Brodlach wrote:@booney if you get the 4 in, none of which are A Graders, are you ok with having basically zero picks in the next two drafts?
In essence we're replacing Jonas with Zerk Thatcher ( 25 ), Lycett with Soldo ( 27 ) and Hayes with Sweet, an experiment in back up here as Hayes has not reached any heights.
Yes, and no. As listed in the Port thread :
Wines 28
Rioli, DBJ, Finlayson 27
Burton 26
Houston, SPP 25
Drew, Marshall, Farrell 24
Rozee 23
Butters 22
Georgiades Williams, Bergman, Lord, Jones 21
Visentini, Sinn 20
JHF, Burgoyne 19 21 of the list that are 28 or under are in or amongst our best 22. The group in bold should see us well served for the next 5-8 years.
From a development point of view we've got a lot invested in Tom Scully ( 19 - Key forward ), Tom McCallum ( 19 ) and Kyle Marshall ( 19 - both key defenders ).
This year we've given pick 15 to North as part of the JHF deal, given the draft isn't deep that one most would agree is a pick well spent.
Next years draft is the one that we probably need to trade back into or, as we have for some time, pick the 22-25 year olds we need to keep the list turning over and bring them in. We never have trouble bringing players in.
Mind you, matters little until we get a new coach.
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