We all know how measured and considered Chris Scott is with his media comments.
So a response by him last week certainly pricked my ears (on afl360 from memory). Asked a question in relation to the clubs steadfast policy of not paying anyone any more than Selwood (wrt to Danger) Scott interestingly replied that "anything we do in the next year or two would not compromise that'. I would be reading more than something into that personally.
Anyways, I'm off to get a trolley.
I'll go get mine too, in case yours doesn't fit it all in.
I certainly think there's two broad ways of approaching the acquisition of Danger - either paying big money and saving our picks, or sticking to our pay structure and having to trade. The latter approach, which Scott hints at in the quote you posted, would certainly make it more possible to continue to bring FAs in, after this year.
Though how much money are they actually going to have, if on top of Danger they bring in blokes like Henderson and Selwood who would probably demand $350-$450K. Selwood's not worth more than $300k in his current state, but that won't produce the compensation the Eagles are after.