Topping up while winning 4 flags sounds like a good formula to me, even if it means a deep rebuild eventually.Topping up is fine depending on where your list sits and which phase of its life cycle.
As I said he traded for needs AFTER the bulk of his team was drafted.
His patchwork team was to avoid the rebuild and it was s**t yet you use it for a model we should follow.
Don't get me started on Geelong they are very fortunate to have had 2 genuine stars want there in Dangerfield and Cameron. Touhy was also a very good HB even at Carlton. They also picked a few from the draft that have done well at their picks.
The need for a deep rebuild does not negate the success of the Clarkson’s topping up approach.
And as I said previously. Rich and Melb, had strings of failed rebuilds before finally winning flags, proving the Model is far from fool proof.