Sam Power, List Boss - From Start to Now

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A synopsis of what he has done in charge of the list. He obviously has re-signed players so that is baked into this cake. As are Draft Points Trades which obviously work for us.


First List Management Period - 2018

Power inherited a loss of his now future Second Rounder 2017 to Carlton which was a part of securing Schache, primarily by Chris Grant with JMac all but out the door (thank god). So heading into 2018 Power has a 1st, 3rd & 4th Rounder. No a heap to work with.

First thing was to offer Dahlhaus a contract that would secure Second Round compo when he walked out. He allowed Mr Motovation to walk and got himself a full hand again.

Trades In:

Sam Lloyd, Pick 64 (won the goal kicking before retiring)
Doc Duryea, Future 4th (ended up being Pick 59)

Trades Out:

Jordan Roughead, Pick 75 (just to get him to his destination of choice. The classy move by Power and the club)
Marcus Adams, Pick 32 & Future Third linked to Hawks (This is the one that opens thing up. Some were annoyed that Power demanded a Top 30 Pick and didn’t get it. Pick 32 isn’t the lynchpin for the next brilliant years, the demand of a Future Third, but not their Future Third. The one linked to Hawthorn. Brisbane finished 2nd, Hawthorn 9th. That’s a seven pick upgrade in that demand)

Draft:

Bailey Smith
Rhylee West (with Draft Points from Dahlhaus compo)
Laitham Vandermeer
Ben Cavarra
Will Hayes (Power used the (then) new pass rule to push our pick back for a free hit on a VFL Player, and below)
Buku Khamis - Cat B Rookie owing to not being drafted in the National Draft
Lachie Young
Jordan Sweet

Live Traded Out Pick 46 for a Future Third tied to St Kilda. The pick was on traded to Adelaide (in part) to get Keath in 2019.
The Future Third tied to Hawthorn, was on traded to St Kilda (in part) for Bruce in 2019


Second List Management Period - 2019

Mid Season Draft - Ryan Gardner

Trades In:

Josh Bruce (Pick 32 - Plus Pick 51 from the Adams Trade in 2018. Without it there’s no way we can land Bruce, Keath & Keep our First Rounder. The only way would be to hamstring our 2020 Picks, used in part on Treloar)
Alex Keath (Pick 45 from the 2018 Live Trade and Future swap. The Future swap cost a couple of hundred Draft Points and was absolutely inconsequential)
Live Trade In Pick 62 (Riley Garcia)

Draft:

Cody Weightman
Louis Butler
Riley Garcia


Third List Management Period - 2020

Refused trade: Dunkley

Trades In:

Stef Martin (Essentially for Lachie Young, who walked out)
Mitch Hannan (Future Third Rounder, currently Pick 55 before compo shuffles it passed Pick 60)
Adam Treloar (Draft Points Trade. In real terms currently costing us Pick 37 - less points surplus. Plus $1.5M salary)
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan secures without a deficit at Pick 1
Other Draft Points Trades


Trades Out:

Lachie Young - who walked out in a three club trade that got us Stef Martin.

Draft:

Jamarra Ugle-Hagan
Dominic Bedendo
Lachie McNeal
Anthony Scott (SSP After Sam Lloyd Retired)
*Roarke Smith


Summary:

Sam Power walks in 2018 missing a Second Rounder and ensures Second Round compo for Dahlhaus. Despite needing a CHB, especially if Adams ever gets fit (if...) moves him on to secure Rhylee West and the crucial Future Third pick (tied to Hawthorn) & Future Third Pick (tied to St Kilda) that opens up 2019 and arguably 2020 by giving us the extra decent Picks in the Third Round which was just enough with our Second Rounder to placate St Kilda & Adelaide. Power’s trading in 2018, his first list management period, set up the outstanding result in 2019. Which means keeping the Pick for Weightman and not interfering too much into 2020 and the many picks we needed for Jamarra. Reverse engineered, Adams wanting a trade and Power granting it but holding out for top dollar was the moment. Unfortunately for Marcus he’s only played 25 games in 3 years for Brisbane and is out for a while again. History says that this trade was great for us and the flow on of trades it’s assisted. While refusing a Dunkley trade may be just as good. Power re-signs everyone he wants, only trades the ones he’s happy to let go for an advantage and targets important players.

Something which he seems to have a real strength in, not often mentioned, is that he can pick the future arguably better than any other List Boss. Collingwood and Carlton’s problems stem from overestimating their lists and/or underestimating other lists when Future Picks are considered. Power was dead right to get the Hawthorn (9th) linked Future Pick off Brisbane and not theirs (2nd). The Future Pick for Duryea we finished top 8 so that was another one. Trading out Pick 46 in 2018 for a Future Third, roughly the same but for use in securing Alex Keath and not another kid, he got it bang on, it was tied to St Kilda who finished 14th. The Pick Swap with Adelaide with brilliant in terms of where he predicted they’d finish and where we would making the difference inconsequential. The outstanding Future Picks for Treloar (37+)and Hannan (55+) again, brilliant assessments. He hasn’t got one wrong, which is essentially neutralising the risk that other clubs expose themselves to with future swaps. If he’s wanting to do a Future Trade with a club, that club should get very worried about either how bad they’re going to be or how good we are going to be. Or both. It’s almost like the Robert De Niro character in Casino, if Sam Power makes a wager the futures market, all odds would change instantly. In a year when Future Trades &/or Draft Point Deficits are going to be all but certain, it’s good to know our List Boss has a sixth sense for this aspect.

Under his watch this is the mere Three Year, Sam Power, Best 22:

B: R. Smith Gardner Khamis
HB: Butler Keath Duryea
C: Scott Dunkley Garcia
HF: McNeil Ugle-Hagan Vandermeer
F: Weightman Bruce Hannan
R: Martin Treloar B. Smith
Int: West, Sweet, Hayes, Cavarra
Emerg: Sam Lloyd, Lachie Young
Salary: Collingwood $1,500,000

While he is still holding 2021 First & Fourth Rounders and Priority Access to several potential players including Sam Darcy. There’s apparently still some room in the salary cap too.

That’s some first three years as List Boss.