Dodoro points out that the Power handed over their first and second round picks in last year's draft to lock away Patrick Ryder. "Last year we got a first and second round pick for Paddy Ryder. Jake's three or four years younger so we'd imagine that that's opening bids," Dodoro said. "Unfortunately he wants to leave and we want to remunerated appropriately."
Ryder is a completely different type of player. He is a ruckman / KPP with elite agility. He was consistently in the club top 10 (except when the number of matches he played was significantly reduced through injury). He was contracted when Port sought a trade and the first and second round picks on offer were late picks (picks #17 and #37 [equivalent to pick #9]).
Carlisle is a tall defender. He is uncontracted. He has only appeared in the club best and fairest top 10 once in his career. As a contracted player his trade value might be a late first round pick (Pick
#17ish), but as he is uncontracted, St Kilda can expect to pay less than this. Dodoro's bargaining power is significantly weakened. His claiming that pick #5 is fair compensation is a psychological trick used by shonky salespeople to try and inflate the price of their wares. The anchoring effect is when one extreme is used to frame another's perspective. A used car salesman tells you how much this car sells for when brand new, so you get an inflated perception of its true value, this way the price he has in mind to sell the car is now also inflated. The Saints recruiters will not be taken in by such cheap tricks.
Dodoro can threaten to send Carlisle to the draft if an agreement can not be made with St Kilda, but in this instance the Essendon football club will gain no compensation for losing Carlisle (against Carlisle's wishes).
Dangerfield was traded to Geelong for less than what Essendon are asking for Carlisle(out of contact)
Now Essendon claim to have suitors who are willing to pay higher than the #5 pick - there are only three clubs who have higher picks: Carlton, Brisbane and Gold Coast and I sincerely doubt these clubs are not already committed to nabbing the best available in the draft.
If Essendon mean that other suitors are willing to pay with lesser picks to a total value exceeding pick five then it means that Essendon are willing to negotiate with lesser picks - which is exactly what St Kilda want.