Greatest ever Hawthorn mature-age recruit from another club?

[A Cut Above]

Could be an interesting discussion. Names that appear off the top of my head are

Lake
Gibson
Salmon
Greene
Burgoyne

Of those guys I would put Salmon at the top of the list. At the time it felt like he transformed our side, and surprisingly made our team of the century. After saying that without Lake there'd be no threepeat, and Gibson has been just as valuable.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Burgoyne>>>>All.

 

[eldorado]

Burgoyne über alles!

 

[Faithful Hawk]

Burgoyne closely followed by Lake and Gibson, then a gap to Salmon.

Spider Everitt would be a distant last.

 

[Gralin]

On the 2013 PF alone it's Burgoyne before you even look at the rest of his time in a Hawks jumper

 

[Hawkas1988]

As good as they've all been. Burgoyne without a doubt IMO

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[MrFujiMoto]

Lake / Burgoyne

the rest -
Salmon
Gibson
Hale
Goo
Dew
Joel Smith

 

[IdiotBox]

Who was the ruck we got from Adelaide? Probably well below 'The Fish' in the pecking order above.

 

[MrFujiMoto]

Rehn

 

[Gralin]

It is interesting that Gibbo is down the list behind Burgers and or Lake for everyone though considering he is the one with two Premiership year Peter Crimmins Medals in the group

 

[Max Powers]

Lake, Burgers and Gibbo for me all stars that have played big parts in our 3-Peat.

 

[MrFujiMoto]

It is interesting that Gibbo is down the list behind Burgers and or Lake for everyone though considering he is the one with two Premiership year Peter Crimmins Medals in the group

Gibbo is an excellent player and leader, I just think Lake was the key that allowed Gibbo to play the role we wanted him to, which allowed him to play his more natural game and flourish. Lake doesn't make Gibbo a better player, he just allows Gibbo to be the player he really is. Or he did anyway, this year will be interesting.

 

[tommyk72]

The flip side of that is that without gibbo lake would have looked slow and lumbering and not had the freedom to role off his man and try and take intercept marks.

Interesting thread for another day - duo's who make each other look better/worse.

 

[MrPremiership]

Burgoyne......

But.....Salmon is in our team of the century....

 

[HR Roughnstuf]

Burgoyne uberalles!

California?

 

[Hong Kong Hawk]

California?

Does Jello Biafra follow the Hawks? Are the top up Essendon players really "Fresh Fruit for Rotten Vegetables"?

 

[Dewnior]

Where's the Simon Beaumont option?

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Lake .... no way we would have been triple premiers without him.

 

[grumbleguts]

When we recruited Trent Croad from Fremantle it completed the greatest heist in Australia's history. The great bookie robbery diminishes to a street mugging by comparison.

 

[Goody1971]

Lake .... no way we would have been triple premiers without him.

This...even though Burgoyne is a magnificent player, Lake's importance to our structure and defence setup and his GF day performances takes the cake for me.

 

[parsons nose]

Clearly has to be Gibson. Has a greater body of work at Hawthorn than Lake. And has had consistently tougher assignments than Burgoyne over the Journey. It was no coincidence that our form waivered in 2014 sans him. Plus two PCMs as already mentioned.

 

[jenniferHAWKinS]

B: Austin McCrabb Todd Ridley Matthew Dent
HB: Darren Baxter Nathan Chapman Barry Young
C: Andrew Demetriou Ben Ross Simon Cox
HF: Bo Nixon Kingsley Hunter Leon Higgins
F: Simon Minton-Connell Brett O'Farrell Shayne Stevenson
R: Randall Bone Mark Bunn Jon Hassall
Inter: Tom Allen Nick Stone Ricky Nixon Broc McCauley
Coach: Cameron Bruce

Bit top heavy on the bench!

 

[jenniferHAWKinS]

B: Austin McCrabb Todd Ridley Matthew Dent
HB: Darren Baxter Nathan Chapman Barry Young
C: Andrew Demetriou Ben Ross Simon Cox
HF: Bo Nixon Kingsley Hunter Leon Higgins
F: Simon Minton-Connell Brett O'Farrell Shayne Stevenson
R: Randall Bone Mark Bunn Jon Hassall
Inter: Tom Allen Nick Stone Ricky Nixon Broc McCauley
Coach: Cameron Bruce

Bit top heavy on the bench!

Correction - Tim Allen

 

[beta_condition]

Platten?

 

[Gralin]

This...even though Burgoyne is a magnificent player, Lake's importance to our structure and defence setup and his GF day performances takes the cake for me.

We wouldn't have made it to the GF in 13 without Burgoyne though and I don't think we could have won 3 without all of them at various stages of each season