I must admit, the "common knowledge" that Essendon are hard to deal with seems to be a bit over blown these days.
Chris Pelchen was horrible to deal with back when he was in charge of list management at Hawthorn.
It seems that the reputation of being difficult to deal with means Essendon get blamed for any sort of hold up.
They were quite within their rights to ask for more than pick 17 for Ryder last year. But in doing this, everyone just says "typical Essendon, typical Dodoro" as the trade drags out.
Most clubs will start with a really high asking price for their players, you start high, gives you room to wiggle down. As soon as Dodoro employs this tactic, he and Essendon get howled down for being unrealistic and accused for over rating their players. Andrew McKay said this morning on SEN that he thinks Henderson is worth a first round draft pick. So if Carlton think Henderson is worth a 1st round pick, what will their offer be to Essendon for Carlisle. When it's way unders, will Carlton be accused of "being hard to deal with"?
On football ability, there are 18 clubs that would like to have Carlisle on their list [Essendon included].
I will be fascinated to see how this one plays out.