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Don't tempt me. I regularly visited the site but four weeks ago, upon the advise of my therapist I stopped and it will take all of my willpower to resist. To everyone else don't do it

How about having a forward structure that maximises our inside fifties

We need a coach who can develop a game plan that stacks up in the finals and not predominantly dependent on individual player performance.

Agree and this why we need a stronger system based style rather than what we have now, predominantly player based.

Clarkson won three grand finals for Hawthorn and he ceased in 2021. Was Hawthorn wrong?

I love the posters who bag Smith for leaving and then showing no loyalty to Macrae. Loyalty is a two way street not one way

100% agreement. Looks like loyalty should only go one way this reflects poorly on the Club. 250 games 3 times all Australian 29 years old gives 100% and been treated like crap.

Why were they in no mans land?

Clarkson went with the model he thought would produce the best results, he was wrong and set the club back many years and he paid the price. However the point I'm making is Hawthorn moved on a three time premiership coach because they could not see a sustainable future in his strategies and his...

Mitchell took over in 2021 and he recruited coaches and targeted players such as Amon, Ginnivan, Chol, Meek, Ambrosio, drafted players to suit their game style such as Weddle, Watson, Deer and then coached the existing players to higher levels such as Frost, Newcombe, Moore, Impey. He has...

Hawthorn's rebuild started when they decided to move on Clarkson and appointed Mitchell as head coach in 2021. Clarkson won three premierships but the club realized it was time to part ways. Sometimes you need to sit down and reflect on the issues and work through the alternatives to resolve and...

I don't disagree with your comments but after the Sydney game how many games did Garcia, Sanders and West play midfield in the AFL? The answer is the problem that has to be solved.

It's ok to have a good H&A season but finals is a different ball game. We need the players, coaches and the systems to win finals and currently IMO we have the players but lack a forward system to better utilize the talent and coaches to educate the players. Can the current coaches deliver the...

WTF?

I thought you had coached before. The answer is obvious you only need to emphasize that the strategy is to man Sicily and prevent the switch and if you can't do this spend some time on the bench. Guess what the message will get through quickly.

If I'm the coach I'm dragging players for not following instructions. Did this happen? If not then the coach is happy with the players actions.

I agree but doesn't the coach through the runners and at quarter time breaks reinforce the tactics and what we should focus on for the next quarter? I saw no change in our players.

Agree that the players must accept some responsibility but the majority is on the coaches. Look at Hawthorn and what Mitchell and others have done with their gameplan, execution, decision making and recruitment. Coaches also should be discussing decision making, execution and maintaining...

Surely watching and playing against a side that has a very good game plan and execution with 100% buy in from the players will enlighten the players on what we are missing from a coaching perspective. Our strategy is poor and so is our match day coaching

I don't blame the players, the game was lost by the coaches. Hawthorns gameplan has been the same all year and we had ample opportunity to develop plans to negate their strengths both before and on match day. Look at Hawthorns forward gameplan and compare it to ours... its embarrassing. We need...

Agree. We were outcoached by their gameplan and match day coaching. Imagine if we ran Hawthorns forward gameplan, with our talent it would be exciting, but no lets stick with bomb on their heads....so easy to defend and run it out.

Has been their third mid at CBA's in the last three games

Its a strong part of their game and it starts in the backline but its not just run and gun it appears very structured and the players forward of the ball work hard to free up players to receive the next possession. I also think they play good contested footy. IMO its their strategies, structures...

I'm not sure, he might have the pace to match him but I doubt he has the defensive skills. I've watched approx 10 Hawthorn games this year and their forward line has a very good structure with great leading patterns and they work very hard to create space for each other. If you struggle to...

How is Daniel a great match up for Watson? He's not a good defender and cannot match Watson's pace, I'm sure Hawthorn would like this matchup

Agree and our ball use from some of our players who have AFL experience was disappointing

Agree but how disappointing considering we were an inaugural club.

Who takes Gunston? He has kicked 13 goals in his last four games and plays an important role in their forward structure

Great games by Daniel and Macrae. Experience, composure and good decison making very important in big games

Many players down on confidence and now making poor decisions or indecisive