People, feel free to correct me on this. Since Bell was appointed, in his role as helping deliver players to the club, it seems to me he's successfully done it to order. RLyon wanted tall marking forwards, and after great hassle, Lobb and Hogan came to the club. (We couldn't achieve this before.) This year, I heard the club wanted picks, and B.Hill was somehow turned into several useful picks, along with some decent depth to midfield/wing and half backline positions.
He's not the list manager, but the force is strong within him.