Lang will be side-stepping around some of our more plodding players in years to come if we let him go. Unfair to be comparing a 21 year old who has suffered two broken legs, one pre-draft, and one this year, to some blokes on our list who we retained into their mid/late 20s who showed far less.
I think people have become too accustomed to us taking senior players in trade week who slot straight into the 22 considering they are already in their prime, that when we pick up some kids in the draft like Lang and Thurlow who don't cement a spot in their 1st or 2nd year, we instantly want to throw them to the scrap heap because they have 'failed'.