We are in a hole at the moment. What would you do if you were in charge of the club? This is what my strategy would be. What's yours?
1. Use due diligence to find the best coach that you can get. Whatever the price
2. Get the best available assistant coaches, medicos, recruiters etc. Pay the goddamn tax. A successful Collingwood can well and truly afford it.
3. We are going to have a top 10 possibly a top 5 pick this year. Take that and add to it the following:
Trade Pendles. Top 10 pick plus second rounder
Trade Sidey First rounder
Grundy will probably go. First rounder plus second rounder.
Load up on high end talent with all those picks. KPP's, skilled players. quick players
4. 2018 and 2019 we won't make finals because we will once again be a young team, so use our top 10 picks to bring in more top 10 talent plus the younger Daicos
5. Years 2020 to 2025 we have a core of very good young talent. Along with this we have guys like Treloar, Adams, Moore, Howe, Shaz, WHE, JDG who by now are the experienced backbone leadership group.
6. Between the years 2021 and 2025 we snag 1 hopefully 2 flags.
If I held the reins that is what I would do. I know many will respond to my suggesting trading Pendles with these: But the truth is he is very unlikely to be part of the next push for a flag. So let him go elsewhere to a club who is in the premiership window. Give him the pleasure of playing finals again and let us benefit by using that to build our next tilt.
What would you do
1. Use due diligence to find the best coach that you can get. Whatever the price
2. Get the best available assistant coaches, medicos, recruiters etc. Pay the goddamn tax. A successful Collingwood can well and truly afford it.
3. We are going to have a top 10 possibly a top 5 pick this year. Take that and add to it the following:
Trade Pendles. Top 10 pick plus second rounder
Trade Sidey First rounder
Grundy will probably go. First rounder plus second rounder.
Load up on high end talent with all those picks. KPP's, skilled players. quick players
4. 2018 and 2019 we won't make finals because we will once again be a young team, so use our top 10 picks to bring in more top 10 talent plus the younger Daicos
5. Years 2020 to 2025 we have a core of very good young talent. Along with this we have guys like Treloar, Adams, Moore, Howe, Shaz, WHE, JDG who by now are the experienced backbone leadership group.
6. Between the years 2021 and 2025 we snag 1 hopefully 2 flags.
If I held the reins that is what I would do. I know many will respond to my suggesting trading Pendles with these: But the truth is he is very unlikely to be part of the next push for a flag. So let him go elsewhere to a club who is in the premiership window. Give him the pleasure of playing finals again and let us benefit by using that to build our next tilt.
What would you do