99prelim wrote:
robertbb wrote:
trublu wrote:
robertbb wrote:
Fact: Bryce Gibbs father played till his mid 30's, and Bryce being similarly resilient should do the same. Meaning 5-6 more years of football by which time we should (we hope) be seriously challenging
Fact: There are no guarantees with draft picks, ever
Fact: This years' draft is not deep, and is nowhere near as good as next years'
Fact: Our midfield lacks depth already, and losing Gibbs to bring in a pick 10 will further weaken us in that department.
Fact: Bryce is contracted to Carlton, and given recent salary cap increase we actually have him cheaply for the next two years
I leave you to your common sense and forward thinking.
Fact is none of your facts are actuall facts
So:
Bryce's father did not play until his mid 30's.
There is guaranteed success with draft picks
This years draft is as good as next years
Our midfield doesn't lack depth
Bryce is not contracted to Carlton, and his salary is not cheap considering his worth to us.

have you remotely considered the 'fact' that Gibbs will have more bargaining power in two years time.
That is, we have to sell the farm to keep him away from Adelaide's hands
This is not a fact but I'm very confident that Gibbs and his family will return to Adelaide at the end of 2019 (where he may well play well into his 30s...just not with us)
For Carlton's mid and long term future, we need to dangle the carrot in front of a vulnerable and confused Adelaide. His price is high. SELL!!
A valid enough argument their 99Prelim, if you assume everything that you see and experience today in 2017 stays the same.
However, if Adelaide drop out of finals and into a rebuild by 2019 (they do rely on quite a few older players today), and our 66 game reset goes to plan with Carlton making finals (pt top 4?), in 2019, mindsets, including BG's will change.
I do have a lot of faith in this shifting of the guard and believe Adelaide's window will close quickly...much like Freo' did.