Pies coach McRae confirms interest in free agent and explains list build philosophy

Collingwood coach Craig McRae has confirmed the club’s interest in GWS free agent Harry Perryman.
Perryman has long been chased by Port Adelaide but Tom Morris told SEN on Tuesday that the Pies had come late for the 25-year-old. Other reports have suggested that Collingwood’s offer could even be more lucrative than the Power’s.
McRae says that he’s a coach that wants to bring players in over draft picks and he thinks that Perryman can make the Magpies better if he chooses to play for the club in 2025 and beyond.
“That’s true, I’m a coach that wants to bring players in,” McRae told SEN The Run Home.
“I said that at the end of the season and it’s hard such a hard market fishing from the same pond, but I don’t want picks.
“I say to the list mismanagement, ‘I don’t want picks, I want players, let’s bring players in and make us better, not just any player, but players that are going to make us better’.
“We’re somewhat deliberate on that and we…