Wait, wait, wait, why are the same people who were saying Hamish was God and the pick swap with Geelong was amazing, and Cockatoo is useless now saying Lever is a dud?
Because it was Hamish's plan all along to turn the #14 pick into two first round picks four years later!
The pick swap
was amazing; Lever was highly prized, but we found he had a lower ceiling, so we swapped him for more than he was worth.
Lever is a dud now, exposed for his inability to defend one-on-one. He's just someone else's dud.
First rounders should be spent on midfielders, unless there's exception forward or ruck talent.
Key position backmen, meh. Really good ones are useful, but they're not what you spend the big bucks on (picks higher than 10)
Look at our backline
Talia - 14
Hartigan - 14 in rookie draft
Laird - 5 in rookie draft
Brown - 16
Doedee - 17
Smith - 14
Kelly - 40 in rookie draft
Lever - 14
Okay, so we're either paying a late first round draft pick (usually, pick 14!) or rookieing them.