doofdoof wrote:
Coach B wrote:
https://www.theroar.com.au/2019/08/28/impatient-carlton-risk-derailing-a-great-rebuild/
Interesting take on how we should play this offseason.
CB
absolutely agree that drafting is a better investment than trading.
if you listed our top 10 players how many of them have we traded in? fingers crossed we find a good balance this off season
Hawthorn and Geelong and Richmond would argue the opposite and they have won GF's with their foreign legion.
After the Judd era with No 1 picks Murphy Gibbs Kreuzer already secured, Carlton found itself led by a coach who had no idea called Malthouse and Carlton has been languishing on the bottom of the ladder ever since. Not as a destination club. The kids didnt live to our expectations and it was obvious Judd needed more help from seasoned players not kids. Poor bastard had to carry the team.
The point here is that Carlton haven't been a destination club since the time Judd, who was traded-in star, and better than all 3 of the No 1 picks we got from the draft, and arguably better than 2 or 3 of them combined. Trading in good players are more of a guarantee of success than from the draft if you look at Judd v No 1 picks we had.
We haven't got any stars traded in because we haven't been a Destination club since Judd. Simple.
Things have changed 180 degrees since the Teague Train got started. We are a Destination club because we are attractive. The stars from other clubs see Carlton has a plethora of young upcoming stars and all we need is some experienced, seasoned players in an age bracket we are bereft of to take us the Finals and possibly Flag 17. Everyone knows that's been our plan since Malthouse got sacked. We are in a better situation now than we have been since Judd to attract the type of players we need.
Carlton's phones are ringing from player managers and good players who are interested in what we have brewing after years of accumulating high pick draftees. They know we need 3-4 very good players to fill our needs for sustained success. We do not need any more young kids to develop at this time: ask Cripps, ask any of the few senior players we have in our best 22. I don't want Cripps to be carrying players, like Judd did, who might become stars and when Simmo and Murph are gone, I sure hope there's more senior players around that just cripps.
To answer your question, Docherty, Jones, Plowman, Marchbank, McGovern, Setterfield and Newman are players we have traded in and imo there's an argument that could be made for all being a top 10 player for us at some stage during the year. Some handy players there. Most will play in our 17th Flag
Its been said we need a couple of more seasons of development for our exiting crop of kids, along with that freak Walsh, and fill the gaps with ready made players will see us well on our way fighting for our 17th flag.
Plus need ready made players instead of kids replacing our veterans in the next year or 2 in Simmo, Murphy Kreuzer.
Kids can't fill all these gaps if we aim to contest for flags from 2021. Getting ready made good players for next 2 years will.
After that, we can go back to the draft again imo.