Did Hawthorn get Appropriate compensation for Buddy Franklin ? I don't think so, but they didn't sit around and moan about it, they became proactive, kept hitting the draft and brought in James Frawley, who had a bloody impressive finals series.
The main issue/bug bear of mine is how lop sided the Free Agency compensation is, it really pisses me off we got nothing for Eddie Betts (signing Daisy shouldn't have cancelled the FA compo out) and Waite and Melbourne cashed in big-time on overrated underachievers like Tom Scully and got way overs for Frawley.
Anyhow we got 'overs' for Henderson and Menzel (in the end) in the last trade period, and I'm very comfortable where our club's list is.
The main issue/bug bear of mine is how lop sided the Free Agency compensation is, it really pisses me off we got nothing for Eddie Betts (signing Daisy shouldn't have cancelled the FA compo out) and Waite and Melbourne cashed in big-time on overrated underachievers like Tom Scully and got way overs for Frawley.
Anyhow we got 'overs' for Henderson and Menzel (in the end) in the last trade period, and I'm very comfortable where our club's list is.
I was actually referring to Jonathan Hay, Nathan Thompson - moving them on and getting good returns was the beginning of the dynasty (plus the deal they did with Freo).
Re Free Agency - We have been dumb strategically until the last 12 months and it has cost us plenty.


