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Nah, Dermie's full of shit. Here's the comparison based only on players who have played in 2014 and are 50+ gams (might be others on the Hawthorn list who haven't played this year, can't think of any from ours though):No, I'm not buying that. Not for a second
Harvey Wells Petrie Swallow Thomas Thompson Goldstein Hansen Grima Adams were all at the club in 2008.
I'm not sure who you think the nucleus of our team actually is but I would have thought the majority of the afore-mentioned players are in it.
The coach certainly believes this if the decision to top up with Dal Santo is any indication of where he sees the teams development.
The players recruited from 2008 onwards are still mostly kids. Not the nucleus.
Scott has had 5 years to build a powerful team around this nucleus and establish a fanatical, professional culture within the group.
I would argue he has done neither.
Player Games
Harvey, Brent 376
Dal Santo, Nick 274
Petrie, Drew 258
Firrito, Michael 220
Wells, Daniel 217
Swallow, Andrew 153
Thomas, Lindsay 143
Thompson, Scott 125
McMahon, Scott 119
Goldstein, Todd 115
Hansen, Lachlan 112
Adams, Leigh 96
Bastinac, Ryan 93
Ziebell, Jack 91
Cunnington, Ben 88
Grima, Nathan 79
Atley, Shaun 75
Wright, Sam 73
Greenwood, Levi 65
Macmillan, Jamie 61
Anthony, Liam 57
Player Games
Burgoyne, Shaun 258
Mitchell, Sam 251
Hodge, Luke 240
Lake, Brian 222
Hale, David 210
Lewis, Jordan 206
Roughead, Jarryd 197
Sewell, Brad 196
Birchall, Grant 183
Gibson, Josh 156
Rioli, Cyril 132
Shiels, Liam 91
Stratton, Ben 82
Breust, Luke 80
Puopolo, Paul 77
Smith, Isaac 76
Schoenmakers, Ryan 72
Gunston, Jack 69
Suckling, Matt 68