Recruiting AFL Draft Watch 2024 - What do we do, we don't have a top 10 pick?

[ant555]

I think the trick with trading those picks will be finding a 2 for 1 trade down.

It will be trading down about 10-20 spots for a future asset.

Like you’ve said Essendon don’t want to trade out because getting back in will be hard. What they do need is to not waste good picks on bid matching.

so it seems that splitting the pick into the future is the only logical move

I do not see it as wasting good picks.
If they do it fine but if they do not then we are still taking a first round selection plus two early third rounds.
There seems to just be an obsession with this years draft and some sort of idea that we will be able to trade in and out at will.
What Rosa needs to do is set up the best scenario for the next three drafts. They have managed to get this draft back to being a strong hand and also set up next year so we have a good hand.
There is no one logical move. The win for trading out 9 is the fact we now have a chance to get 3 top 50 picks this year plus have a decent set of picks next year. It gives us options.
Seems to be a lot of want my cake and eat it theory and no bigger picture stuff which has been an issue with us in the past.

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Any academy or F/S gems coming through in the next few years?

James Hird Academy thread keeps you updated with this stuff.
Warning- it will give you high hopes for Bewicks kid who is still a number of years away.

Recruiting - James Hird Academy (Father/Son and Next Generation)

www.bigfooty.com

 

[faible]

Geelong isn’t an overly smart team to bet against.

On this, you’re not betting against them, you’re playing in two different currencies.

We’ve got Kako irrespective of what picks we use to match him with, it’s what other value we can get.

Is it better for us to use those current picks to match him, and have some selections in the 40s this year? Is it better to take an extra F1 in to next year and use those later picks to match Kako and just take some SSP / Rookies to fill out the list?

You assume worst case scenario, where you’ve got Geelong winning a Premiership, and you’ve still got 18 (wherever it slides to with f/s and academy picks) which is useful currency for draft or trade.