Gethelred
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Again: read the post you're quoting:Hawthorn made the prelims in 2001 so not sure how you get 8 years for us
I've said it three posts in a row now.This is my argument, made simply.
1. Contention can be demonstrated clearly only by when a flag is won.
2. Rock bottom to contention measures the duration of a rebuild.
3. The shortest examples we have of this pattern existing are WB in 2016 and Hawthorn in 2008, at 8 seasons.
Therefore...
It takes at least 8 years to fully rebuild from failure to contention.
In 2001, you lost by 9 points to the Bombers in their last finals win. Would you truly state that you think those Hawks were, in that moment in time, in contention for the 2001 flag?
Until you can unequivocally state that a side is in contention for a flag, that duration is live.
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