What’s on the table our end to go for a premier inside mid in a trade? Are any players off it? Do we trade an outside mid for an inside mid, or will this just reverse the imbalance? Trade an older key position player of worth (eg Hooker or Hurley)? One of our tall forwards? But who apart from Joe is seriously worth anything? First round draft picks? Yikes, that’s a top-10 this year!
Seems to be a lot of talk of ‘get [one of the league’s best players]’, but I’m just curious what people are willing to give up to get that.
post injury late 2017 I dont think he was optimistically looking at getting a game ahead of Shiel, Congilio,Greene,Ward,Kelly, Whitfield and Scully…no.
but yes he was best 22 there before doing his knee for a second time and still a great get for what we paid.
But what I will say is Smith hadn’t featured in finals for GWS last year and though he declared himself fit I believe one of the reasons he wasn’t selected was because GWS weren’t confident he’d get through the game.
This collective minds thing seems to have stepped wayyy over the line. Far further than leading teams type criticism about footballing professionalism.
Article on how offensive it was to indigenous players also recently. Betts shaken up by it.
I haven’t followed this story much because off field gossip run by journalists making AFL the “days of our lives” sh¡Ts me to tears.
However,
I’m curious very little has been made of Collective Minds not actually being qualified psychologists. Crows let non psychologists experiment on the psychology of the player group.
It’s grossly incompetent and depending on how much of the rumours are true potentially harmful.
