Trading Motlop for Deledio would be Fremantle-esque. I know the club loves getting bent over at the trade table, but that would take it to new levels.
I know this is somewhat of a pre-conceived notion but do you really think that's been the case in recent times?
I can't think of many recent trades apart from McIntosh and Clarke that haven't worked in our favour? Plus the Clarke/Varcoe trade also probably paid a part in freeing up cap space for last years trade coup, so there were other advantages apart from Clarke's unfortunate performance. Not many were disappointed to see TV go anyway...
Bundy has barely got on the park and been average at best in Brisbane - and we pretty much had a gun to our heads with that trade and Stanley has been improving and now a crucial part or structure with a much higher ceiling. You wouldn't take 2 Bundy's for Stanley now...and we'd get a first rounder for Stanley now I would bet also. That has been a big win for us. Bundy would barely get a late second round, probably third - if that with his back history.
Every one of last years trades have paid massive dividends - we picked up the likely Brownlow medalist for a first + second rnd pick and a player that couldn't play a game for the Crows. You'd take that every day - after Adelaide did the unexpected and were going to force a trade by matching anyway.
Hendo - Pick 16-20 - Win. Been outstanding, probably unlucky not to make the AA group of 40.
Smith - two late 3rd rounders - Massive Win - has been a solid ruckman all year, best 22 now.
Selwood - Nothing - Win
Caddy - probably about fair late first rounder, still upside.
I'm actually struggling to see anywhere we got 'bent over', in fact we seem to have come out on top on nearly every trade bar Hmac and Clarke and as I said, Varcoe going had other cap advantages which probably enabled us to grab Smith/Scooter. I think we've traded exceptionally well, we've picked up elite talent and filled our structural voids with players that are paying us back in spades - so unless you're expecting to have a 100% strike rate and pay unders for everybody, I think this 'bent over' perception is BS, if you want to look at recent history.