us affected for any assistance they get. (We were stung last year when our pick 3 went to pick 4 as a result of the Tom Lynch free agency compensation). Some in the media (such as ‘On the Couch’) are adamant we also need assistance.
Then we trade our pick 2 for their priority pick (assuming it is pick 3) in a deal which will help us. This may may involve an understanding that the AFL gives us one-off help (for this year only) that doesn’t include priority picks but easier access to one Father/Son player.
Maybe part of that understanding is that Gold Coast doesn’t draft Anderson with either of their top 2 picks, leaving us in the position of matching a bid for him after our first pick. We end up with multiple picks after our first pick to match the bid (as part of the trade).
As a consequence the AFL helps both clubs who have been absent from finals action for the longest period and who happen to be at the bottom of the ladder.
Anyway, as I said it was just a dream. I’m probably just being stupid.