Rookie 39. Hudson O'Keeffe

[Jeremias]

We’ve been poor at developing talent for as long as Thy is old, but I don’t think you can fairly say Carlton is the reason Kreuzer didn’t become the player we hoped he might.

Injuries absolutely butchered his career. Sensational talent but constant injuries will have that effect regardless of how good your development program is.

 

[gbatman]

We’ve been poor at developing talent for as long as Thy is old, but I don’t think you can fairly say Carlton is the reason Kreuzer didn’t become the player we hoped he might.

Injuries absolutely butchered his career. Sensational talent but constant injuries will have that effect regardless of how good your development program is.

100% The guy would take his eye off the ball when going for overhead marks for most of his career and drop most of them. It took a change of coach to change that later in his career. He went from a poor overhead mark to being pretty decent from one little change.

This was early junior development level stuff. Our development was dreadful back then. A Matthew Kreuzer who was decent to good overhead is one of the leagues best ruckman, he was never that, maybe for one season, our player development in that era let a lot of players down and we never saw the best of many of them because of it. Kreuzer is right up there.

 

[Jimmae]

Kreuzer was twice the player Matty Allan ever was... completely different era of football and Carlton.

 

[4flagsin5yrs]

Allan's 1999 season easily surpassed anything Kreuzer did.

Allan:



Matty K:

 

[Jimmae]

Might want to look at the 21 he was in, and what the ruck rules were like. And it's all he ever did well, the rest varied from middling to poor, usually as an understudy to Madden.

Kreuzer should have been AA at some point in his career.

 

[Aphrodite]

Can we please stay on topic.

This is Hudson's player thread.


Thanks all.

 

[Jeremias]

Brought in to bolster the ruck depth on the eve of the season, O’Keeffe has developed solidly since starting at the Club in the pre-season.    

Showing significant promise in the VFL, O’Keeffe has averaged 13 hit outs a game. In the past five matches, he has stepped up as the solo ruck averaging 20.6 hit outs as he shoulders the ruck responsibilities as an 18-year-old.   

A towering 202cm prospect, who was the No.1 ruck with Vic Metro, O’Keeffe signed with the Blues as part of the SSP alongside Cincotta at the start of 2023. 

“We have been really excited to see how Hudson has progressed this year. 

“Having worked closely with our ruck coach Matthew Kreuzer

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Matthew Kreuzer

Age

34

Ht

200cm

Wt

101kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.4

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

5.6

4star

CL

3.1

5star

HO

21.0

5star

D

1.0

1star

K

0.0

1star

HB

1.0

1star

CL

0.0

1star

HO

7.0

5star

D

11.8

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

5.8

4star

HO

9.8

5star

, Hudson has shown real improvement in his ruck craft, showcasing his ability to compete consistently through the middle of the ground. He has embraced the Carlton way and we look forward to seeing his skills grow over the coming year.  

 

[Revenant1965]

Congratulations. A testimony to commitment and hard work.

 

[David Sylvian]

Competitive unit, likes the tough stuff

 

[norway blue]

Congratulations Hudson.


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[Bamboo Harvester]

There's definitely something about this kid...his rate of improvement this year has been a bit of an eye opener...and still only a young 18yo!!

Well done HO'K, you earned it....now the rest is up to you

 

[4flagsin5yrs]

There's definitely something about this kid...his rate of improvement this year has been a bit of an eye opener...and still only a young 18yo!!

Well done HO'K, you earned it....now the rest is up to you

Might even grow some more height wise?

 

[BlueGum]

Way to go HOK. A spot in the ones beckons.