Dew Was A Great Pick By The Hawks
He's won a Grand Final, once kicked 50 goals in a season, and a short kick for him travels 50m, at pick 45 in the draft it was a great move by Hawthorn to grab Stuart Dew.
Some are not impressed by Hawthorn selecting Dew, but it was a move of very little risk and there could be a big reward if Dew gets a few kicks in September. Campbell and Taylor just need to watch some film of Lade in action, with the hitout over the back to Dew who kicks the long goal.
From the Herald Sun: Stuart Dew has long weigh to go
At Hawthorn, they don't have a lot of finals experience among their playing group, mostly what they did this year, so Dew is a player who has been there before, and won too. Ben Dixon retired, so an area of need was a medium forward, Dew can be a more effective player than Dixon, due to Dew's kicking range.
One impressive stat for Dew is how he increased his tackling in the last two years he was at the Power. That shows he will try to put the effort in. The Power won in 2004, and the next year Dew had around double the tackles of 2004.
Dew knows what his strength is, kicking the ball, and that is what the majority of his disposals have been over his career. There were a few Hawthorn games in 2007 when they wouldn't, or couldn't, kick it long. Dew won't be chipping the ball around, he will either be kicking goals or getting it up to the forward area quickly so Franklin or another tall forward can mark the ball.
Brennan Stack went at 45 a year ago, Kasey Green was chosen at that spot by the Kangaroos a couple of years ago. Neither of those players has the match-winning potential that Dew does. So at the part of the draft that Dew was chosen, it wasn't a bad idea to go with a veteran with unique skills.
Due to the great drafting that the Hawks have had over recent seasons they are loaded with young talent. They actually have a problem, that everyone else would like, as they need to figure out where in the team they can put Thorp, Renouf, Kennedy, Tuck, Bailey and a couple of guys called Beau. Another young player at pick 45 would have just been depth at Box Hill, but with Dew they could have the final piece that they need.
There was a "Fridge" in the AFL, who was sometimes said to be a bit big, but another thing he did was win. Here is the original "Fridge", from another sport, showing that it can be tougher to stop a big-man than it would be to tackle a little shrimpy player.
Some are not impressed by Hawthorn selecting Dew, but it was a move of very little risk and there could be a big reward if Dew gets a few kicks in September. Campbell and Taylor just need to watch some film of Lade in action, with the hitout over the back to Dew who kicks the long goal.
From the Herald Sun: Stuart Dew has long weigh to go
At Hawthorn, they don't have a lot of finals experience among their playing group, mostly what they did this year, so Dew is a player who has been there before, and won too. Ben Dixon retired, so an area of need was a medium forward, Dew can be a more effective player than Dixon, due to Dew's kicking range.
One impressive stat for Dew is how he increased his tackling in the last two years he was at the Power. That shows he will try to put the effort in. The Power won in 2004, and the next year Dew had around double the tackles of 2004.
Dew knows what his strength is, kicking the ball, and that is what the majority of his disposals have been over his career. There were a few Hawthorn games in 2007 when they wouldn't, or couldn't, kick it long. Dew won't be chipping the ball around, he will either be kicking goals or getting it up to the forward area quickly so Franklin or another tall forward can mark the ball.
Brennan Stack went at 45 a year ago, Kasey Green was chosen at that spot by the Kangaroos a couple of years ago. Neither of those players has the match-winning potential that Dew does. So at the part of the draft that Dew was chosen, it wasn't a bad idea to go with a veteran with unique skills.
Due to the great drafting that the Hawks have had over recent seasons they are loaded with young talent. They actually have a problem, that everyone else would like, as they need to figure out where in the team they can put Thorp, Renouf, Kennedy, Tuck, Bailey and a couple of guys called Beau. Another young player at pick 45 would have just been depth at Box Hill, but with Dew they could have the final piece that they need.
There was a "Fridge" in the AFL, who was sometimes said to be a bit big, but another thing he did was win. Here is the original "Fridge", from another sport, showing that it can be tougher to stop a big-man than it would be to tackle a little shrimpy player.
