I think Brad needs to prove next year that he is willing to play the younger guys to refresh our team too. Brad has been extremely stubborn in who he chooses to play (especially in the midfield) so I would think most player managers would be looking to get younger players to teams where they are pretty much guaranteed game time.
Even thinking about Hrovat - he really should choose Carlton if he wants to play every week. Carlton are about to lose Gibbs and have a midfield of Murphy and Cripps followed by a bunch of C graders in Curnow, Graham, Buckley, Whiley, Boekhorst, Lamb, Armfield etc
We have lost Wells and Dal from our midfield but have Clarke ready to go, Jacobs coming back from injury and then even the potential for LMac or Atley to come in. There isnt a clear open spot for him at all.
Until our list managers put a clear strategy out to the AFL world of what we are going to do there arent going to be many younger players lining up at Arden St. If Brad doesnt change it up big time next year I think we will continue to struggle to attract young talent.
The above is ok if we just want to go to the draft and develop our own but it wont work if we want to trade