Why Dees shouldn't get priority pick

By Emma Quayle
Updated August 20 2014 - 10:08am, first published August 19 2014 - 10:39pm

Melbourne knows better than any other club that the best draft picks guarantee little - unless you call the right names and develop them well - and the Demons will find it difficult to convince the AFL Commission that one more will do much to lift them back up the ladder. From a public relations viewpoint it would have been nice to hear the club say it doesn't need any more help or handouts. In requesting another priority pick, it feels like Melbourne is instead reinforcing the sense of helplessness that has surrounded it for so long, and that it should be doing its best to disown.

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