This gets raised a lot - Dawson, Rankine and Rachele for JHF.Agree but that’s where the doomsdayers arguments fall down. We very likely ain’t getting a top 4 pick (where the elite mids are) even if giving up 10,14, 20 and a F1.
in hindsight Dawson, Rankine and Rachele looks pretty good compared to JHF by himself (as elite as he will be), we have turned our trade offer into 3 elite/very likely elite players
Frankly I think it's BS we wouldn't have been able to get Dawson and Rankine whilst getting JHF.
2021.
Crows want JHF. Trade the 3 picks to North for him.
Dawson. Requests trade to Crows.
As Geelong did to us in 2015, we say to Sydney sorry all we have on offer is a fringe player and second rounder.
Swans forced to accept or lose him to PSD.
In effect we miss out on Rachele and Soligo, but get JHF and Dawson.
2022.
Rankine requests a trade to us.
We offer GC our 2023 first. They accept.
We use points for Max Michalanney as we did in our timeline.
2023.
We now only have picks 14 and 20 instead of 10.
In: JHF
Out: Soligo, Rachele, Pick 10 2023
I prefer what we have over JHF, but I don't agree we wouldn't have been able to get Dawson and Rankine.