another worry is we are seeing so many younger players ask to be traded. Caddy, Christensen, Hamling, Jansen, Vardy, Kersten. Motlop will be another that ends up leaving end of next year. Whether they brought it upon themselves in the first place is debatle. The enviroment they were living in was obviously not the best to begin with. I cannot recall many talented younger players leaving when Thompson, McCartney and Tudor were in charge. We lost Nathan Ablett and Brent Prismall. Simon Hogan was another that walked due to off field issues but apart from that, the exodus we are now witnessing under Scott's reign is going to send us back quite a while. Let's just hope Mitch Duncan does not get too home sick end of 2017.
Josh Caddy-Overrated and lazy. Should have be traded for Deledio from the start, but idiots on this board are too busy jerking off to Caddy to see a worthwhile deal when it stares them in the face.
Many of you here said "Let's wait a year and Deledio will come to us for free". Well, now you have eggs on your faces. Morons!
Allan Christensen- Don't know why he left, but maybe cheating with another player's girl and gambling issues meant that he had to leave.
Joel Hamling- 0 games for Geelong. Left for one simple reason, because he couldn't squeeze into our champion backline. He's at his third club already, so that shows his loyalty (same for Caddy going from one club to the next).
Jarred Jansen- 0 games for Geelong. No loss.
Nathan Vardy- The only reason I can think that he was let go is the fear that he isn't 100% fit. Otherwise why get rid of a player who fills a need (second key tall). If WCE think that they can makes finals with Vardy as their major ruckman, then they are kidding themselves (not reflection on Vardy's talent, but his injury history).
Shane Kersten-Most of you didn't rate him anyway, so you got what you wanted. You should applaud Scott for getting rid of him.
Steven Motlop-Many here have called for Motlop to be moved on for the last couple of years. He takes up a lot of the salary cap, and doesn't match his intensity with his pay packet.
Very selective there, picking out those players, and claiming that we lost only THREE players the ten years Bomber was there. Didn't Bomber move on Jeremy Laidler (who played in the GF this year). Also, Shane Mumford left on Bomber's watch, because Bomber gave up one of the best ruckman in the AFL, so that Mark Blake wouldn't cry about missing another GF. Let that sink in for a moment.
All this while persisting with hacks like Charlie Gardiner and Henry Playfair.
So a Grand Final defender and one of the best ruckman currently in the AFL could still have been at Geelong, but left on Bomber's watch. Add to that GARY Ablett jr, (since Gazza left before Scott got there, and according to most of you, he had already decided to leave before Chris Scott had ever arrived, so you can't blame Scott for that), who Bomber bullied out of the place. Sure, Gazza may have decided to leave, but any hope of talking him into staying was destroyed by Bomber's sulky, petulant, unprofessional and, as it tuned out, hypocritical attitude.
Gary Ablett and Shane Mumford are much bigger losses than any of the people we lost under Chris Scott.
Also, if we could recruit a better list, and not be restricted by the AFL giving GWS all those picks, then we could have got some better talent in. But our high finishes, and the entry of the AFL's "golden boy" clubs pushed us way down the pecking order for picks. Maybe if you stopped riding Bomber's cock for ten minutes, you will see what I am talking about.