You know what i reckon? having pick one in the PSD really tests who you are as a person (and as a club)
We are a small industry, the AFL and people and clubs dont forget things easily. There is a reason clubs dont take the walk to the psd option very often, because its poor form. ...and to be truthful, i dont think id want the kind of player that happily walks and screws their former club, thats not a nice personality trait id take in a recruit.
Look at us, all last off season, bemoaning STK for thretening the walk option, would it ever have happened? i highly doubt it, not just because the third club got involved, but because the player insisted on getting us fair value. We were calling the stk board animals and cheats and theifs for threatening the walk, we were complaining and wanting fair value, all fair enough.
Now the boots on the other foot, who are we as a club? dont turn into them. We showed what kind of club we are on Saturday by winning and putting pick one at risk, we are not that club, what goes around comes around. Its a small industry, clubs dont forget. Better to forge strong relationships than burn bridges, there are only 17 bridges out there, its a lonley place, marooned on a bridgeless island when no one wants to trade with you.
Sure its always used as a threat - and IF he nominates another club and they cant broker a deal- and GC play stubborn and let him walk, OK he falls to us (unlikley) but if he chooses us and we are in a position to broker a deal, i think we should, its up to GC to come closer to us because the safety net is there.
anyway, i know im idealistic but id like to build our new club on solid foudnations, not more underhanded rubbish that undermines what we should aspire to be.