Your Messages - Ben King, Clarko at North, Dear and more - The Late Trade - Day 5 (29.09.26)

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Damian Barrett 0:17

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Did North Melbourne’s defensive needs and Clarko’s leadership issues lead to his departure?

Damian Barrett 0:28

If North Melbourne had have recruited a key defender or two last year, do you think Clarko would still be at the club? Or do you think his papers were stamped with reports about confusion with his messaging, not being a great delegator, et cetera, asks Nick. Bit of both, Nick. It certainly didn't help him not having, I think, a class key back. It's why they're really keen to add Toby Murray from the... the Crows in this period. And last I checked on that, they were heading down that path quite well. Yet to play out officially, but that was what they were hoping to do. And yeah, I think they needed someone there. But equally, Nick, and you have referenced this yourself, the confusion around the messaging and even just the...

Damian Barrett 1:04

The continued calling of meetings that ran for way too long. That was just a few little things, but they all added up and they made the decision, the ruse, to move him on. But not one reason, just a lot of issues that were all factored up and then packaged up.

Should the AFL intervene in player valuations and Zach Butters’ Bulldogs deal?

Damian Barrett 1:19

what's to say or who's to say Marshall isn't

Unknown 1:22

worth

Damian Barrett 1:22

two firsts? Are the AFL

Unknown 1:24

able to judge the subjective values

Damian Barrett 1:25

of a player? If so, why didn't they stop pick two for

Brad Johnson 1:28

Lockie

Damian Barrett 1:29

Weller? And this is where it does get subjective, and it's why the AFL

Brad Johnson 1:32

will

Damian Barrett 1:33

always be open to what

Brad Johnson 1:35

we scrutinize. Over the years, we might see some brackets added even more to different rules in the

Damian Barrett 1:41

competition. I remember, as we know, John, when we discussed this at the time, Greg Swan was CEO of the Brisbane Lions when they

Brad Johnson 1:46

went

Damian Barrett 1:46

and got Joe Danaher as a free agent. And then one year into that deal, which got Essendon a good band of compensation, they then changed the deal, added a few years to a contract. So I just raise it because these things do happen and there will be something along those lines that is in that zone

Brad Johnson 2:02

that

Damian Barrett 2:02

will relate to Western Bulldogs and Port Adelaide and the AFL will then have the choice of signing

Brad Johnson 2:07

off or not. Do you think the AFL should have... Going on previous examples, do you think the AFL should have jumped in in this scenario?

Damian Barrett 2:15

in the Todd Marshall

Brad Johnson 2:16

part of the Zach

Damian Barrett 2:17

Butters. It didn't pass too many tests in my eyes, the way

Brad Johnson 2:21

that was going to play out. That's fair enough,

Damian Barrett 2:22

too. Yeah. Yeah. But also, it will get signed off. Zach Butters will be at the Western Bulldogs as a free agent, and there will be side deals attached to it that the AFL will sign off

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on. I'm

Damian Barrett 2:31

convinced of that, too, Jono. Yep.

How would Ben King fit Hawthorn’s forward line if he joins the Hawks?

Damian Barrett 2:34

Would Collingwood have gone harder at Ben King if they knew Gold Coast was possibly going to take the compo pick, with the Pies have thought they would have to trade for him, and they went one of their first-round picks off. Yeah, possibly. That's a question posed by Matt. Equally, clubs do get a good line of sight on what's going on, don't they, Jono? And there was a good line of sight that Ben King wanted to go to Hawthorne a long way out. Is that fair to say?

Brad Johnson 2:58

Yeah, definitely. Yeah, I think that's well and truly fair to sort of – to put forward there. It's a big get for the Hawks if they secure the services of King and Merritt because of what he can do. And they may structure up differently again because he's a stay-at-home forward. He is not venturing too far out of forward 50 either, so they may have two disconnected next year if they go down this track and have Gunston as well standing next to him.

Damian Barrett 3:24

Well, Sam Mitchell just backed that system all year, didn't he? Every other club had their full forward runners high up the ground as needed at various stages, except for Jack Gunston at Hawthorne. And it worked

Brad Johnson 3:34

all the way

Damian Barrett 3:35

to still being in front in a preliminary final with a minute to go.

Brad Johnson 3:38

Yep, defend with 17. And Jack still defended in his part of the ground. When it left, he didn't play too much.