Seriously 500 pages devoted to a player you're losing. The big question that should be dominating your board is how you're going to replace him. Lose a KPP and you still expect to finish top 4 without trying to bring in some additional talent. That should be taking up 500+ pages.
That's because we all know what the options are within our list, and they are very positive. We don't need to discuss it, it started taking shape this year.
Read Matt Rendell's article - our team traded
last year with the assumption that Tippett was going. We already have the KPPs needed to structure up - choice, even. That's why there's not a great deal of interest in Jesse White. We believe he would be #5 in line behind Jenkins, Johnston, Lynch and McKernan (in strictly alphabetical order

). And all of those have already played successfully for the AFC.
We don't have a gaping hole in our forward line, its just not going to be as brilliant (possibly - there are some, including Rendell, who believe it will be better without Tippett). Don't forget we already have a contender for the 2013 Coleman in Tex in our forward line. Henderson or Shaw can both play forward as well.
And that's just considering the talls! The smaller forward fleet is considered as good as any team's.
You seem to be bemused that we would consider risking nothing, rather than taking what you offer. Understood, and usually it would be the correct call. But you need to actually look at where the AFC will be on Draft day, if no further trade action happens.
We already have pick 20. We only have 2 vacancies on our list we can fill. And we have good rookies, one of whom was upgraded for the second half of the season. We don't have a desperate need for a second pick, we can leave a spot for a nominated rookie, we did this year.
It's not ideal, but Sydney's current offer does not change it much. Particularly if we have to take the player as well as the pick. Then we must delist a player that we still want. With respect to Jesse White, is he more useful to us than Richard Tambling? 119 AFL games, 11 for the Crows, drafted by Richmond at #4 in 2004, B&F for Sturt in the SANFL for 2012. Yet if we have to delist another player Tambling is the next in line - that's how deep our list is.