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Sorry - YOU'VE mentioned it this thread.
Has it actually been documented anywhere credible?
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The article from afl.com on slivers- https://www.afl.com.au/news/612040/silvers-lining-crows-ceos-2004-feeling-about-rebuild-for-a-reason
Taylor Walker's contract for 2022
"With Taylor he's one of a few veterans coming out of contract this year and I think we'd probably like to group them together and review it mid-season. But what I would say about Tex is his season so far has been outstanding, the way he's led the group has been fantastic, his form is doing all the right things that indicate another season would definitely be warranted and something we'll discuss with him in the middle of the year."
So give up on the idea he won't be going around again.
Who thought he wasn't going around again?
The whole Keath and Greenwood trades showed we never had a rebuild in mind coming into 2020. If we were serious on a rebuild we would have moved Crouch on as he had trade capital.
We only went rebuild four rounds in when we knew we were so far off finals we had to save face
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Our second rounder will be close to a top 20 pickI tend to agree. While we can see that our midfield is getting beaten up now and he would be helpful, that doesn't help the long term.
If he were to leave as a free agent or in a trade, where we are able to bundle a 2nd round pick with him for a top 20 pick, then I'd definitely be keen.
No individual player determines the success of a rebuild. Keeping or letting go certain a player is never the pivot on which premierships balance.
No problem with either leaving for the right $ and years, neither are going to be sliding doors moments imo ... they just aren't the age profile that will be essential players when we are next competing for a flag.
The biggest problem with the “we’re rebuilding so certain actions are justified” argument is that it’s a retrofit
normally a club announces ahead of time it’s rebuilding, we as a club tried to backdate it to get a Mullighan on some peculiar and inconsistent decision making
in fact at one point we tried to argue we were already rebuilding when we traded for Gibbs.
Tippett warchest.Fox running with us having cap space!
I don’t believe it!

Bit like that 5 year plan than no one ever saw outside the club....To be fair, clubs almost never announce that they're in a rebuild, even while it's obvious that's what they're doing.
They've seen us play and assumedFox running with us having cap space!
I don’t believe it!
Referenced here...Bit like that 5 year plan than no one ever saw outside the club....
No individual player determines the success of a rebuild. Keeping or letting go certain a player is never the pivot on which premierships balance.
No problem with either leaving for the right $ and years, neither are going to be sliding doors moments imo ... they just aren't the age profile that will be essential players when we are next competing for a flag.
Nicks said they’d not look at it until there did the year. Initially Tex came out saying he wants a new contract done soon. Nicks then said it will be discussed end of year, Tex then followed suit while reiterating he felt great and wanted to go on again. Interesting that CEO now reckons looking at him, Lynch and Talia mid season. So in only a couple of weeks.
End of year is when it should be done, if Tex’s form from last 2 weeks continues he shouldn’t be getting an extension. Lynch definitely not, Talia I’d give 2 years knowing it might be 1 too many.
Strongly disagree.
There was a sliding doors moment with Richmond for example with Dustin Martin.
If they'd pushed him out the door they don't have any of their 3 recent premierships.
Referenced here...
Strategic planning meeting TRANSCRIPT
Present: Rob Chapman, Andrew Fagan, Mark Ricciuto and Ian Shuttleworth Fagan: Gentlemen… I want to talk strategic planning. Going through this on-field rebuild at the moment it feels like we’re on the ground floor. The start of something… it might be a good time to release a new strategic plan...www.bigfooty.com
Bit like that 5 year plan than no one ever saw outside the club....
I did like when Reid claimed going to the draft with the normal amount of picks in 2018 was the first year of us rebuilding our list.The biggest problem with the “we’re rebuilding so certain actions are justified” argument is that it’s a retrofit
normally a club announces ahead of time it’s rebuilding, we as a club tried to backdate it to get a Mullighan on some peculiar and inconsistent decision making
in fact at one point we tried to argue we were already rebuilding when we traded for Gibbs.
Aka the club has caved.
I did like when Reid claimed going to the draft with the normal amount of picks in 2018 was the first year of us rebuilding our list.
God I miss those.Referenced here...
Strategic planning meeting TRANSCRIPT
Present: Rob Chapman, Andrew Fagan, Mark Ricciuto and Ian Shuttleworth Fagan: Gentlemen… I want to talk strategic planning. Going through this on-field rebuild at the moment it feels like we’re on the ground floor. The start of something… it might be a good time to release a new strategic plan...www.bigfooty.com
I did like when Reid claimed going to the draft with the normal amount of picks in 2018 was the first year of us rebuilding our list.
If you take a normal amount of picks into a draft then nearly every side is rebuilding.I’ve always thought that he was saying that we’re half way through the four drafts required of a rebuild not that we were knowingly rebuilding when we went to those drafts.