It will be interesting, come next Monday afternoon, to look at the trades that have been done and consider the flow-on effects of last year’s disastrous play for Brendan Fevola by Brisbane coach, Michael Voss.
How many clubs would be willing to countenance losing club champion Rischitelli, elite goal-kicker Bradshaw and emerging star Henderson for the questionable social skills and on-field narcissism of Fevola.
Time will tell whether Voss’ arrogance has condemned Brisbane to an extended period at the less-glorious end of the ladder, but a certain amount of trust between coach and playing group must surely have also been lost in the transaction.
Who’s really to know whether Hawthorn have already paid a price for hawking [no pun intended] Campbell Brown around the traps without his knowledge? Is it credible that a man who seemed to epitomise the team spirit of ‘the family club’ would pick up his little red wagon and head north otherwise?
However much we may dislike the Trade Week ‘meat market’, it has provided a relatively ordered and civilised means for players to escape poisonous environments and make a new start. More so, the dramatic concessions afforded to the Suns and GWS have empowered some players to visit retribution upon clubs when they’ve been treated shabbily.
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