Recruitment guru slams Carlton's Hewett deal

2 years ago 273

By Zachary Gates and Marc Churches

Former AFL recruiter Matt Rendell has blasted Carlton implicit their determination to manus midfielder George Hewett a four-year contract.

The Blues lured the 25-year-old midfielder from the Swans past week, leaving Sydney with an end-of-second-round prime (currently No.39).

The determination was made authoritative aft Sydney opted not to lucifer the Blues' connection for the restricted escaped agent.

Rendell considers Hewett a coagulated footballer but said helium disagreed with the magnitude of his deal.

"With each owed respect to George ... he's a bully player, but he's been playing arsenic a tagger for 2 oregon 3 years," Rendell said connected AFL Trade Radio.

"Are you giving taggers 4 years now? I presume they've got him successful to play the aforesaid role.

"I don't cognize what benignant of wealth it is ... I was arsenic shocked arsenic everyone other erstwhile helium got 4 years."

Veteran AFL newsman Damian Barrett added: "He's done well."

Since making his debut successful 2016, Hewett has played 120 games for Sydney and was portion of the Swans' 2016 expansive last squad that went down to the Bulldogs.

Hewett said helium was excited to beryllium a portion of Carlton's increasing database and larn nether new manager Michael Voss.

"They've evidently got a precise bully list, and that was benignant of the main (reason). I was excited to travel here, the players person been precise welcoming," Hewett said.

"I've played 8 years astatine the Swans and I'm perfectly stoked to commencement a caller travel astatine Carlton.

"(Voss has) done what he's done arsenic a player, he's captained 3 premierships and helium has that aura and your respect due to the fact that he's been determination and done that, times three. I'm looking guardant to the situation of what he's going to bring to the group.

"Sometimes the results are the results, but to beryllium honorable with you, (Carlton) were up to their eyeballs successful astir games, they mislaid astir by nether 15 points, which means they were up successful the crippled until the past 4th oregon 10 minutes.

"We cognize however bully they are connected the attack, truthful possibly it's conscionable looking astatine squad defence, which is precise fixable, and we'll spot however they go."

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