Traded Gold Coast trade Josh Caddy to Geelong for a selection of draft picks

[Kaiser Powser]

Does anyone else think that the exchange of "late picks" may be in Geelongs favour?

 

[Boxhead_31]

Does anyone else think that the exchange of "late picks" may be in Geelongs favour?

Don't think we will be using many of these picks that get swapped ourselves, we will be on trading most of them

Coming onto our list:
Pick 15 (1st required Draft Pick), Caddy, Rivers, Stringer(2nd required Draft Pick), Walker (3rd required Draft Pick) and maybe HMac

Going off our list:
Scarlett, Wojack, Hogan, Byrnes, Gillies

 

[Jab]

I thought that this was an interesting stat:

AFL Stats Nerd ‏@AFLStatsNerdTop-20 picks traded after 2 seasons:
J.Kennedy (Pick 4, 2005)
T.Hislop (Pick 20, 2006)
L.Henderson (Pick 8, 2007)
J.Caddy (Pick 7, 2010)

Mixed result for some high picks, but enough to justify what the Cats paid for him.

 

[mayhem20202]

2010
Gold Coast sign Ablett
Geelong get 2 compensation picks, an after first round selection and middle of first round selection
Geelong trade middle of first round compensation pick to Gold Coast for pick 15 (Billie Smedts)
Gold Coast draft Josh Caddy (pick 7)

Fast forward
2012
Geelong trade after first round selection compensation pick to Gold Coast for Josh Caddy

Funny that.

Classic comedy. I just wet my pants.

 

[Kaiser Powser]

If Gold coast put these Ablett compensation picks in a voodoo bag with a lock of Gaz's hair, can they make a clone Gary Ablett jnr?

Cool name; Gary Ablett Junior the second.

edit: Damn!! That hair bit is going to foil all there plans.

 

[Iva Bigun]

If Gold coast put these Ablett compensation picks in a voodoo bag with a lock of Gaz's hair, can they make a clone Gary Ablett jnr?

Cool name; Gary Ablett Junior the second.

edit: Damn!! That hair bit is going to foil all there plans.

Lock of gazza's hair is as rare as a Tippett Brownlow vote

 

[Lunchlady Doris]

We also had Abletts first compo pick by trading pick 15 in the 2010 draft for it, so basically for pick 15 and Caddy we got Ablett and a mid first round draft pick. Just boggles the mind

No, you got Ablett for nothing. The compo picks Geelong received were created out of thin air by the AFL.

For pick 15 and Caddy, you recevied the two compo picks the AFL generated.

 

[MaddAdam]

Your club literally doesn't seem to have the stomach for the rough and tumble of trading. They rolled over as easily as they did against the WCE in the finals this year.

More accurately, my club wouldn't pay the ridiculous price GC were asking.

 

[Iva Bigun]

More accurately, my club wouldn't pay the ridiculous price GC were asking.

More to come apparently, rumour seems to be they will cough up pick 15 for 2 second rounders from us to finalise the deal. He is going to be a good player but that is an excellent result for us if correct.

 

[CF]

More accurately, my club wouldn't pay the ridiculous price GC were asking.

You mean a first round draft pick (which will be between 15-21 when activated) for a player with great potential that was initially drafted at pick 7? Yeah that is such a ridiculous price isn't it. North are super dooper smart not to fall for that one.

 

[Iva Bigun]

You mean a first round draft pick (which will be between 15-21 when activated) for a player with great potential that was initially drafted at pick 7? Yeah that is such a ridiculous price isn't it. North are super dooper smart not to fall for that one.

Its a good point you make CF, the pick could well end up at the extreme of the first round if Geelong continues its fantastic recent run.

It's all a bit up in the air at the moment, so many numbers being thrown around and items yet to be finalised, such as

• the trading of picks to finalise the deal will have a baring on the overall trades percieved value
• Will Caddy live up to the hype, or is his 17th in the B&F a reflection of his true worth
• Will being at home spur on better performance
• Will Geelong fall over and make this pick at the other end of the scale

Only time will tell.

 

[MaddAdam]

You mean a first round draft pick (which will be between 15-21 when activated) for a player with great potential that was initially drafted at pick 7? Yeah that is such a ridiculous price isn't it. North are super dooper smart not to fall for that one.

