some richmond supporters seem to believe that we should trade for him at seasons end.
d.o.b- 16/5/1983
making him 26 next May (May 2009)
27 (2010)
28 (2011)
29 (2012)
What this season has proved is that Kerr seems to have become frustrated by the lack of eagles support around him (Judd & Cousins) and a lack of success. He may also be carrying niggles, he seemed slow on the weekend.
The key questions are
1) Is he young enough for us to become interested
2) Whats the impact he brings and does his recruitment allow Foley, Cotchin and Deledio to run "more free" away from hard tags from the best taggers.
3) If we end up with say pick 6 or 7 ... will we get any youngster that can bring equivalent quality down the track.
4) If we trade for Kerr we would have to give up our 1st pick, if we trade for Warnock we are out of the 2nd round. In effect, we have chucked ourselves out of the draft. Is it worth it?
1. Miller might be interested
but the answer should be nup. At 26 in 2009, by the time our mids peak he'll be in his late 20s and slowing down. He's already showing signs of wear and tear in the past year.
2. Short term (next 3-4 years) he'd make it easier. The next question is will we win a flag in that time? I think the answer is unlikely given how young our list is and our future midfield still in its embryonic stage (Foley 22, Lids 21, Cotchin 18, etc).
3. Last year we were willing to give up picks 2, 18 and 19 for Judd. If we had been allowed to we would have missed out on Cotchin (and Rance) who has 7-8 years on these traded recruits and will play for us for the next decade at least barring serious injury.
4. Eagles will want at least our 1st pick and will probably ask for our 2nd rounder or a young player as well. To chuck ourselves out of the last untampered draft by trading away our picks for just one player while we are still rebuilding would be a disgrace. Let's develop our own champions as successful clubs do.
