ADELAIDE players feel "dudded" by Kurt Tippett, his former AFL teammate Josh Jenkins says.

Tippett walked out on the Crows and requested a trade to the Sydney Swans, but both club have yet to strike a deal.

Jenkins, who left Essendon last year to join Adelaide, suggested Tippett burnt bridges at the Crows.

"I still keep in contact with my ex-teammates and some of the football staff," he wrote in a column for the Adelaide Advertiser.

"Being relatively unknown, I feel lucky I was able to depart the Bombers yet keep up the relationships that had been built in my time at the club.

"For Kurt Tippett, that may not be the case."

Tippett had expressed a desire to return to his native Queensland, before shocking the Crows in choosing the Swans as his preferred new club.

"Speculation continued to suggest he would seek a move home at some stage," Jenkins said.

"Most could understand that. But last I checked, Sydney is not in Queensland.

"I couldn't imagine spending several years at the one club, only to leave and burn almost all the bridges that had been built over the years.

"I am not saying Kurt no longer has friends or positive relationships at the Crows.

"But most from West Lakes would have some right to be disappointed in his actions.

"Kurt's situation is not the first and won't be the last trade/free agency scenario where the club that loses the player feels dudded."

Jenkins' frustrations with Tippett were echoed by list manager David Noble.

"The manner in which Kurt has gone about his business is really disappointing," Noble told FIVEaa on Wednesday.

"I think all our players have indicated that and, unfortunately, that's not the person I've worked with for a long period of time."

While the Crows have committed to dealing with the Swans "in good faith" regarding Tippett, the club is not expecting a deal to be completed until the end of the Gillette AFL Trade Period.

"It's frustrating for everyone involved, us included. We're very empathetic with our supporters and sponsors, but it's just going to take a bit of time," Noble said.

"We're trying our best to work with Sydney to get the best-possible deal done, but the extended period of this trade means that things can go along and be delayed for up to three weeks.

"Unfortunately, there are a lot of clubs that are sitting and waiting to see how the [Free Agency] compensation picks look, which are going to be plugged into the system on about the 18th of October. That leaves you that last week to balance everything out.

"So, things might not be finalised until that last week."

Noble ruled out re-drafting Tippett if a deal could not be reached with the Swans.

"I can tell you we won't be drafting Kurt back," Noble said.

He also indicated it was highly unlikely a Crows contracted player would be included in any deal with the Swans.

"There are conversations where contracted players are asked about … but I can't see that happening," he said.

"It would be really awkward and difficult for us to go down one path where we're trying to retain and grow our list [and then trade a player out]."