You're paying much more than that.

 

[CF]

You're paying much more than that.

yeah there will be some later picks swapped about. But as to what that will be is yet to be announced so your pointless speculation makes you look like nothing but a sore loser.

In regards to what we are paying Caddy who is a 19yo yet unproven player, it will only be $250,000 -$300,000 a year. Geelong doesn't pay exorbitant amounts to players and you know this.

Geelong has a dearth of talent at the club and we mostly require some later picks so we can use to put the best of current 4th year rookies on the senior list, and pick up a good youngster with our first rounder.

Trying to spread fear about what we may have given up is just pure bollocks on your part.

Geelong will be OK. You worry about your own club because they are getting left behind.

 

[CF]

Its a good point you make CF, the pick could well end up at the extreme of the first round if Geelong continues its fantastic recent run.

It's all a bit up in the air at the moment, so many numbers being thrown around and items yet to be finalised, such as

• the trading of picks to finalise the deal will have a baring on the overall trades percieved value
• Will Caddy live up to the hype, or is his 17th in the B&F a reflection of his true worth
• Will being at home spur on better performance
• Will Geelong fall over and make this pick at the other end of the scale

Only time will tell.

Again it's just pointless speculation....will Caddy get hit by a bus outside Simonds Stadium? Will he do a knee in his first game with the cats? Really it's just stupid to even think like that.

Caddy is 19 yo young man and he should blossom under the culture of our Club. Will he be worth it in the end? That's just the risk any club takes recruiting any player regardless of the perceived potential people think that player has.

 

[Pie with sauce]

Rumours abound that Geelong have traded the compo and 15 for Caddy and a 2nd round pick (which GC wouldn't have used).

GC actually got the 2 first rounders they were after!

Does that not seem like overs to any Geelong fans?

I think Cats fans need to remember that the GC still have M Weller and T Hickey being sought by other clubs. If the Cats give up pick 15 they could very well get picks 25 (GC) and 26 (Hawks for Weller) in return. That would give Cats picks 25,26,36. Also Gillies or Brown may be traded or even packaged to one Club. Remember this is being touted as a super draft, early to mid second round picks are still going to be chocked full of talent.

 

[Boxhead_31]

You're paying much more than that.

Please let us know what we are paying DoP?

 

[GloblFotbalCrsis]

You mean a first round draft pick (which will be between 15-21 when activated) for a player with great potential that was initially drafted at pick 7? Yeah that is such a ridiculous price isn't it. North are super dooper smart not to fall for that one.

If that's what the pick ends up as it all good but while trying to not to be too pessimistic it could theoretically be as high as pick 2 which would be way overs

 

[Boxhead_31]

If that's what the pick ends up as it all good but while trying to not to be too pessimistic it could theoretically be as high as pick 2 which would be way overs

For that to happen it would take something that has never happened to Geelong in its VFL/AFL history to occur, we would need to finish lower than 12th

 

[CF]

For that to happen it would take something that has never happened to Geelong in its VFL/AFL history to occur, we would need to finish lower than 12th

completely agree. Geelong will finish in the top 8 in the next 2 years, at worse just outside, but I doubt it. We will never fall as low as 16 and as CA 08 has rightly pointed out we have never been a team that has bottomed out for picks.

 

[Beamer4lyf]

So Ablett goes to Gold Coast and Cats get compo pick.

Cats use compo pick to get Caddy from Gold Coast.

Gold Coast now holds Ablett compo pick.

Footy 2012....

and geelong got smedts but thats hardly anything

 

[The 747]

Smedts and Caddy are no compensation for Ablett, can we make that clear. Miles unders, he is an all time great.

We have done OK with these two youngsters who have potential but they cannot replace Ablett. The two combined wont even make up his output next year. But we make the best of what we have.

 

[zb14]

TWR announced that it will be Comp pick + 55 for Caddy. Great result for the Cats.

 

[zb14]

Trade now confirmed on afl.com.au

 

[Boxhead_31]

Glad we have been able to keep our first rounder along with getting Caddy in

In Wells we trust

 

[Sunny_]

I wonder what the Suns have in mind with #55. It has nearly no use to us. Would have been happy with the compo pick on its own.