I'm dating it back to when they built the majority of the team that won 4 flags since 08, you don't look at the last 3 years you go back 10+ years at least.
Some savvy drafting then they got in some decent trades for what i consider very minimal picks, Burgoyne came at the heaviest cost the rest was a lot of nothing picks or late first rounders which are equally hit and miss especially in some of the drafts they gave them up in.
A decades worth of data is more important then a nominal 3 years.
Shaun Burgoyne 9 + M.Williams
Josh Gibson 25 + 41
Jack Gunston, 53 and 71 for 24, 46, 64
David Hale and 52 for 27 and 71
Trent Croad (return from freo AA quality year in 08 flag after giving up L.Hodge for him) for pick 14 in a shit draft.
Jonathan O’Rourke + 43 a 2nd year former #2 pick for pick 19 + 40 AFTER winning a flag.
B.Lake 21 + 43
Brent Guerra PSD pick 3
Add to that FA's for small coin (players happy to come for less) of which one could have been matched and forced a trade BUT Melbourne new they would receive superior compo for letting him go.
Frawley
Simpkin
They also faired very well when the trades went the other way.
Between 2000 and 2010, Hawthorn traded out 16 players and received a net total of seven draft picks within the first 25.
This is exceptional. In the same period only North Melbourne gathered the same number of early picks via trades.
Most clubs, in fact, go the opposite way. Fremantle has traded out 21 players for a net total of four early draft picks. Adelaide and Sydney have both traded out 12 players for a net return of one early draft pick apiece.
Hawthorn finished out of the finals between 2002 and 2006. They used this time to rebuild, selling veterans for picks.
Collingwood
11 players out, 3 draft picks under 25 in ...
2002: Bo Nixon (21)
2005: Ryan Cook (23)
2006: Ben Reid (8)
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I'm just saying they have over the years faired very well at the trade table and i am hoping teams are wising up after 3 consecutive flags.