I’m like a number of supporters on the Dahlhaus issue, I imagine - unhappy that he’s gone from a “heart and soul of the club” perspective, but not massively concerned that he’ll leave a significant hole in the list. He was elite at some very important things, but ordinary at others - particularly kicking.
I value good kicking skills pretty highly, and while I don’t think you can extrapolate much from one game I liked the approach against Richmond. We have a lot of players that can find the ball, and look likely to add at least one more in the draft, so we need players that can select the correct target (and then hit it), clear/pick/run their way through zones, and kick accurately for goal.
Dunkley is a poor kick but looks like a cheaper, taller version of Dahlhaus and carrying two of them in the middle was probably viewed as too much at the price/length Luke was after.
Who knows, we’re all speculating but I’d guess the club offered about 75-100k less than the supposed cats deal and one fewer year and he understandably turned it down for the better offer.
I wish him all the best and hope he plays good footy for the cats, but am confident we have cover for the role he played for the dogs.