Do we force Essendons hand?
Essendon this week said they will bid on Cochrane with pick 1. Do we force their hand here?
A couple of years ago, a Vic draftee told non-vic clubs he won't be leaving Victoria if they draft him. The AFL signed off on this and said it wasn't draft tampering.
Do we get Cochrane, to publicly come out and say the same, that if Essendon bid on him with pick 1, he will remain living in SA, so they will have to breach the soft cap flying him to training each day.
At the same time, if we end up with pick 5 for Butters and the AFL continue to block any other trade in our favour, we publicly declare that the AFL has forced us to not match a bid on Cochrane with their Ill thought out draft rules they rushed through with no planning time for clubs, and the fact that you can't use any 2 picks, we would have to use 2 top 5 picks for a kid who missed 12mths of footy and hasn't even played a game of AFL - when we only get 1 top 5 pick for losing one of the best player in the compm
Put them to task over it, and force their hand in bidding for Walker?
Maybe bombers call our bluff, maybe they jump and end up bidding for Walker since there isn't that same risk as getting Cochrane.