Kano at it again.
The Taranto deal no issues. Didnt overpay with a top 5 or top 10 pick. Won our B&F and came 6th in the Brownlow with 19 votes.
The Hopper deal yes we overpaid with pick 8.
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Yeah, so from a long term perspective you might say that it’s going to take longer to re build, but 2 things:
1) Busslinger and co are not going to make any improvement to us short term at all. So if you think we’re battling at the moment, it’d be a LOT worse with not having Taranto and Hopper.
2) We will have a bunch of 2024 draft picks and no doubt, a host more in 2025. Early ones. We need the likes of senior players like Taranto and Hopper to help develop these next waves.
Look at Norf. They’ve had a heap of years of early picks and gone nowhere because they don’t have the senior core to help develop them. Busslinger and co aren’t gonna do that for Richmond ? We’d be falling into the trap Norf have been in for years without the Taranto and Hopper deals.
Personally, I reckon we’re setting up pretty well for this “re-build”. It’s gonna take time, but I’m happy with the foundations we’re laying.