Bama probably deserves a bit of luck with his defence. Matty Boyd becoming defender eligible is the cherry on top of the cake
No, but I am seriously over those buggers stealing all my good "off the top of head without thought" ideas
Re a trade for a draft pick Len. Been nutting this over and I wonder if there should be constraint on a potential trade like that for #30 based on where we are in the draft. We are at pick #28, should the deal be open until pick #30 is up on should it be earlier? We have an 18 hr window for each pick. Does that start while the negotiations are happening? Then time to review - does that stop the clock. None of these are issues if ownership of the asset that is pick #30 is non-transferable when pick #29 is up (i.e., immediately after pick 28 is taken).
Thanks for the vote of confidence guys but injuries have smashed me over the years. It is nice to have a decent ruck and backline for once though.
I initially had similar thoughts, mostly around time taken between pick and trade passing, but tbh it might be too restrictive, imo most of the time people are trading for an upcoming pick they are likely to be doing it for a specific player, therefore if the player was picked in the last two spots the trade wouldn't have the same value. Definitely something we can discuss post this run though, I'm not disagreeing with the idea, just that as expressed it would serve to stop trading in some instances, which may or may not be a bad thing, I'd just prefer for now we run with what I've typed up simply because it is simple and then post draft discuss how we can do it better next time
Hey guys, Fitzy sent me a few players he was interested in earlier this morning for me to pick for him but they have all been taken, he won't be able to pick until around 5:30-6
To be frank, not as much as I would have liked, as most of you would know I wasn't a supporter of trading during drafts because I could see a heap of complications, and these are things that need to be aired and discussed for sure. Partially because work is maniacal at the moment, and partially because I think it's a sensible approach I'm keen to keep it very simple, minimalise rules guidelines etc until we see impact and have a chance to discuss those impacts collectively at leisure. A 4 hour delay is hardly unusual in a draft, but lengthy enough that those who advocate veto rights can express themselves, personally I think if we caught a coach cheating we'd kick him out, kind of obviating the need for vetos at all, but I digress, again, minimal rules for now, am sure it can work if we all work to make it so.
Hey lads sorry for the delay, just got home, the few blokes I was real keen on are gone, will have another look now, shouldn't be too long
Hey lads, Venus Bay and Wagga Wagga have struck a trade of picks Wagga Wagga hand over #29 and #67 for Venus Bays picks #45 and #46 As a relatively new thing to the ORFFA (trading mid draft) @Len can you just give this the tick of approval before I take my picks? I would as trade commish if I wasn't involved in the trade...
OK no worries, no point using #28 yet then, a player I'm thinking of taking is playing tonight anyway so I can make sure he doesn't do an ACL before picking him now
Yeah would be handy if it did! Ah well hopefully those who hold the next few picks can come online around 10:20-10:30ish or whenever this trade goes through and we can get on a roll! Not that I'll be pushing it to others on the draft going slow, sorry again for the hold up!