What is the source of your information that Goldstein is a 50% chance to come to the Bulldogs?
If you think that our first and Jong gets it done but that's not a steep price, I think you are sadly wrong. Jong has value - he is not worth nothing. You are effectively saying that our first and a second or early third round pick plus $650 to $750k per year from our salary cap for Goldstein. That's way too much for what he would bring to the team. As much as I think that Goldstein is a good player, if we are going to give up great picks and a heap of salary cap to one player, it had better be for someone who makes a huge difference to our team - perhaps Hurley, Rance, Reiwoldt.
Well we can argue all day about whether he is worth that price but it's not going to be productive. What each of us considers to be a “steep” price is purely subjective and using our opinions as a basis for argument will never reach a conclusion. I find it interesting that you have claimed that my opinion is objectively wrong based soley on the fact that it differs from your opinion.
From my perspective, pick 17 or 18 are technically first rounders but they might as well be early second rounders. Jong would likely go for a pick 27 or thereabouts. So it's essentially two early seconds that we are giving up. I personally think he is worth that.
In terms of whether or not he helps us out structurally then we clearly have very differing opinions but I respect your position. Plenty of teams have been successful without dominant rucks.
At the end of the day the coaching staff will decide whether or not he would be worth the investment. The fact that we were chasing Lobbe last year makes me think that Bevo is keen on getting some ruck depth. Granted, that was before Roughy came on, but I shudder to think what our midfield could do with a tap specialist like Goldy putting it down their throats.
The “50/50” theory I came up with is based on the fact that there are two possibilities; he will either be at the Dogs next year or he won't.