Traded Eagles Pick 50+2018 1st for Gold Coast Picks21,26,37+2018 2nd

[Gorman2Geister]

With Clayton going to the Eagles, this trade goes from looking incredibly poor to slightly suss.
Anyway it was signed off at the time so well done Eagles.
Hopefully we can get some Gold Coast bargains this year.

 

[TheSunGod]

The message here is “if you want a flag, you deal with us”
Richmond and Prestia 2017
Eagles and this abominable trade 2018

 

[Max zero]

What If ?
Fremantle take multiple Second Rd pick with this year second Rd .
Tim Kelly instead of pick 2 Brayshaw /Cerra , Bailey Fritsch/Liam Ryan , Zac Langdon and this year GC second Rd .


https://thewest.com.au/sport/west-c...st-coasts-recruiting-department-ng-b88751211z
Veteran recruiting guru Scott Clayton has joined West Coast in a significant boost to the club’s list management plans.

It is understood Clayton, the inaugural Gold Coast list manager, will join the existing Eagles recruiting staff rather than become part of any shake-up of the department.

Staff were told of the appointment this morning, with Clayton to be based in Melbourne.

Clayton left the Suns after last year’s national draft as the club opted for change in several key football positions.

Gee I am not sure about Clayton. Is he good at his job?

 

[rippersnipper]

Gee I am not sure about Clayton. Is he good at his job?

Seems unlikely based on this. This is like being a civil engineer and working on a bridge that collapsed within a few months. Looks absolutely rubbish on the CV

 

[Peel67skin]

Gee I am not sure about Clayton. Is he good at his job?

He already get you a flag , so don't worried be happy .

 

[Sweet Jesus]

Thanks for coming, Gold Coast.

 

[Lyyynnnchy]

With Clayton going to the Eagles, this trade goes from looking incredibly poor to slightly suss.
Anyway it was signed off at the time so well done Eagles.
Hopefully we can get some Gold Coast bargains this year.

You do realise at the time with West Coast considered to be bottom 4 and GC on the improve, everyone was questioning why West Coast would do such a trade rather than the other way around?

 

[citizen-erased]

The message here is “if you want a flag, you deal with us”
Richmond and Prestia 2017
Eagles and this abominable trade 2018

We will give you Jackson merrett and our future 1st for may, Martin and the lynch comp pick

 

[Gorman2Geister]

You do realise at the time with West Coast considered to be bottom 4 and GC on the improve, everyone was questioning why West Coast would do such a trade rather than the other way around?

Gold Coast had just booted their coach and Ablett had skipped town. I don't think bringing in Weller, Holman etc. was topping up for a flag. Plus they had to play all over the place for the first half of the year. West Coast had lost a lot of experience but still had plenty of quality. Not everyone would have been in the Robert Walls boat surely.

 

[blitzer]

This trade is probably going to serve as one of the first cautionary tales about future picks in this uncertain era. When you're relying on another team to finish low you're always exposing yourself to a fair bit of risk (and worse its risk that you have no control over). I personally wouldn't want my club bringing in future first rounders from other clubs unless you're doing it on the basis they are going to finish pretty high (eg trading with a GWS type).

I can understand why Gold Coast made the call though. The draft this year was rated as a very strong one and no Eagles were not expected to finish that high by most. If Eagles had had a disaster year we may have been sitting here lauding them. Still at least pick 18 this year probably has more value than an equivalent pick last year so lets see what they can do with it. They may yet recover from this with some good drafting/trading.

 

[Crawb]

This trade demonstrates how lucrative a gamble can be from the West Coast perspective. Backed themselves in and picked up 3 second rounders for free essentially.

Alternatively from the Gold Coast perspective it also highlights how dangerously perilous trading future picks can be.

 

[manboob]

This was crazy at the time now it's just insane.

 

[Oneiros]

You know it was a win for the Eagles because I can't even think about it without paroxysms of laughter.

 

[DivideandMultiply]

With Clayton going to the Eagles, this trade goes from looking incredibly poor to slightly suss.
Anyway it was signed off at the time so well done Eagles.
Hopefully we can get some Gold Coast bargains this year.

I actually thought it might have violated the AFL's rules at the time, but because it was a future pick, WC finishing bottom 2 would have had the points differential within an acceptable range.

 

[Moonshift]

Gee I am not sure about Clayton. Is he good at his job?

Enjoy your forthcoming surplus of quick, skinny players who get injured a lot. Cherish the 5 years you have with McGovern because you won't be getting another player like him with Clayton in your recruiting management.

 

[Max zero]

Enjoy your forthcoming surplus of quick, skinny players who get injured a lot. Cherish the 5 years you have with McGovern because you won't be getting another player like him with Clayton in your recruiting management.

Apparently he is only doing the East coast recruiting so at least he won't be given unfetted reins.

 

[coniglio_number1]

He isn’t the list manager so will only be able to offer opinions on Victorians

 

[Iva Bigun]

Allowing Clayton who was already told he was not required and had a horrible history with recruiting to run last years trading is an indictment on my club.

The result? paid massive overs for Weller and gave away 4 picks for a 2 pick upgrade, supposedly to give it to Freo for Weller. Clayton didn’t even check with Freo before making the deal. He is either incompetent or crooked, either way I’m glad he’s finally gone.

Evans etc can’t blame that drafting debacle on the previous administration.

That having been said, it’s done, nothing can do but learn from it.

 

[Total_Juddshanks]

Even before you start factoring in who got drafted, in hindsight this is one of the funniest and most one sided deals ever.

 

[Tbonefreo]

This deal made no sense then and it still doesn't. A suns poster said to me we didnt need the picks hence the trade. But they are valuable picks. Could have gotten something for it

 

[Sweet Jesus]

The Suns should write a country song about what WC did to them.

 

[Max zero]

I actually thought it might have violated the AFL's rules at the time, but because it was a future pick, WC finishing bottom 2 would have had the points differential within an acceptable range.

Says it all really. We would have to finish bottom 2 for the trade to even be legal if done in fixed picks.

Why did we recruit Clayton again?

 

[Sweet Jesus]

Says it all really. We would have to finish bottom 2 for the trade to even be legal if done in fixed picks.

What we did to GC was illegal in the olden days. But those anti-sodomy laws were overturned.

 

[DivideandMultiply]

Says it all really. We would have to finish bottom 2 for the trade to even be legal if done in fixed picks.

Why did we recruit Clayton again?

Not as head of list management like at GC. He has a different role at WC.

O'Brien and Rawlings are the main guys.

 

[Sweet Jesus]

Any chance the Suns want to trade out one of their early picks in 2018 for WC's 2019 first-rounder?

Could be a good deal.