He hasn't been an All Australian but by the age of 21 he was taking the best forward and in the first half of 2013 he was smashing most of them. First rounder with a guarantee hes right to play round 1 2016 is fair enough.
In my its simple. Minson plays this season and next season (so he fufills his contract) Roughead plays 2nd ruck/forward. Tom Campbell puts pressure on Minson for the number 1 ruck role and in the 2016 off season we pinch Peter Wright off GC. That means in 2017 we have Roughead as the main ruck and Peter Wright number 2nd ruck/forward.
To pinch Peter Wright might be tough work, but then I guess we never thought we would steal Tom Boyd a year after he was drafted at number 1.
I do think the attributes of Peter Wrights game when he was drafted is what we are after. But would cost us a bit to get. Don't think he has played a game yet, however most teams give talls a few years before trading them. Look at us with Cordy. Still handing onto him.
an exception to the rule might be someone like Steph Martin. Melbourne traded him out pretty early. I know others like Mumford have left early but that's because Sydney offered a person on the rookie list like 400k, not a first rounder like Peter Wright.
So our spine in 2017 (some key players would have retired) if you get your wish might be something like this:
FB: Hamling, Carlise, Wood
HB: JJ, Talia, Webb
I have high hopes on webb
HF: Dickson, Stringer, Crameri
FF: Dahl, Boyd, Wright
I also have a good feeling Mclean might become a solid forward player for us