Pick 20# Welcome to the Bulldogs Cooper Hynes

[House_of_Dahl]

I'm still not sure anyone should be too surprised we basically went for the best available draftee at pick 20.
Hynes can play. Needs to work on his tank but he can play.

He's also needs. We haven't had a Stringer/Petracca-type burst half forward with midfield potential since.. well Stringer. Harmes probably our closet current player.

 

[Some Idiot]

His attitude, doggedness, and the way he speaks about himself and footy are a bit like Clay Smith's —a humble, competitive beast who'll take no prisoners.

One of Clay's biggest strengths was he genuinely wanted to tackle and hurt people with tackles - him becoming a boxer post football would have to be one of the least surprising career transitions. Anyway, not sure I get that same vibe from Hynes.

 

[Jane Doe]

Sorry for the intrusion but you have a very good player here. Played juniors with my son and starred. Comes from a good family as well as his dad John played a few games for Carlton and was a good player in the VFL and locally. Will be watching him closely. I am sure you will not be disappointed with him.

 

[Hoges64]

Every year. Go back as many years as you like (save for a select few) and there's always a sense of 'We should have got him/dud pick/we missed out big time/what were we thinking?/why aren't we addressing our needs?/Sack Sam Power.

Rinse and repeat. Gets a bit tiring.

The absolute funniest thing about these is it's not even Power's job. Milesi (and his underlings) is the guy for draft identification.

 

[JohnnySteel]

Hopefully Hynes plays mostly midfield in the VFL to fast track his tank.

 

[Bulldogs85]

 

[dergert]

Love these videos.
Milesi has me sold

 

[Rookie]

Love these videos.
Milesi has me sold

Our social media team has really lifted their game - I'm feeling pretty hyped about all of our draftees at the moment.

Can't wait to watch a few VFL games and see how they develop. .

 

[stefoid]

Clayton Oliver

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Clayton Oliver

Age

27

Ht

189cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

27.8

5star

K

9.5

4star

HB

18.4

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

6.3

5star

CL

6.3

5star

D

25.1

5star

K

11.1

4star

HB

14.0

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

19.2

5star

K

4.6

2star

HB

14.6

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

4.4

5star

CL

3.8

5star

-ish?

 

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[CaptainMurphy]

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He's an impressive young kid

 

[Turtleman3]

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Not sure if I missed something but do Bevo and Hyne’s dad know each other?

 

[Bulldogs85]

Not sure if I missed something but do Bevo and Hyne’s dad know each other?

Yes they know each other their was an article about it

 

[Dogs_r_barking]

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I love these videos.

 

[Bulldogs85]

I love these videos.

They are great I love them also

 

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[stefoid]

Im warming to this selection. The query is whether Cooper is a man-child bully that wont be able to treat his AFL opponents the same way he treats skinny teens.

But I think he has plenty of athletic improvement left in him - hes a lump of a kid, but he is not AFL style jacked right now.

I reckon his contested ability is just as much craft and intent as it is size.

The other query is can he get fit enough? High forwards and mids are at the high end of the hard running scale.

 

[House_of_Dahl]

Call me petty but as long as he has a better (football) career than Baz I'll be happy.

 

[doggiesin08]

Call me petty but as long as he has a better (football) career than Baz I'll be happy.

He only needs to be better than our supposed lost pride because we didn’t send Sniff to the draft

 

[Mofra]

Im warming to this selection. The query is whether Cooper is a man-child bully that wont be able to treat his AFL opponents the same way he treats skinny teens.

But I think he has plenty of athletic improvement left in him - hes a lump of a kid, but he is not AFL style jacked right now.

I reckon his contested ability is just as much craft and intent as it is size.

The other query is can he get fit enough? High forwards and mids are at the high end of the hard running scale.

Harvey Langford has mentioned he has genuine forward craft/ goal kicking ability which bodes well for being more that just a big body.

Shannon Hurn as an example had similar concerns about whether he could transition to AFL where he wouldn't have the size advantage he did as a junior. He's done pretty well.

The 'big body' guys who tend to fail are almost all inside mids with no flexibility to play elsewhere e.g. Charlie Constable who spent last pre-season as a slow HBF as he wasn't getting a look in Gold Coast's stacked midfield (and Geelong's the year before).

 

[Golden_6]

I'm still seeing a lot of De Goey in his game. Maybe not as quick in a straight line but with a much better head on his shoulders.