And a thoroughly predictable response. But if you two Laughable and Ridiculous, wanted to secure pick 2 from Melbourne, what would you propose?
For a start, it will almost certainly be pick 3, as the AFL is 99% sure to give GC a priority pick. That takes the two clear best players out and means pick 3 is arguably as good as pick 10. So, I don't want it, and never suggested I did.
What you suggest is laughable and ridiculous because it would never happen. Houli and Caddy will not be traded. No chance. Trading four out that way would destroy the trust the players have in the footy department, and decimate a team trying to win a flag. Our blokes won't want to go there, and two of them are contracted. Even if they did, Short, Butler and Houli at his age aren't worth a lot. Caddy a pick maybe around 25. Would you swap pick 2 or 3 for picks 18, 25, 40, 50 and 60? If the guy at pick 2 was such a gun? Would you swap Josh Kelly or the Bont for those picks? As taz said, it's the kind of trade that only goes down inside the heads of supporters.