I think the decision around this is the biggest one facing the club, and hugely critical to get right. HAP wrote we're already in a rebuild, as evidenced by the new youth policy. I disagree - I think its writing off 2015, not necessarily rebuilding. Its similar to 2006, we went crap so long that Sheedy tanked for a priority pick right at the end, but he still aimed for finals in 2007. That wasn't a rebuild. And even if we lose 8-9 players this year, its not really a rebuild, its list tinkering.If you don't classify what we did end of 2006 as a rebuild then I don't know what you do classify as one. We tanked for half the year, ploughed games into young blokes (Laycock Johns Kep Dyson Winders et al), cut a bunch of old blokes, traded one or two out, and took a bunch of picks. How does that differ from a rebuild exactly?And (if 9 players is tinkering) what would you classify as a rebuild?
10 main list changes?
There is no such thing as tanking… Vlad told me so.