This is absolutely a rebuild of the list.

6 players delisted, with only 1 game played for seniors in 2025 between them.

7 of the top 10 in the B& F over 28 years of age.

And with these players available essentially for the whole season and with an "easy" draw we finish bottom 6 for the second year running. ...

Only 2 players traded in since 2021 played this season.

Two of the best mids ever to play at the club going to other clubs.

A new coach has 1 opportunity to clean out a list, and it is when they arrive = rebuild.

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by george_on_the_outer

4 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

This is absolutely a rebuild of the list.

6 players delisted, with only 1 game played for seniors in 2025 between them.

7 of the top 10 in the B& F over 28 years of age.

And with these players available essentially for the whole season and with an "easy" draw we finish bottom 6 for the second year running. ...

Only 2 players traded in since 2021 played this season.

Two of the best mids ever to play at the club going to other clubs.

A new coach has 1 opportunity to clean out a list, and it is when they arrive = rebuild.

6 players delisted is pretty standard I would have thought.

Kozzy, Langford, Lindsay, Windsor, Turner, Rivers, Bowey, Chandler, JVR, Kolt and Howes is a good young core of 11.

No doubt we need more to join them, which is why I class this as list management evolution rather than rebuild. Surely, a rebuild would denote a total clearing of the decks but we've already had 4-5 years of bringing in that talent. In Kozzy and Rivers case, 6 years and Chandler 7.

Then we have a further 9 premiership players that add varying levels of value in Max, Viney, Lever, Petty, Salem, Langdon, Mihocek, Fritta and Sparrow.

And some potential in AMW, Culley, Adams, Kentfield and Heath.

It's been my view that we still need 1-2 elite mids to add to that young core. Humphrey would be one, and then hopefully our 2026 pick too.

Then we're basically at the 2016 stage of the list build. Time to target and acquire players through trades or free agency ala Lever, May and Langdon. If it's through trading and not FA, it's likely we'll need to sacrifice first round picks like we did to acquire Lever and May. Hopefully this is during 2027-2028 when Tassie compromises those drafts.

If on top of this, we can do some shrewd business with second round picks in trade (like Langdon) or draft in a best 22 from the round 2 (like Fritta, Petty etc), by 2028 we'll be in the window.

So maybe I'm being pedantic, but I don't view this as a rebuild. King has too many pieces and potential pieces at his disposal already. And no doubt, this was his pitch to land the role. Clear the decks of poor cultural elements and the small margins that he talks about, become smaller with everyone on the same page, with an aggressive, attacking game style.

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by Adam The God