Top AFL draft prospect urged to dodge Eagles

// Kane Cornes believes the top prospect in this year's AFL draft should steer clear of the West Coast Eagles. The Eagles are currently floundering on the bottom of the ladder with just one win this season and an alarming percentage of 47.3. Cornes said if he was Harley Reid, the consensus No.1 choice in this year's draft class, he would resist selection by the Eagles. READ MORE: Jones reveals AFL link behind huge Wallabies call READ MORE: Manly's Tuivasa-Sheck hopes blown after Turbo loss READ MORE: Bennett flags 'accountability' problem amid Hunt mess "No one is going to want to play for this club – because it's the worst that we have seen," he told Nine's Sunday AFL Footy Show. "If I am Harley Reid, who is the top prospect in the draft, I would not want to be going there and I would have real concerns if I was his family or if I was him." Cornes expressed concern for a repeat of 2021 pick Jason Horne-Francis' return to South Australia after a year of conflict at North Melbourne. "You can say, 'Yeah, you can draft me but after two years I'm going home', because if you compare [the situation at West Coast] to the first two years of a Nick Daicos, or what Jason Horne-Francis is now doing at Port Adelaide, or what Joel Selwood was allowed to do in his first couple of seasons at Geelong, versus what he is going to be walking into..." "They tell us it is getting worse, [their list is] going to get younger and that could shunt his career for five or six years. "I'd be making some noise about not wanting to go there." The Eagles were humiliated by the Swans on Saturday, with Sydney equaling its greatest-ever win with a 171-point flogging. It was the club's heaviest defeat in history, while Sydney brought up the double century with a 31.19 (205) to 5.4 (34) victory at the SCG. "I don't like to use the words 'not trying' but they didn't yesterday. That's the only explanation," Cornes said. "They have resisted making changes when they needed to some time ago and something has to give. Something has to give after a performance like that. We're talking historically bad. Veteran AFL journalist Damien Barrett pointed out that giving an ultimatum to clubs would find him guilty of draft tampering, however in Reid's circumstances, Cornes disagreed. "Players have done it before," he said. "Many players have said, 'You can draft me but after two years when my contract expires, I'm leaving' because of [the standard] you are walking into." For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!  Kane Cornes believes the top prospect in this year's AFL draft should steer clear of the West Coast Eagles. The Eagles are currently floundering on the bottom of the ladder with just one win this season and an alarming percentage of 47.3. Cornes said if he was Harley Reid, the consensus No.1 choice in this year's draft class, he would resist selection by the Eagles. READ MORE: Jones reveals AFL link behind huge Wallabies call READ MORE: Manly's Tuivasa-Sheck hopes blown after Turbo loss READ MORE: Bennett flags 'accountability' problem amid Hunt mess "No one is going to want to play for this club – because it's the worst that we have seen," he told Nine's Sunday AFL Footy Show. "If I am Harley Reid, who is the top prospect in the draft, I would not want to be going there and I would have real concerns if I was his family or if I was him." Cornes expressed concern for a repeat of 2021 pick Jason Horne-Francis' return to South Australia after a year of conflict at North Melbourne. "You can say, 'Yeah, you can draft me but after two years I'm going home', because if you compare [the situation at West Coast] to the first two years of a Nick Daicos, or what Jason Horne-Francis is now doing at Port Adelaide, or what Joel Selwood was allowed to do in his first couple of seasons at Geelong, versus what he is going to be walking into..." "They tell us it is getting worse, [their list is] going to get younger and that could shunt his career for five or six years. "I'd be making some noise about not wanting to go there." The Eagles were humiliated by the Swans on Saturday, with Sydney equaling its greatest-ever win with a 171-point flogging. It was the club's heaviest defeat in history, while Sydney brought up the double century with a 31.19 (205) to 5.4 (34) victory at the SCG. "I don't like to use the words 'not trying' but they didn't yesterday. That's the only explanation," Cornes said. "They have resisted making changes when they needed to some time ago and something has to give. Something has to give after a performance like that. We're talking historically bad. Veteran AFL journalist Damien Barrett pointed out that giving an ultimatum to clubs would find him guilty of draft tampering, however in Reid's circumstances, Cornes disagreed. "Players have done it before," he said. "Many players have said, 'You can draft me but after two years when my contract expires, I'm leaving' because of [the standard] you are walking into." For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!  https://ift.tt/jktYzTy //