Welcome Welcome to Hawthorn : Calsher Dear! Rising star nom!

[The hands of stone]

I love the awareness he has, when he can't mark it he is always looking to deflect the ball towards a crumber

He did a few yesterday , didn't quite come off but its clever instinctive play .

 

[PenAndPaper]

You're forgetting he's a Father-Son pick which generally don't go very high due to discounts etc. I just had a quick look at the stats and in the history of Father-Son picks with the modern draft system, only 6 have been in the top 10 (Sam Darcy, Will Ashcroft, Nick Daicos, Luke McDonald, Darcy Moore, Joe Daniher).

That and considering he only seriously took up footy 18 months ago as TheFourPillars stated above, it's perfectly understandable why he was such a late pick.

Tbf he wasn't quite a normal father son pick. We just pulled the trigger on him, didn't try and get him as low as possible by just matching a bid.
Wouldn't mind knowing the stats actually on how many of the father sons are picked up without a bid by another team

 

[threesixpio]

This guy is the very definition of natural athlete. How the feck can a guy who mainly played basketball until recently end up with a debut season like this? Wowee

 

[MrPremiership]

Which player is tracking better?

Cadman or Dear?

 

[theiaofseed]

Which player is tracking better?

Cadman or Dear?

Dear

 

[lyger]

Dear

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Really pleased to see in Dear’s favour:

Contested marks 1.3 to 0.4
One percenters 2.4 to 0.5

 

[threesixpio]

Dear’s two goals were fricken excellent. Can tell he has been working on his goal kicking. That second one was brutal. Was that a reverse banana?

 

[KermitJagger]

Dear

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Cadman was taken Pick 1, has the benefit of a year's development in the system and of being more physically developed to begin with.

When you compare debut season to debut season, Calsher blows him out of the water.

 

[KermitJagger]

This is Calsher and Jed Walter compared. Full disclosure, Walter was my favourite player from the draft and the guy that I would have taken if we got free pick at anyone outside Reid.

The things I really liked about Walter - his ground game, marking, pressure - Calsher is arguably doing all of those things better.

I can't speak to the ceilings that each of these guys will reach, but at this stage Calsher is killing it - and with the benefit of being further away from the finished product.

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

Rising star for Cal this week? Any chance?

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Dear’s two goals were fricken excellent. Can tell he has been working on his goal kicking. That second one was brutal. Was that a reverse banana?

Left foot drop punt-ish. Just looked unco the way it was dropped but it was pretty good!

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Rising star for Cal this week? Any chance?

Not sure he’s getting enough of the pill to warrant it over a mid.

 

[threesixpio]

Left foot drop punt-ish. Just looked unco the way it was dropped but it was pretty good!

So the unco-ism made it look bananery? Farkn good goal. And that first one was a roost. I think I’m in love

 

[Slainte]

Not sure he’s getting enough of the pill to warrant it over a mid.

If it is all about possessions it should be rebadged the Rising Mid Award

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

So the unco-ism made it look bananery? Farkn good goal. And that first one was a roost. I think I’m in love

Check the back view of the goal if you can. Looked like he just dropped it and it rotated like a DP!

 

[The hands of stone]

Rising star for Cal this week? Any chance?

Needs a 3 goal minimum game to get it IMO

 

[flinchfree]

This is Calsher and Jed Walter compared. Full disclosure, Walter was my favourite player from the draft and the guy that I would have taken if we got free pick at anyone outside Reid.

The things I really liked about Walter - his ground game, marking, pressure - Calsher is arguably doing all of those things better.

I can't speak to the ceilings that each of these guys will reach, but at this stage Calsher is killing it - and with the benefit of being further away from the finished product.

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I expected to like Walter a lot more than I actually am....
Think he's looking stiff'ish when looking for the ball along the ground, not overly twitchy, not tracking it amazing, a little heavy across the ground and in the air.
Really thought he might transition almost immediately.
Dear however is none of those things.
He's bendy, twitchy, tracks it really well through the air and as it bounces across the grass, effortless in getting up high for a grab.
Love him, no idea what the ceiling is, but love him.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Dear’s two goals were fricken excellent. Can tell he has been working on his goal kicking. That second one was brutal. Was that a reverse banana?

Almost looked like he shinned it.

 

[threesixpio]

Almost looked like he shinned it.

Purposely of course

 

[Flukey!]

I'm excited for the McCabe to Dear double-act that we will have for the next 10+ years.

 

[threesixpio]

I'm excited for the McCabe to Dear double-act that we will have for the next 10+ years.

I like that they will train against each other too

 

[The Chad and I]

I'm excited for the McCabe to Dear double-act that we will have for the next 10+ years.

It’s like the early days of Hay/Croad.

 

[Agent Smith]

If it is all about possessions it should be rebadged the Rising Mid Award

To bring it in line with the Brownlow Mid-al?

 

[joeyhawker]

He was also directly responsible for Dukes left foot snap goal, came from behind and with one deft hand caused the ball to spill....

On SM-G990E using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[I got the outside word]

He was also directly responsible for Dukes left foot snap goal, came from behind and with one deft hand caused the ball to spill....

On SM-G990E using BigFooty.com mobile app

Not Duke’s thread but the fact that he one hand, one touch held that off hands is phenomenal. Blokes been bitten by a radioactive spider.