Ideally it would be great to get the compo pick then trade a lower pick or player for someone like Motlop as we both would win somewhat, but as that could be seen to be cheating your number one pick and a player 25 years or less in say the 7-12 ranked in the club. Issues are that player wanting to leave so may need to get a motlop as he appears happy to jump ship. With losing PD we could easily meet his salary expectations.
That would probably be a fair trade before Danger hit RFA status. Now that he's ooc and an RFA, and given the way Geelong is playing and our draw, it's quite reasonable to assume we're going to get pick 5-6 in the draft.
Based on that and looking at the teams likely to finish lower then us, I think we'd be willing to risk him going to the PSD and I think Crows would know this. If they match then they get no compo. The risk is too great trying to get Geelong to play ball. Crows will want to move on as quickly as possible in order to try and secure Aish or Dixon as these 2 players also have lots of suitors, Crows can't be held up for too long if they're to get anyone else.
Same thing with Motlop if he leaves he will have many suitors and he can pick between them, he has to want to go to Adelaide over Pies or Richmond for that deal to work. If Motlop says No to Crows, what deal do you think we could do anyway? There isn't anyone else and then no deal could be done to Crows liking, big risk.