Sorry MarkT2, but it isn't clear hear what you are actually recommending. What would you trade for Adams? What would you do about Shaw? What would you do about our list? What would you do about our coaching panel?
Shaw? I wouldn't have backed ourselves into a corner to begin with. In fact I wouldn't have let the internal issues take control with the result being a cleanout in a premiership capable list. We just simply shouldn't be losing Thomas and Shaw. We shouldn't be at the point of no return. That's the real management issue that decides if you win flags, not what we now get for them. What we do now is simply make the best of the mess we have not managed well enough thus far.
IMO this all traces back to what I said at teh start of the year. Leading teams was not the solution. The fact that we thought we needed them is the indicator of the problem which so clearly has now manifested itself.
These sorts of programs will eventually work becasue you will end up with the players that they will work on and the ones that they won't work on will be exited or fall by the wayside. You just don't need that path when you already have the squad to win the flag though. You create a problem than have the mechanism to potentially fix it and then hope that is good enough to win flags. Much better to wait until the flags are banked and the the need arises as you move to a younger squad via natural attricion.
So, with that in mind, to more directly answer your question, I'd love to trade Shaw to Melbourne along with pick 11 for pick 2 or even better to GWS along with pick 11 for pick 1. If it took another player of say a Blair quality then fine. If it took Goldsack then that would be ok as well although not my preference. If it took Sinclair then "where do I sign!"
Failing that, then 9 for Shaw is ok. Maybe 9 & Adams for Shaw, our second round pick and a player or two. I am not sweating about Adams. What should we pay for Adams. I haven't seen a huge amount of GWS so I can't really say defintively but given where he was drafted a mid first round pick is probably about right. The thing is, if we only had 1 mid first round pick, I don't think he's the skill set we need. What we need is the skill set of Dale Thomas - pace and skills. We are simply too slow and kick far too poorly to win a flag now. I may under rate Adams but I am more concerned with his attributes v what we need than his absolute quality or otherwise.