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Vicky Park
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Hawthorn are set to dominate (again),
Fly needs to stop trying being mates with everybody and mark his ground. He’s the boss. It’s his turf. He needs to call the shots. Starting with the mess in the VFL. He needs to be the one having the tough conversations. With players and coaching staff alike.
As a Premiership coach, he has rank.
It’s time he use it.
Malthouse was a hard-arse. It was his club and the players still loved him. Alpha male sportsmen respect other alphas.
It’s amazing that our coach - with all the faults and failings identitied in your post - managed to coach us to a flag less than 12 months ago.
We don’t know the inner details of his coaching style, and we know there have been challenges faced by him this year which haven’t worked to his or our advantage, but I’d leave it up to him to coach as he thinks fit. For the players he has, the assistants under him, and the club culture he has nurtured.