Not even. I've told you, at the end of 2018 a lot of the players on GWS' list are eligible for FA because even though they weren't admitted to the competition until 2011, they were contracted players in 2010. Add the loss of salary cap concessions and the re-rating of compensation picks by the AFL, you'll find that GWS doesn't become this all-conquering super power - just a very good side the way that Sydney is. They will always bleed players due to their location and the franchise nature of their club.
They are definitely part of the next wave along with the Bulldogs...but we can be just as good if not better than them. The AFL has the desire that all 18 teams have the ability to win a premiership every 12 years - 2 years in the bottom 4 to stock up on top five draft picks (key position players and 10 year elite midfielders that will form the nucleus of your side), 4 years in the bottom 10 to continue building up your side with top ten draft picks (more elite mids and small defenders/forwards), 2 years in the bottom half of the eight to either draft or trade for specialized positions that you might not have been able to recruit earlier...and then, 4 years at the top of the tree, when those top 10 draft picks will be in the sweet spot of 28-30 and ready to hit for a flag.
That's the reason why we need to get the trade period right this year - we have dropped back down into that bottom 10 area after being in the bottom half of the eight portion because, quite frankly, we did over-achieve in 2013/14. Not internally, but externally, based on the fact that we surprised a lot of sides with just how good we can be if we are left unchecked. This will happen to the Bulldogs and GWS next year - sides will study them and work out how to shut them down, and it will be how they respond to that which will determine whether or not they keep staying in that top four echelon or fall down like we did - an Icarus that got too close to the sun.
It's why Hartlett is on the trade table - he's meant to be one of the elite players along with Boak, Wingard and Wines that form the nucleus of our squad, but if all he sees himself as is a flanker because he can't or won't build up his tank to run through the midfield...he needs to go so we can get someone who will have the drive and hunger to be the best.