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Or move up the board through a trade (which is where you generally look to fill your needs) to get the very best available talent in that draft and one that also happens to fit a need or two.
I'm not suggesting that we get pick one and then draft someone that we don't think is the best in the draft with that pick, or that we trade up to pick one and draft the one we consider to be best available, but who doesn't fill a structural need we have. I'm saying that we trade up to get the most elite talent that is available and one that also fits a structural need that we have.
I'm also not suggesting that we get someone at pick 10 if we don't think they are worth that pick. But if we do believe that Gardiner is worth that pick, I wouldn't want us to overlook him just because of a desire to bolster our midfield, because I would have thought we also needed to bolster our key defensive stocks going forward and they also generally take longer to develop, so that is even more of a reason to get them first.
I'm not suggesting that we get pick one and then draft someone that we don't think is the best in the draft with that pick, or that we trade up to pick one and draft the one we consider to be best available, but who doesn't fill a structural need we have. I'm saying that we trade up to get the most elite talent that is available and one that also fits a structural need that we have.
I'm also not suggesting that we get someone at pick 10 if we don't think they are worth that pick. But if we do believe that Gardiner is worth that pick, I wouldn't want us to overlook him just because of a desire to bolster our midfield, because I would have thought we also needed to bolster our key defensive stocks going forward and they also generally take longer to develop, so that is even more of a reason to get them first.
Anyone think we should just get Hamish Shepheard as a last round pick. Better the devil you know and all that.
http://truezebras.net/2012/12/12/hamish-shepheard/
He's beefed up a bit since Freo had him.

