Clarko needs to strike the balance between trading and recruiting but more importantly developing players

Paying overs to get Wingard, Mitchell and O'Meara and then Frawley as a FA made them competitive but landing the likes of Scully and Patton has taken a chunk out of their salary cap.

Losing Buddy for bugger all must have hurt

But the Hawks haven't developed players like they should and top up all too frequently with the likes of Hartley and Frost

Is it because Clarkson doesn't see himself as a rebuilding coach meant the club has leaned on trading for and acquiring FA players than investing a bit more in the draft?