Welcome Welcome to Hawthorn: Cooper Stephens

[Strapping Young Lad]

Cooper Stephens, former Cat, former Geelong Falcons Captain and boyhood Hawks fan. Welcome.

 

[Sonny Hayes]

Talented young mid who will enjoy the chance in a young midfield, very happen to have him.

 

[bigconornash]

We will look back on this page and Stephens will be a Norm Smith Medallist.

 

[PenAndPaper]

I'm actually excited about this.

 

[Dragz]

Know nothing about the bloke. Who does he play like? Does he have pace and acceleration? Good disposal skills? Can he rack up the possessions?

 

[The hands of stone]

Reckon this is a sneaky good get .

Welcome Cooper

 

[Max Powers]

Welcome Cooper.
Really hoping this kid is something, look forward to watching him.

 

[Bedi]

Know nothing about the bloke. Who does he play like? Does he have pace and acceleration? Good disposal skills? Can he rack up the possessions?

same re Lloyd Meek

 

[The hands of stone]

Know nothing about the bloke. Who does he play like? Does he have pace and acceleration? Good disposal skills? Can he rack up the possessions?

Just spoke to my bro in law about him ( big cats fan )

Describes him as a big bodied strongplayer, very clean hands , kicking isnt great but not horrible .
Upgrade on Worpel with a far higher ceiling , with respect to Worpel.

He is very disappointed they have lost him

 

[KermitJagger]

This is a low risk, high reward sort of pick. At least we managed to get him through the door!

 

[rei154]

Keen to see what he has to offer- could be an absolute boon for us!
Welcome, lad!

 

[CHUBBSS]

He will be better then 2024 Mitchell - get him fit and watch him shine

 

[Coach Killer]

I don’t know who he is but he’s probably one of the best talents I’ve seen in the last 10 minutes. Welcome to the hawks Cooper.

Go Gettem son.

 

[MisterMarcus]

Talented player who just couldn't get a look in with our current midfield.

Geuninely hope he ends up a long-term best-22 mid for you guys

 

[Alite]

Another aerobic beast!

From his draft year: Stephens blitzed the combine, showing off his impressive endurance capabilities to score a combine-high 21.8 on the Yo-Yo test then run an outstanding time of six minutes and 17 seconds in the 2km time trial.

After breaking his leg, gun AFL draftee Cooper Stephens hit the gym – and got seriously ripped

After breaking his leg, this gun AFL draftee got seriously ripped

www.foxsports.com.au

With Ward, Butler, Long, CMac, Moore, Nash, Maginness and now Stephen’s all gut runners there will be no outnumbering the Hawks around the ball … Sam has a plan!

 

[Opens positions]

Cooper Stephens Draft Profile

DRAFT ANALYSIS: "A tough leader who thrives on the contested ball who will look to build his outside influence within games."

central.rookieme.com

 

[year of the cat]

Wish this guy all the best. He's a terrific lad from Colac. We know how the Hawks go with Colac footballers...

 

[detox]

Mate works for Geelong. Rates him and is annoyed. Smart around the ball and strong.

2019 first rounder who had a few early injuries. Hopefully another Scrimshaw pick

 

[J Shuttlesworth]

Seemingly high upside if he can put it together.

Welcome.

 

[Howe Amazing]

Looks a unit this guy I think he will be good

 

[Jables]

Having some blind optimism that we've nabbed a Josh Kennedy type who got a few games but couldn't get a guaranteed spot over some Sewell tier veterans.

 

[Hodgey 15]

Well..if we're not going to get ourself a Cooper Hodge, a Cooper Stephens will have to suffice.
This kid could be very exciting.

 

[cryptor]

Hoping he has a fast start to his career at the Hawks. Can already see people in the trade thread lining him up as a new whipping boy based on their perception of the trade he had no part in putting together.

 

[MrPremiership]

Think we slightly overpaid, but happy to get some young talent in.

There is definitely opportunity here for you Cooper. Grab it

 

[eldorado]

I slept through the last hour of trade day (not kidding, I guess my body needed a nap more than it needed endless tapping of refresh key)


What was the actual trade? Was it a 3 way deal with the Cats and Pies?

EDIT: Just saw the deal, actually fairly satisfied with that...I might be in the minority there, but so be it