I don't know. There's one team older than us and they're top of the ladder and gunning for yet another top 4 finish. That's a pretty convincing counterargument to me.
Our recruiting and list management teams built a dynasty out of the compromised GWS and GC drafts. Kinda genius really. Not saying they haven't blued more recently but it's not all doom and gloom in that area.
In fact it's more a team selection/match committee issue. If all the games received by Castagna and Aarts this year had gone to Sonsie, Cumberland and Clarke, I bet our average comes down a fair bit. (And that's just a start.)
The numbers reflect selected sides, not the whole list profile. Recruiters don't select the side. Ergo not really recruiters' fault that the selected side is so old. They are likely scratching their heads and rolling their eyes too.