Player Watch 2023 Father Son player watch - McCabe, Dear and Maginness

[Strapping Young Lad]

Guys, I keep deleting posts referencing this, but can we move away from suggesting or making juvenile jokes about the bloodlines of players.

This is a public forum and parents of players do read here.

 

[HolyRioli]

Has there ever been a Father/Son who's gone at "overs" in the draft? They always seem to slide, like Daicos at 4, Davey til 40s, even Maginness slid to 31 after being touted in 20s.

Lends weight to the theory that clubs generally have a gentlemens agreement to get these guys to their clubs.

Ayce Cordy is one who comes to mind, but that was under the old system I think. Went at pick 14, played 27 games

 

[BIGHAWK23]

Mccabe is being used terribly by the SA coaching staff

And should be used so much more by the other players

 

[Brant]

Mccabe is being used terribly by the SA coaching staff

And should be used so much more by the other players

Is there scope to play CHF?

 

[Wingnut19]

Mccabe is being used terribly by the SA coaching staff

And should be used so much more by the other players

When he gets it he’s lighting quick. They need to move him up the ground. Wasting him deep in defence. Never loses a one on one though

 

[BIGHAWK23]

Is there scope to play CHF?

Not sure

But I think the play style is Blakey

 

[BIGHAWK23]

When he gets it he’s lighting quick. They need to move him up the ground. Wasting him deep in defence. Never loses a one on one though

Puts himself in AFL play style positions

There is no lateral vision from SA, it’s just forward

 

[BIGHAWK23]

The SA Captain is an ego kicker

He draws the one WA forward at a kickout

Handball to Mccabe and they 1-2 the ball to the wing

Instead he bombs it and gets a turnover and goal

 

[naysayer]

don't think he's worth their first pick, and don't care if he slides to their 2nd

Sydney need KPDs now, not in 5 years time.

 

[Titch3Votes0MooreAA]

I only watched the final 15 minutes of the SA vs. WA game because of how unstable my Wi-Fi is (forget the fact I pay Telstra however much to have 300 mbps fiber-to-the-premises Wi-Fi).
I watched McCabe pretty closely in the last 15 minutes. He certainly has the attributes. You can see his height, but he moves quite smoothly for his height and appears to be a natural CHB, which is exactly what we need down at Waverley Park. He should slot very nicely alongside James Blanck (and hopefully Denver Grainger-Barras) for the next decade. But it is clear that he is raw. His major moment in the last 15 minutes wasn't great as he mistimed jumping up for the mark, which allowed Sam Van Rooyen to mark and have a shot on goal for WA, but you can see his talent. We should draft him anywhere from the late first round to pick 40 range. He was named one of the best by the SANFL website.

 

[toomanysquibs]

Could he play the Nick Holland lead up Forward.

Holland had incredibly vice-like hands and was a strongish build even in his early years, and was lumbering in an athletic kind of way.

McCabe lightening quick, silky smooth, not as good in the air.

With that thin build he'd be a fair way off being a lead up forward at AFL level, even if he has the swingman gene going for him. Have not heard much about him playing forward though.

 

[libbylou]

Tall forward Calsher Dear played two very good games for St Bedes in the semi final and grand final of the ACC.

 

[Colloquy]

Tall forward Calsher Dear played two very good games for St Bedes in the semi final and grand final of the ACC.

Great news hopefully he can use that as his platform and build on this.

 

[Wingnut19]

Tall forward Calsher Dear played two very good games for St Bedes in the semi final and grand final of the ACC.

Kicked3.2 this week for sandy

 

[Dewnior]

Mods, clean up in aisle 2

 

[WatWouldCyrilDo]

McCabe with 26 touches, 8 marks, 8 r50 for Centrals u18 today.

 

[offtherails9]

Not really sure what McCabe will be at the AFL level. Way too skinny to add enough weight to be a KPD I think? And then does he have the skills, decision making, speed to be that HB distributor we already have plenty of? I hope he makes it but I'm just wondering how it all plays out!

 

[Brant]

Not really sure what McCabe will be at the AFL level. Way too skinny to add enough weight to be a KPD I think? And then does he have the skills, decision making, speed to be that HB distributor we already have plenty of? I hope he makes it but I'm just wondering how it all plays out!

Could probably play Wing & be dangerous with his marking ability & tank. Fair chance he plays behind the ball to start with though.

 

[SSSSSS]

Could probably play Wing & be dangerous with his marking ability & tank. Fair chance he plays behind the ball to start with though.

Mason Wood has shown the value in a tall marking hard running winger.

McCabe is infinitely more talented and athletic.

Weddle + McCabe on a wing. That's going to be hard to stop aerially.

 

[naysayer]

Not really sure what McCabe will be at the AFL level. Way too skinny to add enough weight to be a KPD I think? And then does he have the skills, decision making, speed to be that HB distributor we already have plenty of? I hope he makes it but I'm just wondering how it all plays out!

Way too skinny to be a key defender? He's light, sure, but he's also 17. He's already 6 kgs heavier than Sam Darcy's draft weight.

Like we've seen with Ned Reeves, Mitch Lewis and now DGB, you don't draft key position players expecting them to nail that role within 3-4 years. There's no reason Will couldn't add 15kgs in that time.

 

[offtherails9]

Way too skinny to be a key defender? He's light, sure, but he's also 17. He's already 6 kgs heavier than Sam Darcy's draft weight.

Like we've seen with Ned Reeves, Mitch Lewis and now DGB, you don't draft key position players expecting them to nail that role within 3-4 years. There's no reason Will couldn't add 15kgs in that time.

That would be lovely.

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

The Dear family, Calsher far left in the black jacket. Looks very promsing as a key forward.

If Calsher wants to play AFL i can see the club offering him a rookie spot.

Would require a little developing, however i feel it would be worth every second we invest in him. Plays very much like his dad, a good contest mark, can kick a bag of goals and lend a hand in the Ruck.

 

[The Chad and I]

I've learned that watching out for F/S prospects is pretty much a waste of time, unless they are projected top 5-10.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

The Dear family, Calsher far left in the black jacket. Looks very promsing as a key forward.

If Calsher wants to play AFL i can see the club offering him a rookie spot.

Would require a little developing, however i feel it would be worth every second we invest in him. Plays very much like his dad, a good contest mark, can kick a bag of goals and lend a hand in the Ruck.

Not likely to be picked up at this stage.

 

[Elhawko]

Which clubs have the best and worst father-son strike rates?

The biggest father-son successes and which teams have had less luck.

www.sen.com.au

Just if anyone is curious. (Our one acknowledged F&S success mostly played for Sydney!!!)

 

[Wingnut19]

McCabe dominant again today