Autopsy AFL 2024 Round 2 - Hawks v Demons Sat March 23rd 4:35pm AEDT (MCG)

[The 747]

Yearly reminder to make Gawn your SC captain for this week

The Hawthorn kick it to Max Gawn tactic is one of the beautiful recurring things in footy.

 

[Wosh]

Teams are up

 

[The hands of stone]

The Hawthorn kick it to Max Gawn tactic is one of the beautiful recurring things in footy.

Not tomorrow though . This week Reeves has grown a long beard and just shaved his head .
Will take 20 marks

 

[HairyO]

The Hawthorn kick it to Max Gawn tactic is one of the beautiful recurring things in footy.

During COVID we played then at GWS's ground so I got to see them.

It got to the point where Hawk supporters in the crowd were yelling "KICK IT TO GAWN" and then Bronx cheering when it happened.

Rory Lobb is the other player we loved kicking it to. Both routinely take more contested marks than the entire Hawk team.

 

[schmuttt]

Really like the way the hawks play and imo they’ve got a top 3 coach in the league. Will take any sort of a win, this game will be really difficult.

 

[Dez!]

Really like the way the hawks play and imo they’ve got a top 3 coach in the league. Will take any sort of a win, this game will be really difficult.

How is Sam Mitchell a top 3 coach? What has he done for you to think this so early in his coaching career?

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

How is Sam Mitchell a top 3 coach? What has he done for you to think this so early in his coaching career?

Nothing, of course - just a vibe. The reports were that he tactically had his pants pulled down by Brad Scott last week.

He has a lot of work to do to prove that he's better than maligned coaches like Simpson, Hinkley, Beveridge and Goodwin, let coaches who've taken their clubs to multiple grand finals/top four finishes/premierships (Clarkson, Hardwick, Fagan, Longmire, C.Scott) or the newer coaches who have been about as impressive as you could possibly wish for in 1-2 years in the job (McRae, Kingsley).

I'd love to know which nine of those coaches in the above paragraph they're putting Mitchell ahead of, with his 15-31 career record, zero finals, zero pressure and arguably zero games that really matter if we're being honest.

 

[rdhopkins2]

I think this will be closer than most think on a nice day for footy. If Melbourne let their guard down, Hawks are every chance of a boilover. If the Dees are at their best though, it could get ugly.

Hawks by 1pt to keep the season interesting!

 

[The hands of stone]

Nothing, of course - just a vibe. The reports were that he tactically had his pants pulled down by Brad Scott last week.

He has a lot of work to do to prove that he's better than maligned coaches like Simpson, Hinkley, Beveridge and Goodwin, let coaches who've taken their clubs to multiple grand finals/top four finishes/premierships (Clarkson, Hardwick, Fagan, Longmire, C.Scott) or the newer coaches who have been about as impressive as you could possibly wish for in 1-2 years in the job (McRae, Kingsley).

I'd love to know which nine of those coaches in the above paragraph they're putting Mitchell ahead of, with his 15-31 career record, zero finals, zero pressure and arguably zero games that really matter if we're being honest.

He is also coaching what many regard as a current bottom 4 list that is also in the youngest few in the comp.
Most comment that they like what he is doing , he will get heat in a season or two as the team gets more games and expectations naturally rise .

And all games matter and every coach in professional sport has pressure on them

 

[tomcruise]

View attachment 1936821View attachment 1936822I think this will be closer than most think on a nice day for footy. If Melbourne let their guard down, Hawks are every chance of a boilover. If the Dees are at their best though, it could get ugly.

Hawks by 1pt to keep the season interesting!

Would be a lot worse for us if it wasn't a nice day for footy. We are hot garbage in the wet.

We haven't lost to the Hawks in 8 games or whatever, but they're always tough games.

My biggest concern is Goodwin plays all the talls in the one forward line and turns it into the classic demons bomb it long into a mass of players and we end up winning by 3 goals on expected score and losing the match by 2.

 

[Colonial]

Dees by 3 goals

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

Petty straightens Dee's up. With a point.

 

[MJG14]

Petty is reaching shave it all off territory.

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

Good goal Kozzy.

 

[Saint12]

Oh dear that was so embarrassing for Oliver

 

[Kreuuuzeurns]

The unsociable stuff worked better when Hawthorn were actually good at football.

 

[MarcMaverick]

Petty is reaching shave it all off territory.

Not as bad as Nat Jones but yeah.

 

[NetworkNerd]

Whats the player record for most behinds before scoring a goal?

 

[Kreuuuzeurns]

Whats the player record for most behinds before scoring a goal?

IIRC Lewis Jetta kicked over 20 before his first goal? Hopefully Watson gets it done before that!

 

[The 747]

He is also coaching what many regard as a current bottom 4 list that is also in the youngest few in the comp.
Most comment that they like what he is doing , he will get heat in a season or two as the team gets more games and expectations naturally rise .

And all games matter and every coach in professional sport has pressure on them

This is true but the other posters are right, Mitchell has done nothing of note to warrant his rating. At best you can say sometimes his team plays a good brand of football, but he loses two games for every game he wins.

 

[LSRU]

This is vomit worthy

 

[The 747]

This is vomit worthy

Really

 

[Saint12]

WTF...Billings kicks a goal from 35???

 

[Rod Stroker]

I don't think there's a better user of half back than Salem

 

[MarcMaverick]

WTF...Billings kicks a goal from 35???

Thanks for Billings BTW.