No10

Under appreciated post to open this thread with only a down vote!

If this is the deal the Suns are landing a steal. This isn’t a win / win, it’s a massive win / lose. If we take it, it says Trac must be toxic.

Agree on May, last minute, North is the right idea but it’ll be Richmond or Dogs. For Oliver, better to look away. That will be an ugly deal that will be spoken in mumbles that we’ll never decipher. Trac will be the deal that stuns. Humphrey will get done. And the picks will favour us dramatically too. Great for GC, they will make a show of their commitment to Trac and the huge get that he is, and now he better earn it. But in reality they’ll be giving away a player that’s leaving and a pick they wouldn’t use anyway. For us, we get a clean slate and a young gun that we can pin high hopes. With a high draft pick for Taylor with a target.

I’m confident, for sure it will. The rest of the article says that “Humphrey is almost certain to leave in the coming years and there won’t be a Petracca on the other side of that deal.” This imaginary article writes itself…

I would. Honestly. I don’t think Trac has hit his ceiling at all. And we saw what a player like Trac can do in finals, ie. Dangerfield style. Trac is what every contender needs. Merrett, only maybe moneyball bc Trac is too expensive unless you’re the Suns.

Tomorrow‘s AFL headlines: Will the Suns blow their chance of a Norm Smith medalist superstar for a young talent nobody knew a week ago… Quote from Lamb “we said from the start we’re not trading Trac for picks” De Goey is a desperate bluff. Humphrey + p7 for Trac. Lock it in

If he’s “holding up the Trac deal” that’s exactly right. It’s a play. A losing side play.

Different situation. We’ve allowed Trac to go explore. We’d look stupid if we came out and shut it down. Just wait until end of today and repeat “not trading Trac for picks. Etc”

Absolutely they’ve told us that. So then PR to who? The GC fans? We all know they’re trying to close the deal on picks. They have Barrett saying it’ll happen today. But today we call Trac and tell him it isn’t likely to happen.

You’d have to ask why? They can tell us Humphrey is off the table directly. Sounds like a blink first situation

However, his player does want to leave. So I’m not so sure. He’s not going to do anything wild but I expect something better than shutting it down.

Agreed. That’s a dream scenario. But I think it happens this year. Humphrey doesn’t need to agitate, this trade is about Trac.

Disagree on this occasion. Humphrey isn’t the main event of this trade. This is about GC needing Trac badly. People undervaluing Trac need to imagine how incredibly well he’d fit into GC and where they are right now. I almost prefer to keep Trac, watch him have a proper monster season. Get Humphrey next year. But I expect GC to cave last minute. And the last minute cave from GC will be good for us, Humphrey + p7 for Trac + junk picks.

Problem I have with 7&8 is twofold: To GC they’re essentially junk picks, given they just need points in the draft. That doesn’t matter to us, but I find it obnoxious that Team Trac push this offer through Morris as a good deal while he presents himself as such a high value talent. And for us, getting two talented kids feels like an imbalanced profile. It’s been proven too many times that a young list doesn’t develop without significant senior talent. We’ve said upfront picks don’t work and I can understand precisely why. IMO we’re steadfast on Humphrey. There hasn’t even been another player floated in the past few days. I know people disbelieve Trac could be back, but I see us holding firm this time. It’s Trac or Humphrey. I’m quite sure of it.

I don’t see how else this reads @bing181 ? King seems fine to have him back. Maybe even sees it a challenge. What coach wouldn’t want Trac in their side?