List Mgmt. Trade/Draft Talk III - Zaharakis for a SIG BET?

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Reckon he's trying to run Hawthorn like a business. Problem is that a footy club has a heart and soul..... which he is destroying.

Although I suppose you could use Manchester City and Barcelona as examples of money talks. But they don't have the same salary cap issues.
Don't think there is too much wrong with running it as a business but you've got to be across everything and have open communication with your players. The Mitchell scenario seems to have been handled brilliantly but the Lewis one abhorrently along with the Saints pick trade where they've rated their list way too highly.
 

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Reckon Woosha would not take any crap from him and he would no longer be a big fish in a small pond. He has loads of ability. He might work out ok
Voss and Leppitsch were supposedly no nonsense types as well, look what happened there. He seems like the type were if you don't worship the ground he walks on he'll stab you in the back.
 

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Except Mitchell went for well unders because the Hawks had nothing else to give.

Tom Mitchell is worth a top 5 pick easily.
I can't accept that that is the way it works, or should work.
If so, all clubs would trade away their picks, then go after a big name player and get him for unders because they have nothing else to give.
If the destination club doesn't have the ability to pay what the player is worth, they shouldn't go after the player. The club the player is leaving should not be left short.
 

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Clubs can announce, official paperwork has to wait from memory.
Only Monday-Friday. I'd assume trade's would be worked out over the weekend too, but formal agreements can only be reached on weekdays.
Yeah deals have been done in the past over a weekend and waited until Monday for lodgement. I am sure they'll be working the next 2 days,
 

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When does trade 'week' end?

Based on some of the hysteria (not the Def Leppard album) on here you'd think it was 5pm today.
All we need is one more ANIMAL and we'll RUN RIOT over the opposition and ROCKET up the ladder. We'll be GODS OF WAR, get all the WOMEN with LOVE AND AFFECTION, it's an EXCITABLE scenario. I'M A GETTING IT
 

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