Parish won't do anything that a 123k rookie can't do for you imo.
Agree with that. I think Parish won't get as many games as some might think. Many reasons for that:
- No sub so they need to be relied on to play 4 strong quarters
- Reduced rotations so they need to be out there for longer
- If the Bombers are getting flogged each week he might get better experience in a competitive VFL team
- They won't want to burn-out their prized draft pick in his first year
- Even if he does play every week, the above points probably mean his scoring might not be too flash if he's hiding in a pocket at the end of every quarter.
He'll get games for sure, but not enough with enough scoring to make him worthwhile at that price in my mind.
A lot of the points above apply to many of the 18yo/19yo rookies in their first-year. Mills is probably the exception as he's already been playing NEAFL. Weitering looks too good for VFL and won't need to do as many kms as the midfielders. Both will probably still get rests or VFL-time to manage their minutes though.