Potential? I had potential too… now I am a rigger, talking shit on here and getting smashed.. potential isn’t worth shit. Mason Wood potentially is the greatest CHF to play the game… potential means nothing.You are under selling McKay’s potential. He was one of the best intercept markers in the game last year and that’s in a side that had no defensive system. He is only going to improve with the likes of Logue around him and with a more accountable midfield.
It’s never ideal to lose a key position player that’s only just coming into his prime, especially when we’ve put a s**t tonne of resources into developing him.
I’m the biggest fan of the draft, but as our drafting history has shown even a top 10 pick isn’t guarantee, plus for KP’s you have to pump 3/4 years of development into them before they even get close to matching McKay’s output.
If we are chasing mature talent we aren’t exactly the most appealing club to go to at the moment.
Even if we have to pay overs I’d much prefer to keep him.
By no means do I say the draft is the answer if we lose buckets, the answer is to pull a defender from another club.
We already pulled a top 5 bnf player and defender from Fremantle. Clarko is a coach people want to play for. Don’t worry about Ben, if he wants to drink his own bathwater, good on him and good luck to the campaigner