Should we trade Cotchin?

[🏅Dooks]

8 - 2.

Dio and CrackerBarrel against.

[Hellenic Tiger]

Why not.

Misses easy set shots from within 40.

Kicks into the wind when he wins the toss in an interstate final.

Has 9 possessions a year later in the same final.

9-2.

While we are at it. Don't trade Grigg or Titch, but make Taylor Hunt captain.

This my friends is a blue ribbon recipe.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

No way.

Some people are forgetting that we are a CLUB. Cotchin is the captain of our CLUB. You do not trade your captain unless there is a problem with his leadership and he has lost the playing group. I have not heard that at all. Sure, Griffin from WB was traded but that is because he had a problem with the then coach and the club admin. He wanted to leave. Cotch is happy. A completely different situation.
If you want to completely rip the heart and soul out of your club then trade him.
I would never want to go to a club that trades their captain. If they want to trade their captain who has won 3 b&fs, what sort of shyte hole is that place? They show no loyalty whatsoever. Why would any player be loyal to them?

My fix is we get players that can block and shepherd and protect their teammate with the ball. Hasn't anyone got the kahunas to run through a tagger and give them multiple corkies? Who cares if they get a fine or a week? The main thing is that it tells the opposition that you can't man handle anyone in our team, especially our captain.

No way. You guys are all crazy. The guy is a gun. We need more guns. We don't need to get rid of the ones we have. What guns did Hawthorn get rid of? A depressed Thompson and Jonathan Hay? LMAO. Seriously, you guys are deluded.

 

[WilliamPowell]

We've actually traded our captain once before and it was a sensational deal

Got us Broderick, Gale M, and Dundas and we gave up Hogg

FWIW i wouldn't trade Cotchin.

But it is an interesting debate

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Plenty of clubs have traded marquee players and lived to fight another day.
Hawks, Crows, Cats (a few times), Eagles, Bulldogs  just to name a few.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Plenty of clubs have traded marquee players and lived to fight another day.
Hawks, Crows, Cats (a few times), Eagles, Bulldogs  just to name a few.

Name them and describe the circumstances.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

We've actually traded our captain once before and it was a sensational deal

Got us Broderick, Gale M, and Dundas and we gave up Hogg

FWIW i wouldn't trade Cotchin.

But it is an interesting debate

Jeff Hogg was finished as a footballer with a back injury. Slightly different situation WP. We committed highway robbery back then.

[tony_montana]

no

[TigerMonk]

l would actually get Ben Cousins in to help with with some leadership






HE could stand around & direct the traffic down the corridor 

[(•))(©™]

Well....u wouldn't trade Lids, Rance, Jack or MARTIN, would u!

So its got to be Cotchin.

His being Captain would assure us plenty of bargaining power at the deal
and he's the one out of the top five that we easily cover for when he's out.

Players have worked him totally out and he gets owned by the top sides.
Blame his team mates for not chopping out all u want but fact is, blokes like Judd for example seem to find a way.
He has the personality of a door knocking Jehovah and that translates in many ways professionally.

im in.

[one-eyed]

Matthew Lloyd defended Cotchin last night and said Cotch is much maligned and his past 5-6 weeks (before last Friday night) have been good.

Lloyd - "He didn't hold himself well on Friday night but who helped him out? If Trent was at Hawthorn or Geelong then his opponent (tagger) would know all about it."

[🏅Dooks]

Im in.

Has proven this year he is just another good midfielder.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Plenty of clubs have traded marquee players and lived to fight another day.
Hawks, Crows, Cats (a few times), Eagles, Bulldogs  just to name a few.

Name them and describe the circumstances.

Why?

Richmond has a history of either overpaying or overprotecting its best players which has led us nowhere.

The above clubs have let all time champion players and captains go without being overly affected - in fact some have used it to springboard its success.

If your point relates to the player wanting to leave then I accept that but more point is moreso how to club responded to that situation and became a stronger club.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Plenty of clubs have traded marquee players and lived to fight another day.
Hawks, Crows, Cats (a few times), Eagles, Bulldogs  just to name a few.

Name them and describe the circumstances.

Why?

Richmond has a history of either overpaying or overprotecting its best players which has led us nowhere.

The above clubs have let all time champion players and captains go without being overly affected - in fact some have used it to springboard its success.

If your point relates to the player wanting to leave then I accept that but more point is moreso how to club responded to that situation and became a stronger club.

The point is that to have your captain, who has won 3 b&fs for your club, shipped off is a very very different situation to all those ones you described. That's all. And I'm not even a fan of his captaincy!!!

[Chuck17]

Matthew Lloyd defended Cotchin last night and said Cotch is much maligned and his past 5-6 weeks (before last Friday night) have been good.

Lloyd - "He didn't hold himself well on Friday night but who helped him out? If Trent was at Hawthorn or Geelong then his opponent (tagger) would know all about it."

If he has another bad game that flog will change his tune