Ward, Davis and Coniglio aren't what they used to be but I still think they can be useful.
Meanwhile I think Haynes, Greene, Whitfield, Kelly, Taranto, Taylor, Perryman is an elite core. Give me those 7 in a good side and I'll give you 7 All Australians.
That's 10. Hopper, Cumming, Daniels, Himmelberg and a half decent ruck (Flynn or Preuss) gets you to 15 serviceable or better players.
Riccardi, Hill, O'Halloran, Green, Ash, 3 x first rounders last year and that's 23 and your rebuild done.
The retool that they need is to get rid of a lot of the guys on their list who aren't useful role players any longer and find a bunch of fresh hungry role players from the state leagues or delistings to cover the young players and provide a bit of oomph. Gold Coast have done a good job bringing in some mature bodies, that's what the Giants need.
If you pull the rebuild card and start subtracting from the best 7 you're then diminishing the chances to bounce back on track, likely upsetting the veterans and starting to put a time limit on the guys like Greene and Haynes.
As for whether Kelly gets 1 million from a Vic club - Zac Williams and Brad Hill got close to that if you believe the reports. He might not be the kind of player in Brownlow contention that he was looking like back in 2017 but he should still be 10 or Brownlow votes and a number of high impact games. If you're North or say Essendon who wanted Dunkley on big money, don't you have to overpay Kelly if he's gettable?
