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The proposed situation for the 2010 Draft - disaster or potential goldmine?

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At first glance it seems that any team trying to rebuild using the 2010 draft will be at a considerable disadvantage... and Melbourne in its current state definitely looks to be one such team.

But I digress.

We've been told by the media that the idea is to give Gold Coast a major chunk of the 1st round selections and then they can in turn trade them for experienced players.

This situation not only creates a potential taker for a player we want to offload, but also will end up with us getting a better result that if we traded to an existing team.

Rather than haggle over a late 2nd or 3rd round pick the club will be able to take the lesser option and settle for, say, a number 17 pick instead of number 13 or 15.

The potential is there, if your recruiting manager has decent negotiating skills, to get a much greater return for your discards than you could in any normal year.

Nobody will take a Warnock or a Weetra, but what if in 2010 we still have a Bruce or Green, but its time to let them go and we can manage to snaffle pick 17 for one of them?

Or Brock has not quite lived up to his rep, but they see potential so we manage to steal pick 11?

Its all pie in the sky, and hypotheticals... i'm just trying to see the coming situation as an opportunity, as I anticipate a lot of supporters to see it as another setback.

As always... thoughts?

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    We'd be lucky to snag a half empty packet of tim-tams for Cameron Bruce in 2010 let alone pck 17.

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    Yeah, I'm actually thinking more in terms of someone like a Sylvia or Brock if they don't come good.

    Still the opportunity i there to get SOMETHING for one of these guys as opposed to peanuts, which is my point.

    A savvy list manager will clean up with 2 teams in the situation with more draft picks than they know what to do with

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    At first glance it seems that any team trying to rebuild using the 2010 draft will be at a considerable disadvantage... and Melbourne in its current state definitely looks to be one such team.

    But I digress.

    We've been told by the media that the idea is to give Gold Coast a major chunk of the 1st round selections and then they can in turn trade them for experienced players.

    This situation not only creates a potential taker for a player we want to offload, but also will end up with us getting a better result that if we traded to an existing team.

    Nobody will take a Warnock or a Weetra, but what if in 2010 we still have a Bruce or Green, but its time to let them go and we can manage to snaffle pick 17 for one of them?

    Its all pie in the sky, and hypotheticals... i'm just trying to see the coming situation as an opportunity, as I

    anticipate a lot of supporters to see it as another setback.

    As always... thoughts?

    If in 2010 we still have a Bruce or Green, they'll be 30 & 29 respectfully, too old to trade at that point.

    If we're to trade those 2 now is the last chance, 2008..

    22/ Johnson Chris 25/01/86 188 87 East Fremantle (WA)

    25/ Miller Brad 06/07/83 194 96 Mt Gravatt (Qld)

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    27/ Wheatley Paul 12/04/81 189 87 Preston Knights/North Heidelberg

    27/ Green Brad 13/03/81 184 83 Tassie Mariners/Northern Bombers

    27/ Carroll Nathan 20/10/80 191 91 Claremont (WA)/Fremantle /Claremont (WA)

    28/ Whelan Matthew 13/11/79 180 84 Woodville-West Torrens (SA)/Darwin (NT)

    28/ Bruce Cameron 30/09/79 190 85 MHSOB

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    29/ Robertson Russell 24/11/78 187 91 Tassie Mariners/Burnie Dockers

    30/ Yze Adem 21/09/77 187 85 Murray Bushrangers/Shepparton United

    31/ White Jeff 19/02/77 195 97 Fremantle/Southern Stingrays/Frankston YCW

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