The moves made by Hawthorn so far this off-season have been bold, sometimes sloppy and for the most part confusing as they try to rework an ageing list with limited budding talent.
Already star midfielder Sam Mitchell has been moved on joining Brad Hill out west and it is expected that Jordan Lewis will very soon be traded to Melbourne.
On top of that the Hawks will likely have to give up a quality player to get Jaeger O’Meara to the club and there is also talk that Billy Hartung has been linked to Brisbane.
“Nope,” said Brett Anderson on SEN radio when asked what he thought was the grand plan Hawthorn considering the changes they have made to the list.
“You know what, they’ve earnt your trust and they’ve earnt all of our trust with what they’ve done over the last ten-plus years.
“But I don’t think anyone right now can sit there and actually figure out what they’re doing.
“I know a few have tried and written about things like that but I still can’t get my head around it when I look at their list composition and what’s left in reserve, coming up from underneath.
“When you consider that Billy Hartung’s name has been thrown up, Brad Hill goes out – they’ve got no leg speed as it is.
“I think we’ve just got to wait and see what the end result is, whether it’s this year or even next year – it might take until the end of 2017 to work out what they’re doing.”
In addition to the big player moves by the Hawks, they also last week gave St Kilda two second-round picks (23 and 36) in this year’s draft and their first selection in the 2017 draft.
The Saints coughed up picks 10 and 68 in the upcoming national draft in a trade that bamboozled most football experts.
“I think a lot of other clubs are sitting there thinking, what the hell are they doing and what do they have up their sleeve?” explained Anderson.
“When that deal got done the other day with St Kilda, the swap of picks – I spoke to a couple of other clubs over the weekend and they just scratched their heads.
“They just thought it was one of the great lootings of all time (from St Kilda’s perspective).
“St Kilda can’t lose out of that deal and it gives them some ammunition to trade back up this year or hold onto it next year, the question is what Hawthorn’s end game in all of this?”