1. Did St Kilda go 'young bull' or our 'old bull'? Crouch is a decent player no doubt, who St Kilda gave 4 Years (trigger on the 5th) on $700,000. That's $100,000 more a year than Treloar? That was one of the first deals, and Treloar was one of the last deals.

2. Last year with Keath & Bruce, we identified we could offer a 5 X $600,000 contract. We tried to use it on Jack Martin, and GCS wanted a first rounder (Cody Weightman). Would we still prefer this option to grab Jack Martin had history not unfolded how it has, and missing any shot at Treloar? After all, they're very different players.

3. Unless a big salary leaves us soon, this deal for Treloar is the last big offer we have at the trade table or free agency market. Should we have waited to look at Free Agents next year? Are we happy, irrespective of Collingwood chipping in $1.5M and only a second rounder, that this was the best use of the 5 X $600,000 contract we had up our sleeve?


Obviously the club hoped Martin would join the club last year. If that happened we would've used our 5 X $600,000 for Martin and losing Cody Weightman (and maybe getting a later pick in some sort of swap). What's happened now (sliding doors) is we've drafted Cody Weightman, used that contract on Treloar (who gets a $1.5M severance not counted in our cap) and given up rights on a 2021 pick probably around the late 30's or early 40's after compo and matched bids are factored in.