What do you like about him Russ? What do you think he could grow in to?
I have a vested interest in Dawson, picked him up in my keeper league as a smoky F/M project player
I have a vested interest in Dawson, picked him up in my keeper league as a smoky F/M project player
I harp on a bit about this, and it's probably due to the fact that I coach U15s, but its my experience that players either know where to run/stand, or they don't. It's such a hard skill to teach and he seems to be one of the rare people that just know. There might be systems they use in the AFL that makes this easy to teach but I'm not aware of them.
I haven't seen enough of him to know what his ceiling is, or how the Swans want to develop him but he reminds me a lot of Chad Cornes early in his career, don't think he'll ever be a huge possession winner in a half forward role but could be really valuable as someone who stretches defences with his decent height and good overhead grab as a hit up. I'd need to see a bit more of what his tank and disposal is like but if they're up to scratch I could see him developing into an Adelaide Tom Lynch type who rolls through the midfield on occasion.
