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.

 

[Nugett]

Doesn't really answer my question though. If we nominate Dear as a rookie and he is bid on in ND do we still have the ability to match?

I don’t think we do. Think for us to match a ND pick we have to nominate him as a ND pick.

 

[Brishawk]

Doesn't really answer my question though. If we nominate Dear as a rookie and he is bid on in ND do we still have the ability to match?

You dont nominate them as a rookie. We get the option to match a bid in the nd or let him go.

 

[Sixpence]

Doesn't really answer my question though. If we nominate Dear as a rookie and he is bid on in ND do we still have the ability to match?

I think WWCD's post was misleading. I don't believe you can nominate them as a rookie, just in the ND, but can take them as a rookie if they fall through (without actually needing to select them in the RD).

 

[number23]

I wouldn’t be surprised if someone does nominate him. TalL’s are a bit of a thing at the moment. With his end of season form, it would have attracted interest. Possibly 3rd 4th round selection

With the sketchiness of form, I would have thought that he would be a speculative 4th rounder. If a bid comes in the 4th round, you might be looking at a points deficit of 200+ points which deficit wise won't kill us if we have a 2024 Top 10 pick since the difference in draft positions is less than if it came out of a later pick.

 

[Elhawko]

The Hawthorn father-son prospect who could be a draft gem — SEN

He is expected to be taken in the first round.

apple.news

SEN driving up McCabe’s value! Still it’s an encouraging little tidbit.

 

[cryptor]

The Hawthorn father-son prospect who could be a draft gem — SEN

He is expected to be taken in the first round.

apple.news

SEN driving up McCabe’s value! Still it’s an encouraging little tidbit.

I don't think media chatter from SEN or Cal Twomey is going to move the needle on how clubs rate players.

 

[KermitJagger]

I don't think media chatter from SEN or Cal Twomey is going to move the needle on how clubs rate players.

If anything, Cal's chatter is more directly influenced by club sentiment towards players than the other way round.

 

[MrPremiership]

If anything, Cal's chatter is more directly influenced by club sentiment towards players than the other way round.

This.

Cal isn't a guru at assessing talent, he's just close to the right recruiters to know who they value and who they're going to pick

 

[Platten44]

I don't think media chatter from SEN or Cal Twomey is going to move the needle on how clubs rate players.

Only for the Shinbeggers - they recruit straight from Cal's phantom draft

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Only for the Shinbeggers - they recruit straight from Cal's phantom draft

They take our selections

 

[Elhawko]

Think the views expressed in the article are actually those of the SA under 18s coach, not Cal T. I hope the man knows his stuff!

 

[tommyk72]

The Hawthorn father-son prospect who could be a draft gem — SEN

He is expected to be taken in the first round.

apple.news

SEN driving up McCabe’s value! Still it’s an encouraging little tidbit.

It always amazes me how much a players value can change in the 4-6 weeks between season end and the draft!

 

[toomanysquibs]

It always amazes me how much a players value can change in the 4-6 weeks between season end and the draft!

warrants TVA pruning of all involved

 

[The Chad and I]

More impressed with each viewing.
I'm excited by McCabe and Dear tbh.

 

[smish]

Rookie Me Central's 2023 draft guide.

Write up of McCabe





Dear

 

[caseman2]

Confirmed that Ned McGinness will be playing as an over-ager in the Coates League next year.

 

[Roddy]

We are due a ‘son of a gun’ who turns out to be a champion. I don’t believe we’ve ever truly had one. We’ve had the odd solid contributor, and several failures. Now is the time for one of these young blokes…

 

[cryptor]

We are due a ‘son of a gun’ who turns out to be a champion. I don’t believe we’ve ever truly had one. We’ve had the odd solid contributor, and several failures. Now is the time for one of these young blokes…

Finn Maginness is currently the undisputed best tagger in the league, to the point that it could lead to the revival of the tagger role in the game and with that usher in the next evolution of strategy for the game. Very few players could lay claim to that level of influence on the sport.

 

[The_Axeman]

We are due a ‘son of a gun’ who turns out to be a champion. I don’t believe we’ve ever truly had one. We’ve had the odd solid contributor, and several failures. Now is the time for one of these young blokes…

For half a season back in 2014, I thought Will Langford was that going to be that champion. I'll always love him for that few months of brilliance and for his GF performance.

 

[Roddy]

Finn Maginness is currently the undisputed best tagger in the league, to the point that it could lead to the revival of the tagger role in the game and with that usher in the next evolution of strategy for the game. Very few players could lay claim to that level of influence on the sport.

Being a fantastic tagger still doesn’t make one a champion…

 

[Roddy]

For half a season back in 2014, I thought Will Langford was that going to be that champion. I'll always love him for that few months of brilliance and for his GF performance.

Was thinking precisely that as I typed that post…

 

[cryptor]

Being a fantastic tagger still doesn’t make one a champion…

If he's going head to head with champion players, beating them and helping us win games as a result then I'd argue very strongly that it does.

Tagging may not be fashionable but at the end of the day Finn's work is impacting the results of games.

 

[Roddy]

If he's going head to head with champion players, beating them and helping us win games as a result then I'd argue very strongly that it does.

Tagging may not be fashionable but at the end of the day Finn's work is impacting the results of games.

FFS, he’s played 30 games and has a handful of decent scalps…

 

[kirbatron]

If he's going head to head with champion players, beating them and helping us win games as a result then I'd argue very strongly that it does.

Tagging may not be fashionable but at the end of the day Finn's work is impacting the results of games.

sorry I like Finn but you'll be on your own here

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

FFS, he’s played 30 games and has a handful of decent scalps…

I do not read it as Cryptor saying Finn is our son of a gun star now! Just that he could end up being that player, being the best tagger has him potentially on that path.

Given Finns drive to improve, it could happen! Still a lot to unfold here yet.