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Sanity.... at last.saint75 wrote:Ben Cousins would already have made his decision where he wants to go and that will be it. If that should be St Kilda, nobody else will bother to pick him up. Similar to Richmond passing on Judd last year as Judd had made it perfectly clear he was going to Carlton and Carlton ony.
IMO, there is NO WAY the AFL would allow Ben to go back to West Coast. You don't go back once you have moved on, you have to move forward. Ben going back to WC would be a disaster for him and the club.
That's certainly an interesting take on things.saint75 wrote:Ben Cousins would already have made his decision where he wants to go and that will be it. If that should be St Kilda, nobody else will bother to pick him up. Similar to Richmond passing on Judd last year as Judd had made it perfectly clear he was going to Carlton and Carlton ony.
sounds good in theory doesn't it?markp wrote:Sanity.... at last.saint75 wrote:Ben Cousins would already have made his decision where he wants to go and that will be it. If that should be St Kilda, nobody else will bother to pick him up. Similar to Richmond passing on Judd last year as Judd had made it perfectly clear he was going to Carlton and Carlton ony.
IMO, there is NO WAY the AFL would allow Ben to go back to West Coast. You don't go back once you have moved on, you have to move forward. Ben going back to WC would be a disaster for him and the club.
Had Judd chose Richmond to play for, they could have actively traded to get him to their club as well. The facts remain that Judd chose Carlton and Carlton only and WAS NOT going to play for anyone else, regardless of what terms WC & Richmond may have come to so let's not kid ourselves and believe other wise.casey scorp wrote:That's certainly an interesting take on things.saint75 wrote:Ben Cousins would already have made his decision where he wants to go and that will be it. If that should be St Kilda, nobody else will bother to pick him up. Similar to Richmond passing on Judd last year as Judd had made it perfectly clear he was going to Carlton and Carlton ony.
In fact Judd evaluated 4 clubs before settling on Carlton (cough, cough). That happened in September/October 2007.
Carlton then traded picks 3 & 20 and Josh Kennedy for Judd and pick 46. This happened during trade week.
Richmond never had the chance to overlook Judd in the draft, but I bet they wish they could have had.
Bottom line, yes it is. As any club that goes after him does not have to worry about making deals with his previous club, the decision will lie almost completely in Ben's lap. He will decide where he wants to go and that will be that.fonz_#15 wrote:sounds good in theory doesn't it?markp wrote:Sanity.... at last.saint75 wrote:Ben Cousins would already have made his decision where he wants to go and that will be it. If that should be St Kilda, nobody else will bother to pick him up. Similar to Richmond passing on Judd last year as Judd had made it perfectly clear he was going to Carlton and Carlton ony.
IMO, there is NO WAY the AFL would allow Ben to go back to West Coast. You don't go back once you have moved on, you have to move forward. Ben going back to WC would be a disaster for him and the club.
its just not that simple
I actually was quite angry at the reporter after listening to the interview.saint75 wrote:Bottom line, yes it is. As any club that goes after him does not have to worry about making deals with his previous club, the decision will lie almost completely in Ben's lap. He will decide where he wants to go and that will be that.fonz_#15 wrote:sounds good in theory doesn't it?markp wrote:Sanity.... at last.saint75 wrote:Ben Cousins would already have made his decision where he wants to go and that will be it. If that should be St Kilda, nobody else will bother to pick him up. Similar to Richmond passing on Judd last year as Judd had made it perfectly clear he was going to Carlton and Carlton ony.
IMO, there is NO WAY the AFL would allow Ben to go back to West Coast. You don't go back once you have moved on, you have to move forward. Ben going back to WC would be a disaster for him and the club.
its just not that simple
There is not supposed to be any 'draft tampering', but there is. Judd and Warnock are perfect examples of this and there are numerous others. Bottom line is, most clubs will not go after a player who has made if perfectly clear whom he wishes to play for. There have been exceptions, but that is the general outcome in these types of situations.
In regards to the reporter who wrote this article, I also heard his interview on SEN. It differed greatly to the the impression he was trying to create in his written article. After reading his article this morning, he made it sound like it was almost a done deal that Ben was going back to West Coast if he was cleared to play by the AFL commission. However, his radio interview was vastly different to this. Definitely a fluff piece as they have not much else to write about at the moment.