You would have had Wingard instead of (i'm guessing) Buntine. Even if you traded him 2 years later that's going to be a win.
I understand that you don't want to foster an environment where people are up and leaving, but equally you don't want to have one where 17 year olds think they can dictate terms.
Drafting Boyd was always the right call.
Wingard would've been just another mid-fielder though. May not have gotten a game - who knows?
Midfielders are dime a dozen.
Hulking full forwards who are great kicks are as rare as rocking horse poo.
Not drafting Wingard, I'm happy to live with it. Drafting Boyd, even though we knew it was only ever going to be for 2 years (as it turned out, 1) was the only choice we could make.
Gubby got those 2 decisions spot on. Might have missed with O'Rourke and Plowman has been cursed with injury, but they are the swings to the roundabouts...