Should we have hung on to pick 2?

[Pies4shaw]

Stephenson was the correct call on talent. How he went from star in a Grand Final team to unable to get a kick after 1/4 time is anybody's guess.

[Rd10.1998_11.1#36]

I expect our boastful club song got into his head and ruined him

[Charlie Oneeye]

Interesting

Would North bid for father sons just to screw the opposition into using their picks early? NO.

If North selects Daicos but then is outbid, then it selects Darcy and gets outbid, so then it selects Horne at pick 3.

So Horne comes in knowing he wasn't their real choice.. not once, but twice, and his salary is reduced because pick 3 earns less than pick 1.

If it's close, North should just select Horne or whoever they are likely to get and cast those doubts aside, celebrate their new number 1 pick.

If Daics isn't clear #1, good chance clubs may have fallen in love with other players and for similar reasons, will bypass Daics in the first handful of picks.

I hope.

[Pies2016]

^ ^ ^

Nothing wrong with hope.

Except the Crows called out Ugle - Hagen ( same academy principle ) when they were never going keep him. I doubt if Thilthorpe was disappointed at going at # 2.

At some point, clubs have to keep the opposition honest, so you can’t continue not to call out a player just because you know you won’t secure him.
Clubs aren’t looking to give Collingwood and the Dogs free hits by letting those father / sons slip through to double digits.
The smart thing to do is for the Kangas to say to these clubs, what’s in it for us if we don’t call out their names first. Maybe a lop sided trade or swap of picks could make all the difference.
The other thing to remember is that if North were to call out Daicos and Darcy with # 1 and # 2, then North’s later picks ( and other clubs ) will automatically move up the draft order.

[K]

[Pies2016]

As previously posted, this would be the best thing that could happen for us at the draft. Darcy could seriously knock off Daicos from the number one spot if he keeps performing like this every week.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/638856/six-goal-haul-rockets-son-of-a-bulldog-gun-sam-darcy-into-no1-draft-pick-race

[thebaldfacts]

If North are still interested in JDG, and come to us with an offer we can't refuse, do we do it?

Lets say they offer us Pick 1 and 19, then we can use Pick 1 on Darcy, which the Bulldogs match, we then pick Horne and match for Daicos at 3.

We get both Horne and Daicos, and Daicos instead of costing us 3,000 less 25%, costs us 2234 less 25% which would be largely covered by points for pick 19.

Added bonus is that we free up heaps of salary cap space to target a desperately needed key forward.

[jatsad]

[thebaldfacts]

[The Boy Who Cried Wolf]

No way Nth is going to give us pick 1# for JDG... let alone also pick 19#

[MJ23]

I get genuinely confused by this argument and how little so many know of how the system works.
As has been said - unless we finish dead last we come out in front. Thats a gamble Id take unless we planned to tank.

For that one pick we got Poulter, McMahon and third round picks for points for Daicos. Essentially, three players for one.

We started our rebuild at the draft LAST YEAR and will round the youth out with the mid season this year and Daicos.

Trading our first pick was right then and is no less right now.

[Lazza]

Thanks for making this clear to me. I was one of those confused 🤔

[simon tonna]

With the run home Nth have this season anyone would have thought they have won 3 out of the last 4 flags. So forget tanking, impossible to come last.

[RudeBoy]

Time to move on folks.

[derkd]