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Why we should tank...

Rosso

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What a grim position our club has reached. Yet all is not lost. If we embrace a season long strategy of losing every game (we are well under way!), untold riches await.

Consider this scenario. If we finish bottom, our draft picks in the (bumper) upcoming national draft would be as follows.

Pick #1

Pick # 2 (compensation pick for Tom $cully)

Pick #15 (compensation for Tom $cully, GWS have an extra rd 1 pick and assuming Dogs finish lower than 9th)

Also, once the bidding for Jack Viney occurs, our 1st round pick is protected as it would be no1. As far as I know we can't be made to use our compo picks on him, so we would then use our first pick in round 2 Pick which would be about #25, given that Brisbane have an end of rd 1 pick.

The alternative is to battle through the season finish around 12th and have:

Pick 8 (probably have to use on Viney)

Pick 9 ($cully)

Pick 15 ($cully)

Pick 30

NB.... Before everyone jumps down my throat and labels me a disgrace, this is firmly tongue in cheek, I will probably drive to the West Gate Bridge and jump off if we don't win a game this year. However, leading into the last round a win or loss may be very important as to where we are forced to take Jack Viney.

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The last thing we need is more tanking talk!! A winning culture is the ONLY way to teach our young players the value of every game, and to grow the ruthless mentality that we need to climb the ladder.

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Did anyone actually read the full post, especially the part at the end where I said this was tongue in cheek and that I did not want us to tank??? I thought only Collingwood supporters couldn't read... Sigh...

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It was only a matter of time before this subject reared its ugly head (joking or not)

Although it seems we are all sick of losing it will be interesting to see what thoughts are being bandied around if we are 12th on the ladder in round 18.......

I was pro development in 2010 but I don't think I could handle the same scenario again.

Then again when the potential draft picks become obvious........

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It was only a matter of time before this subject reared its ugly head (joking or not)

Although it seems we are all sick of losing it will be interesting to see what thoughts are being bandied around if we are 12th on the ladder in round 18.......

I was pro development in 2010 but I don't think I could handle the same scenario again.

Then again when the potential draft picks become obvious........

Lachie Whitfield at #1 - write it in. Much like 'we-all-know-who' in '09.

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1) Pointless topic

2) I cant fathom to think about if we were in such a position to draft picks #1 and #2 the added pressure on those players performing and the media scrutinizing us on how we made the wrong decision again. I am sick to death on Melbourne 'apparently' making the wrong pick choices when at the time where the best available options at that number. I'd rather now just stick to getting picks around 15-30 mid range and hope to snare a superstar i.e. Nat Fyfe at 20 or Dane Swan pick 58.

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Did anyone actually read the full post, especially the part at the end where I said this was tongue in cheek and that I did not want us to tank??? I thought only Collingwood supporters couldn't read... Sigh...

I said the same thing in the same way several months ago and got the same reaction.

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