Hawks get end of 1st round for Brown

[Sockeye Salmon]

OMG!

They have to be kidding!


If that sets the bar Geelong will have to get all the draft picks for Ablett.

Harbrow is 5 years younger and already much better, surely we will get more than that.

[chef]

Is that the same compo Adelaide got for Bock?

[The Bulldogs Bite]

WTF?

That is ridiculous. Hawthorn must be laughing.

On that basis, Harbrow is a dead set lock for two first round picks.

[Ghost Dog]

Agreed. Pretty surprised. Rate Harbrow far above Brown. Hope we do very well out of our deal.

[The Coon Dog]

Wrong forum SS, should be in the AFL talk.

Noobs!

[The Adelaide Connection]

Adelaide may just reconsider their decision not to appeal the compensation offered for Bock.

Are the same geniuses in charge of the MRP deciding compensation?

[jazzadogs]

Does it have anything to with being a premiership player? If it does, Geelong should shove Mark Blake in the GC direction.

And surely, based on that, we will get two round 1 picks.

[LostDoggy]

what the ************************************************************ .

[Go_Dogs]

AFL logic: It's the best.

[Bulldog Revolution]

On that logic we will get three first rounders for Harbrow

What would Brown have fetched on the open market? Third rounder?

[LostDoggy]

This is precisely what I pointed out earlier in the year when it became clear that for the first time in history an 'independent tribunal' was going to determine player values, when in the past trades had always been determined by MARKET value ie. negotiations between clubs. If they can screw up as straightforward a trade as Campbell Brown, there is no way known that they would have gotten the value right for media personality and superstar as a Barry Hall (they would have said three first rounders or something), or a Luke Ball, both who eventually went for pick 30 and 40-something.

I still don't see why they couldn't have just given the GC more draft picks and forced them to trade the picks for players with clubs independent of AFL intervention. That way they would naturally only be able to pick a range of players as they would have a limited number of picks to trade (so they can't just negotiate with 5 of the best players in the league because they wouldn't have enough picks to trade for them), while balancing that with keeping some in hand for the actual draft -- we would then see far more realistic market values for the players as it would be determined by how much GC wanted them and what they were willing to part with. It would also result in a more 'normal' looking list, with a range of ability, rather than a bunch of the best kids + a bunch of high-priced superstars.

[LostDoggy]

On that logic we will get three first rounders for Harbrow

What would Brown have fetched on the open market? Third rounder?

No trade possible. No one would have traded for Brown -- would have slipped to PSD.

[LostDoggy]

My understanding is that hawks have been awarded such a high pick because Brown was offered a high salary at GC

[Topdog]

He is on $450k a year. Surely Bock is either on the same or higher.

[stefoid]

Salary and age is supposed to be the determining factors, so lets hope harbrows management at least cut him a good deal.

The thing about end of the round is that they can use it this year if they want. pick 26.

Next year, the pick at the end will be 18, and the years after that, pick 19. (extra teams in the comp)

Would you take 26 now in a (supposedly) deep draft, or wait for the pick to drop back to 18 or 19 in subsequent years and hope those years were just as good?

big decision for hawks