Welcome to Collingwood, Derek Hine

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Hmmnnnn..… …….…I remember a few Nicksters wanting him sacked a few years ago. Funny how the wheel turns.

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But not the ones who understand recruiting / drafting will never be an exact science. Hine has had his misses but when you stack up his win / loss ratio against others, it’s up there amongst the best. People need to understand his job is to identify ( mainly ) junior talent. He doesn’t manage the salary cap, nor is he gifted those low picks very often because we’ve been more competitive than most in recent years. Its also not his job to develop that talent once he gets it through the door either.
In a highly specialised industry, we lucky to have a talent identification manager who knows the game as well as he does.