So you'd just drat 2 KPP because we have a lack of depht I remember carlton doing that one year will mat watson etc..... killed it.
Don't get me wrong we still need a key forward but everyone seems hellbent on selling the farm to get one. Next year a forward line with daniher francis or brown and Laverde will function nicely.
FYI if hurley stays we have 7 KPP on our list excluding rucks mmmm doesn't really seem to bad. But on our main list we have only 2 rucks both which our injury prone probably need another ruck on the main list first. Hey lets call it even and get a ruck forward!
Not for a second am I suggesting using a top pick on a KPP just for the sake of it. What I am suggesting is that we do try and improve the list balance of talls because as it stands we have a significant shortage.
Hawthorn have 9 genuine KPP's (Brand, Fitzpatrick, Frawley, Gibson, Gunston, Heatherley, O'Brien, Roughead, Schoenmakers, Spangher)
Geelong have 11 genuine KPP's (Buzza, Clark, Delaney, Gardner, Hawkins, Henderson, Kersten, Kolodjasnji, Lonergan, Taylor, Vardy)
Hell, even Adelaide have 9 genuine KPP's (Dear, Hartigan, Jenkins, Keath, Lever, Lowden, McGovern, Talia, Walker)
We have 7 genuine KPP's (Ambrose, Brown, Daniher, Gwilt, Hartley, Hurley, Hooker) and a significant imbalance in fwds (x2) to defenders in that list (x5).
[disclaimer: some may suggest Hooker, Bellchambers, Hurley, even Aaron Francis have the capabilities to play key forward. They may be handy enough but im talking about a genuine 60+ goal a year KPF]
Not for second do we go and move heaven and earth to erect this, nor do we go out on a limb and use high draft picks but moving forward we do need to fix it. Be it via Free Agency (hell, go after a kid like Harry Dear if we need to) or be selective at the trade table (James Stewart won't cost the world imho), or even draft one of the 3 - 4 handy key forwards in the state leagues whilst a kid like Pat Kerr develops in the reserves. Hell, go after a Karl Brown (some suggest is the 4th best KPF in this draft) who would be a rookie chance at most. Would give us a year to look at him and see what he had. Luke Strnaica another.