Who knows what Port are doing? If you want to question a list strategy, how does this stack up?
i. Gray, Westhoff, Ryder, Dixon, Rockliff, Hartlett, Ebert, Jonas, Boak, Motlop, Broadbent, Watts = all 28+
ii. Traded one 25yo (Polec), shopping the other (Wingard)
iii. Attempting to convert a handful of good/solid picks into a couple of great/very good ones, plus a few latter picks next year for Mead/Burgoyne father-son points-wrangling.
Are they still trying to win now or rebuilding?
I think they are going all in on trying to get elite homegrown SA talent, knowing future drafts won't have that, even though it doesn't fit with their list at all. I can see the logic, but I'm not sure why you go out and get guys like Watts and Rockliff if you aren't trying to win now.