Look at Gary Rohan, who’s a fraction smaller and a bit quicker but essentially the same type. Took him 6-7 years to really put it together at Sydney, playing off a superstar with a gun midfield.
Clubs must believe it’ll click for Lav, at some point.
It means we really need early picks (which won’t be impacted as much), or 2021 picks, or players. We have to match, an end of first round will be bloody useless.
Obviously if they’re on traded it doesn’t matter so much, but you can bet every club has done similar analysis to above and knows that those picks are worth less than normal “face value”.