Inaugural Gold Coast coach Guy McKenna says the Suns need more senior players instead of a priority pick.

The Suns are reported to be using next month’s AFL Commission meeting to pitch for special access to the No.1 pick in the 2019 AFL Draft.

But McKenna believes that the club is heading down the wrong path with this decision, suggesting maturity is more of a priority than the No.1 pick.

“I’m personally thinking that they’ve had enough draft picks,” he told SEN Breakfast.

“That’s my gut feel and that was my concern even when I was up there, just saying we’ve had enough of these young kids.

“We actually need some mature bodies to come in and put around these young kids.”

McKenna admits he was frustrated with the club’s strategy to keep drafting inexperienced players.

He believes the club’s strategy to attract players was risky, and believes it played a big part in where the Suns are at now.

“To attract players, they hinted finals,” he said.

“If you play finals, I’m sure Steven May, Tom Lynch, Dion Prestia, all those boys would still be there.

“Unfortunately, they’ve just stayed young.

According to McKenna, not much has changed since his time at the club from 2011 to 2014.

“I was still arguing about making sure we had more senior players there,” he said.

“I remember my last year, we played Bombers in our second-last game. In four years in the AFL, it was the least experienced team we had put out.

“How does that work four years into a competition?”

If Gold Coast’s pitch to the AFL is successful, the club would receive the first two picks in the 2019 AFL Draft.

Hear Guy McKenna on SEN Breakfast in the player below.