I agree
But why would our President come out twice in 2 days and emphaticly say we will go to the draft and bypass the trade period?
Makes him look like a liar
But why would our President come out twice in 2 days and emphaticly say we will go to the draft and bypass the trade period?
Makes him look like a liar
One good one reason I can think of is that clubs love to try and pillage a premiers list for players who might get squeezed out by salary cap pressure. But there's only salary cap pressure until it's released by the departure of a couple players, at which point the club has the cap space to secure the rest of the list. So other clubs need to make sure they grab their targets before any of the other players are taken which would then allow us to offer good enough contracts to keep those targets.
So what do we do? Create a buzz ("due to an administrative error we're currently over stocked on young talent and everything must go this weekend!") and get other clubs to rush in and pay overs in trade and their own cap space - effectively removing them from the trade races we want to win. Our interest in future draft pick trading comes in for the very same psychological reasoning people get caught out at Harvey Norman when they sign up to those 5 year "interest free" loans on over priced appliances. Or people being enticed into credit cards or private car financing. People love getting something now that they don't have to pay for until later.
Graham Wright is very secure in his employment with us given his track record. Other clubs list managers not so much. I'll bet more than a few of them are willing to pay overs for some of our depth using their next years draft picks to secure some of it.




