Ken Hinkley

That's the overriding point for me.

The collective plan, and that was from the board to the coach to the CEO to the football manager, the collective plan is we needed to go back to the draft and rebuild.

We had an opportunity to get three more first-round picks in our door, and we chose not to.

Yeah, I would have thought.

I mean, again, we're both not sitting in the discussions and the meetings, but we both heard what Brad said last night, and that was he was against keeping Zach, and he thought it was the right thing to do to move him on, which I think that would be a red flag for Brad.

Yeah, well, they've got good people involved.

And as I said, I'm lucky enough to know Andrew and I know Dean.

I know Solly really well.

So I wish him all the best in his opportunity because he's a really, really passionate person.

He'll do everything he can for the club and whatever role that is, it'll be for the club.

That's Dean's way.

So he'll certainly do that.

But the reality is, Gerard, they are fascinating to watch from the outside because everyone has this same view.

If we're not hesitant people...

We look at it and go, well, that is something that Essendon would typically try and do.

And, you know, they're going to do it their way.

And I think they've, to be honest, they've tried every other way almost.

It's their call and it's their direction.

And, you know, if they think that's the way to go, no one should sit in judgment of them other than let's sit back and watch.

And then we can decide whether it was a good or a bad play.