Past George Hewett - free agent to Carlton, 2021

[Kennedy Parker]

George Hewett

George Hewett

29

George Hewett

Age

28

Ht

187cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.7

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

10.3

5star

M

2.7

3star

T

4.1

5star

CL

3.3

5star

D

13.8

3star

K

4.8

2star

HB

9.0

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.2

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

3.4

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

0.4

3star

is regularly praised in the media by his teammates and coach John Longmire for his steadfast reliability. Regardless of whether the 2013 draftee is tasked with winning the footy or blanketing a ball magnet, he has the full trust of the Sydney Swans camp. Dustin Martin, Patrick Cripps

9

Patrick Cripps

Age

29

Ht

195cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

25.9

5star

K

9.8

4star

HB

16.1

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

5.8

5star

CL

7.4

5star

D

21.0

5star

K

10.1

4star

HB

10.9

5star

M

2.5

3star

T

3.8

4star

CL

6.3

5star

D

12.6

4star

K

4.8

2star

HB

7.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.2

5star

CL

1.4

4star

and Shaun Higgins

4

Shaun Higgins

Age

36

Ht

184cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.4

5star

K

10.6

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.0

4star

D

21.8

5star

K

10.3

4star

HB

11.5

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.6

4star

G

0.1

3star

D

12.0

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

4.8

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.6

3star

are just some of the gun midfielders Hewett has shut down in his unheralded career as a Swan. The South Australian carved out a career-best season in 2019 en route to finishing second in the Bob Skilton Medal voting, joining star duo Dane Rampe

24

Dane Rampe

Age

33

Ht

187cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

10.6

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

2.5

4star

MG

358.8

5star

D

14.1

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.1

3star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.5

2star

MG

284.5

4star

D

10.6

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.4

4star

and Luke Parker

26

Luke Parker

Age

31

Ht

183cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.2

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.8

5star

D

22.1

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

9.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

5.0

5star

CL

5.5

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

8.0

5star

CL

5.2

5star

on the podium.

George Hewett

29

George Hewett

Age

28

Ht

187cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.7

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

10.3

5star

M

2.7

3star

T

4.1

5star

CL

3.3

5star

D

13.8

3star

K

4.8

2star

HB

9.0

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.2

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

3.4

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

0.4

3star

DOB: 29 December 1995
DEBUT: 2016
DRAFT: #32, 2013 National Draft
RECRUITED FROM: Broughton-Mundoora (SA)/North Adelaide (SANFL)

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[Tedeski]

Not criticising the rest of your post Ted at all, just pulling the number out for a quick point.

Next year the average AFL salary (including all the no-hopers, rookie listers, and new draftees) is $350k. There is no way that a player like Hewett who was picked every week if available would be signed on below the AFL average wage. He might well be on more than that right now, and probably fair enough too.

Yeah very true SF51. I was just pulling out a number not really thinking about it properly. More just showing emphasis on one figure against another.
But you are spot on.

 

[Kapers]

Well, Dawson leaving may mean we keep him.

Gotta find a positive somewhere...

 

[grimlock]

Are we sure he still wants to stay? Treated pretty badly by the club with no contract offer till now

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Are we sure he still wants to stay? Treated pretty badly by the club with no contract offer till now

Shopped around 12 months ago why would you stay?

Shrugs.

 

[Kapers]

Are we sure he still wants to stay? Treated pretty badly by the club with no contract offer till now

He wanted to stay last year. Idk, even in the finals he bought in.
McDonald was shopped around last year
Amon shopped around at Port

Players understand it.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Well I guess we have the cash to keep him now that Dawson is leaving.


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[RW]

Snippet at the bottom of this article suggests Hewett could become a Blue, it would be a bad off-season indeed if we lost both Dawson and Hewett...

Former first-round pick among four delisted by Swans

Matthew Ling and Sam Gray are among four delisted by the Swans

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[rustycrate]

Snippet at the bottom of this article suggests Hewett could become a Blue, it would be a bad off-season indeed if we lost both Dawson and Hewett...

Former first-round pick among four delisted by Swans

Matthew Ling and Sam Gray are among four delisted by the Swans

www.afl.com.au

Maybe we need to bottom out in salary cap terms before we can rise again. Who knows? Is this the pain before the gain?

