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He's copped plenty of flack. Surprisingly spoke to a Hawthorn supporter during the week who genuinely believed the '08 premiership win was off the back of the research put in and the game plan designed by Damien Hardwick to beat Geelong after studying them for weeks prior to the GF.
Even Hardwick was coached under Pagan, first at Arden Street and then he followed him to Essendon.