Yes actually. That would have been nice for a premiership ruckman, considered one of the top few in the comp at the time. Especially given he was 2 years into his contract on big money and 4 years to get him to stay last time. Sound familiar?
Then he nominates Collingwood much in the way Tippett has Sydney.
Difference between him and Tippett is he was contracted to Sydney. Additionally we lost some bargaining power when he wouldn't deal with anyone else but Collingwood. Therefore we didn't probably get full value for the trade.... much in the way you won't with Tippett.
Tippett isn't quite at Jollys level at this stage. We don't need him as much as Collingwood required a decent ruckman for a premiership tilt, just as we just won the premiership and don't really 'need' him. This negates their age difference to a large degree.
So our demand for him is not sky high, and if we were to lose him, it is not the end of the world. Tippett has nominated us and thus taken most of Adelaides bargaining power away, just like Jolly did with us.
White and 22 has sounded about right given the above circumstances.