 

[WillHayward]

Locked and loaded to Blues

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

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[melbournehammer]

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This has literally been said for about 3 weeks - basically from the monday or tuesday after we lost. I'd say that there was already a deal on the table for him from the blues and the swans told him they couldnt afford to match

 

[BarneyBent]

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Hewett is certainly worth that. If we can't match then he should absolutely take it. Zero hard feelings.

 

[Big Blood]

Good luck to him. The kind of big-bodied midfielder they need to back up Walsh and Cripps.

So we saved Parker, Stephens, McLean, lost Hewett and Dawson. About as good as could be expected.

 

[Bandit55]

Hewett is certainly worth that. If we can't match then he should absolutely take it. Zero hard feelings.

Given that it’s a RFA contract he gets to keep the cash even if he doesn’t play a game for them.


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[David 3058]

Key stats in last game as a Swan: 19 disposals (73% effective), 3 score involvements, 13 tackles (next highest on ground was Hopper with 9).
And we don't want to pay the 25 year old defensive midfielder $450k per year?
Words fail me.

 

[BarneyBent]

Key stats in last game as a Swan: 19 disposals (73% effective), 3 score involvements, 13 tackles (next highest on ground was Hopper with 9).
And we don't want to pay the 25 year old defensive midfielder $450k per year?
Words fail me.

It's certainly not great. I would have thought with Dawson leaving we'd be able to match.

Maybe we're still holding on to hope that we can keep Dawson, that it will be another ROK situation?

Or maybe we've got a trade/free agency play of our own up our sleeve.

 

[dosser]

I love George and have been following him since he was drafted. I've loved his amazing kicking off the left boot when he got into trouble as well as the fact that he seemed to have time in a contest. He has been our best defensive mid for a few years now.

However.

I think that, although the footy department may feel the same, there comes a time when you know that the player won't be getting any better than that. He is what he is - a good footballer and role player - and will probably never tear a game apart. Now, if the footy dept thinks that we have more talented replacements coming through and that if Hewett stays he may start to see some time in the ressies as depth as we try to develop those behind him, then they would probably feel that they owe it to him to maximise his financial returns at this stage of his career by taking advantage of free agency.

If we had signed him for 4 years at $450k but in 2 years he is a depth player, then it would be a terrible decision - as much as we all love George now and know that he may be worth it at the moment. However, if Carlton gives him a good contract and don't have many players behind him to push him out in the next four years, then to encourage him to explore that is the right thing to do.

I see this as a win/win for player and club, but I will still not enjoy seeing him in blue.

 

[Tedeski]

Hewett & Dawson moving on leaves us with around an extra $1M in our cap.

 

[dosser]

Hewett & Dawson moving on leaves us with around an extra $1M in our cap.

Not completely sure about that. I think the Hewett money would have already been accounted for because we have been planning this for 12 months. Also, I suspect that the money we offered Dawson may have been about $500-600 per season on average for the next five years. My suspicion is that Dawson wanted a couple of fairly lucrative years before RFA, however we could only do that if we backended the deal over five which would mean a lower amount for the first 2 (because of our cap) and then increasing after that.

 

[The King!]

Hewett & Dawson moving on leaves us with around an extra $1M in our cap.

Lol no way

 

[Tedeski]

Lol no way

Well if they stayed that's what we would have had to pay them so money that can go elsewhere to take the pressure off other contracts.
Maybe I worded it badly.

 

[Skystyler]

would hate to see George go, but if he wants to go home and Carlton are prepared to pay that much for his services good luck to him. Was great for us this year, and I'm not using that word lightly. He was great. Reminds of Kirk how he is able to stop his man from having an impact while rarely wasting a disposal. A real team player. Good luck George.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Hewett & Dawson moving on leaves us with around an extra $1M in our cap.

It never works as simple as that Ted.

 

[Tedeski]

It never works as simple as that Ted.

this was my reply to King.
Well if they stayed that's what we would have had to pay them so money that can go elsewhere to take the pressure off other contracts.
Maybe I worded it badly.

 

[anotherletdown]

He's gone. I just want to know the compo so that we can all move on to bitching about the AFL's compo system