AFL Player # 6: Jye Caldwell

[Lore]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 2, eth-dog

 

[BrunoV]

2018 to 2021 ruined by hamstring injuries.

It's a huge problem. Look at what it did to Hooker's mobility and i don't think his issue was as prolonged.

Don't want him in a team if his loses that break away speed.

 

[Old Campaigner]

Getting some Nathan Freeman vibes here

 

[Hak94]

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Damn! Feel sorry for him, hopefully it's not that serious of a re-injury.

But, again, don't play him until he is absolutely sure he is over it + fit again. Don't care if it's a full year. No need to rush him back given the significance/his history of issues with it.

 

[yodellinhank]

He might be cooked.

I dare say that he was not rehabilitated properly early and has scar tissue.

No doubt, I'm getting scar tissue just from reading about it.

 

[Nicholas61]

I wonder if the German doctor can help him

 

[DapperDon]

Future doesn't look promising, still has another 3 years on his contract too.

 

[Lore]

McCartney can sing and dance about it all he likes, this is why he wasn't worth a first round pick

 

[BrunoV]

McCartney can sing and dance about it all he likes, this is why he wasn't worth a first round pick

Weird negotiation, that one.

Dodoro: We want Caldwell

McCartney: First round pick we rate him and we want to keep him.

Dodoro: he's always injured and might struggle to realise his potential. 2nd round pick.

McCartney: WTF do you want him for then?

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Was always a worry. 2020 elevated his value, but shortened and less games would have protected him a bit.

 

[Pweter]

Put him in cotton wool, get him right and get bio mechanics experts to review and tweak his running action, then let him hit the preseason and see what happens.

3 more years on his contract, there's no rush so just do everything we can to give him a clear run at 2022.

 

[11kgm]

We knew he had these issues, we shouldn't have taken him been better picking up a kid

 

[WindyHillWarrior]

Hire whoever it was that remodelled Hooker's running technique and saved his body/career.

 

[RearNaked]

Is it just a tweak or another tear

 

[Lore]

Is it just a tweak or another tear

I feel like that would be the same thing..?

 

[Beerfish]

Hire whoever it was that remodelled Hooker's running technique and saved his body/career.

 

[Atavistic]

I feel like that would be the same thing..?

Tweak has a nicer sound to it than tear.

 

[blitzer]

Wow this news really sucks.

 

[RearNaked]

I feel like that would be the same thing..?

Tightness or more of a low grade tear than his initial one or has he completely cooked it again ?

 

[JT_the_Man]

Well *.

 

[MiguelM]

Send him to Ballet school they know how to train hammies

 

[Lore]

Tightness or more of a low grade tear than his initial one or has he completely cooked it again ?

Well it's SEN so we don't know details. But they said 're-injured', so that sounds like more than a bruise/tightness/cramping.

Cross fingers it's not torn off the bone or something.

 

[citizen-erased]

Some really bad signs for his longevity. He has had too many instances of this in his short career.

Probably time to abandon the season and look long term with options for a proper fix

 

[Hak94]

Probably time to abandon the season and look long term with options for a proper fix

No need to rush him back! Sure, it'd be nice to have in amongst the midfield mix + to see him develop/gain more experience but our mid group is holding up well without Shiel & Caldwell right now. Not having Stringer for a few weeks will test the grunt though! But, just take a long term approach with him, I agree.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

This sucks but with his history we have nobody to blame but ourselves.

Hard to know how many times this club had to be reminded over the past three seasons. Injury-prone players are a road to nowhere.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

That's really unfortunate for the young kid. He looks like a great player too. But as others have said; so many injuries early on doesn't bode well for a fruitful AFL career.