In a time where people often make up their minds without seeing, hearing, or understanding all the details of a given situation, the reaction to the West Coast Eagles trading pick three to Carlton as part of a deal to acquire Liam Baker from Richmond, was close to absurd.
I must stress – this was not the reaction of all West Coast fans, but there was a significant portion of them that went down the “pick three… are they crazy?” line pretty bloody quickly.
There was always a lot more to play out… not that people seemed to care. In their eyes, the Eagles had given up a huge building block in order to get their hands on a pretty handy half-back flanker with a healthy dose of mongrel in him. A good get, but hardly worth the price tag, according to them.
In a way, it is understandable – a high draft pick is a very valuable commodity, but only if you use it correctly.
And that is what West Coast actually did.
What many failed to see, or refused to see, was the bigger picture. By that, I mean the upcoming draft, and the trades yet to play out in the remainder of the trade period. Had they taken a breath, their opinion may have changed quite abruptly.
Maybe it has since.
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