Adam The God

I'll be very happy with Teague, Bassett and Chaplin as line coaches, and if necessary, Jonesy as a development coach or cultural mentor.

Lindsay seems a prototype Jack Billings to me and we've already got one of him. Still, JT we trust.

I'd be fine with Smillie at 9 if we're happy with him, but I'd hope we go with Smith, Lalor or Langford if one slips to us at 5. I hope we're thinking two mids and not a mid and a tall. That said, Tauru plays a little like Heeney to me, so could be a hybrid.

Nah.

Old mate Adam needs to stay on top of these pick trades.

We already traded our future 3rd to Adelaide.

If it's anything like the coaching in the APS schools, it's mostly a tokenistic role and the line coaches do all the coaching...

If Port Adelaide aren't convinced 'two year contract extension Zak Butters' is going to commit long term and could get two first rounders for him, would they do the deal? I think they would. And so would we.

Agree with all of this, though I think we'd be wanting to get all of their salary off our books if Trac and Clarry did ask for a trade next year. In that case, it's less likely we get two first round picks. I'd suspect we'll go hard for an FA next year too. If we can convince them, we use the rising cap space due to the CBA to fit them in or we have plenty of cap space minus Clarry, Trac or both.

And then flip 32 and 34 for a pick inside 30.

I wonder if there's a way to package later picks to get another top 30 pick between 25 and 30?

Tim Lamb strikes again. Demonland nuffies 0, Lamb 1. 🤦

Which I was for at the time. I got Max completely wrong. Spencer was servicable IMV.

Wasn't he only shopped last week?

So he was keen to go before we allegedly shopped him?

Amazing.

Love Jake Lever. 👏👏

Neither player was ready. That was clear in how they would fade in and out of games at VFL level. A recipe for disaster at AFL level...

I do. Keep them hungry.

As others have said, never heard anything but complimentary words said about Mahoney. That's not to say that FTB is wrong, but I trust PJ. I'd argue the best administrator we've ever had. Maybe FTB heard it from sources that Mahoney held to account? We certainly don't have that sort of discipline anymore within our FD.

We all have different bodies aka we all have different opinions.

How do you know Pert's appointment was massaged by the AFL? That's not my understanding.

What a whack take, OD, but we all have different bodies.

This thread is ripe for a...

It is always a good idea to wait until the end of list lodgement on this stuff before making full assessments on pick trades. On face value I'd prefer we go after pick 9, but who knows, perhaps Essendon have already said you won't have enough to get pick 9. Therefore, we've gone hard at the next best option. I'd like us to use both first rounders (if we can land it) on draftees, but I wonder if we're think 13 for Houston... I wouldn't be entirely against it if we got a top 5 prospect on top. At least you know what you're getting with Houston.