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We all thought we got it wrong, but did we really?

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Looking back at it "delistings/retirements" did we get it wrong?

My opinion is that we were spot on.

Junior - didn't play much and has retired

Green - retired this year

Cameron Bruce - retired this year

Did we really lose a lot by forcing the hand of those on the verge of ending their careers?

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    Looking back at it "delistings/retirements" did we get it wrong?

    My opinion is that we were spot on.

    Junior - didn't play much and has retired

    Green - retired this year

    Cameron Bruce - retired this year

    Did we really lose a lot by forcing the hand of those on the verge of ending their careers?

    Thread title isn't correct. I don't know that we ALL thought we got it wrong.

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    Looking back at it "delistings/retirements" did we get it wrong?

    My opinion is that we were spot on.

    Junior - didn't play much and has retired

    Green - retired this year

    Cameron Bruce - retired this year

    Did we really lose a lot by forcing the hand of those on the verge of ending their careers?

    Well the fact that they were replaced on the list by players like Cook then yes we did lose

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    The gain was a one or two year advance on the draft picks, and presumably some salary cap space saved.

    The loss was experienced players of varying value.

    Given that it isn't even possible to give a decisive call one way or the other in hindsight, where's the value in trying to second guess the decisions made at the time?

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    Cook didn't replace any of them

    Wasn't he drafted the year after Macdonald "retired"

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    Junior is the only one that should have stayed on - we'd have an invaluable member of the coaching panel now and one hell of a mentor and role model.

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    Opened up the thread thinking it was about Jack Watts, he did poll 3 against the Bombers

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    Well the fact that they were replaced on the list by players like Cook then yes we did lose

    We only ever gained the OPPORTUNITY to draft another young player, regardless of who it was, but some won't realise that and will focus on irrelevancies...

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    Looking back at it "delistings/retirements" did we get it wrong?

    My opinion is that we were spot on.

    Junior - didn't play much and has retired

    Green - retired this year

    Cameron Bruce - retired this year

    Did we really lose a lot by forcing the hand of those on the verge of ending their careers?

    We lost the leadership of these blokes but we needed new blood.We got it right and new leaders are emerging .
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    We only ever gained the OPPORTUNITY to draft another young player, regardless of who it was, but some won't realise that and will focus on irrelevancies...

    With BP being the one to draft players I think it was totally relevant on how many players he was allowed to draft. If it were up to me I would have minimised the amount of players he could draft as much as possible and not go delisting Junior

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    We only ever gained the OPPORTUNITY to draft another young player, regardless of who it was, but some won't realise that and will focus on irrelevancies...

    opportunity was lost. That's what i realize.
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    With BP being the one to draft players I think it was totally relevant on how many players he was allowed to draft. If it were up to me I would have minimised the amount of players he could draft as much as possible and not go delisting Junior

    Well that's just an absurd statement.

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    Screwing Junior over for the sake of a year was a monumental [censored] up.

    He had valuable leadership attributes that we desperately needed and wanted, and was an examplery player for us.

    Sometimes I shake my head at some of the stupidly idiotic decisions we have made with our list.

    Newton got an extra year but Junior didn't. I mean FFS!

    It was an epic fail.

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    Screwing Junior over for the sake of a year was a monumental [censored] up.

    He had valuable leadership attributes that we desperately needed and wanted, and was an examplery player for us.

    Sometimes I shake my head at some of the stupidly idiotic decisions we have made with our list.

    Newton got an extra year but Junior didn't. I mean FFS!

    It was an epic fail.

    Dont worry, we got Cook now

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    The Junior decision was categorically wrong.

    considering he went to play for the ammos last year, was it wrong?

    Just asking

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    considering he went to play for the ammos last year, was it wrong?

    Just asking

    I don't see how that impacts on judgement of the decision tbh.

    What was he to do when he felt he had another year in him? Sit on his hands out of respect to the club that shafted him?

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    I don't see how that impacts on judgement of the decision tbh.

    What was he to do when he felt he had another year in him? Sit on his hands out of respect to the club that shafted him?

    his hammy injury took a long time to recover. How many games could he have played at top level in 2011?

    That was the quandry the club had.

    Edited by why you little

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    So even in retrospect you think it was the right decision?

    In the games he played this year he more than proved he was capable of competing at AFL level. Our team is bereft of senior leaders and we denied a club captain and one of its great servants an extra year. It was a [censored] up, and it still irks me.

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