News Hawthorn in the media 2024

[Strapping Young Lad]

Just like last years thread, whatever Barrett has to say is not Hawthorn in the media.

Couldn’t care less for his shit takes, they don’t belong here.

 

[hawkman]

Watch AFL360 tonight Leigh Montagna break us down what we are doing.

Interesting to watch. Showed how we open up the ground by our players going wide and deep to try and go through the middle but if the opposition tried to stop us through the middle then we go around them to the numbers on the outside. Also said it was hard to stop because we have a number of options

 

[Randy Campbell]

Interesting to watch. Showed how we open up the ground by our players going wide and deep to try and go through the middle but if the opposition tried to stop us through the middle then we go around them to the numbers on the outside. Also said it was hard to stop because we have a number of options

Teamwork is the thing that talks.

 

[hawkinoz]

What's Hokball?

 

[Mercy Seat]

Because, and I say this with all due respect and reverence to Hodgey, he was enforcing the club standards of the time which were coming down from an oddly controlling coach who was bizarre in his dislike of individuality. Mitchell clearly runs a different show, so if Hodge was captain under Sam as coach he would probably not be enforcing things the same way.

It wasn’t bizarre at the time though. He was from the Kennedy lineage where it was all about one soldier down another steps up. You bought into the culture that the club required of you and it helped reap success. Off field he was quirky and embraced individuality but the mentality in the team environment was definitely one that required you to be that soldier and leave the ego at the door.

That was a different time though, a different generation, and Sam has moved with the times. What worked then wouldn’t work now and vice versa. Plenty of coaches are way behind on embracing this and it’s working to our benefit. Sam clearly saw a shift coming.

 

[Mercy Seat]

What's Hokball?

Hawk Tua! In joke between the players about that viral video that has evolved…

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

What's Hokball?

that is quite amusing even if I am an older fart

 

[The hands of stone]

Watch AFL360 tonight Leigh Montagna break us down what we are doing.

He showed what we are doing. I wouldn't say he broke it down .

It's not exactly a secret . I think anyone who has watched us enough and seen us enough know exactly how we play .
It's requires hard power running, skill and working for each other with a lot of discipline .

Stopping it is another thing . All teams know in general how the others play .

Montagna said just that .

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Hawk Tua! In joke between the players about that viral video that has evolved…

I don’t think so - ‘Hok’ predates her by a bit.

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

He showed what we are doing. I wouldn't say he broke it down .

It's not exactly a secret . I think anyone who has watched us enough and seen us enough know exactly how we play .
It's requires hard power running, skill and working for each other with a lot of discipline .

Stopping it is another thing . All teams know in general how the others play .

Montagna said just that .

Lucky huh.

Now all the oppo coaches will know about it.

Anyone watching a quarter of hawthorn game could have told you this. Hardly a deep dive

 

[Mercy Seat]

I don’t think so - ‘Hok’ predates her by a bit.

Really? That’s what I had heard but could be wrong.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Really? That’s what I had heard but could be wrong.

Socials team was using the term last year.

 

[TylerDurden]

 

[PenAndPaper]

God "machinations" makes me cringe everytime I hear/read it, just like "masthead"

 

[Bugs1977]

He showed what we are doing. I wouldn't say he broke it down .

It's not exactly a secret . I think anyone who has watched us enough and seen us enough know exactly how we play .
It's requires hard power running, skill and working for each other with a lot of discipline .

Stopping it is another thing . All teams know in general how the others play .

Montagna said just that .

It would be no secret that the blueprint to beating it would be to defend the ground by making it as thin a possible which is easier said than done on the wider grounds especially if you don't have the players that can run. There's not to many teams that can run with us all day long on the wider grounds outside of a few.

This would explain our bad losses on thinner grounds because it's easier to defend and cut space off. It was obvious to see in the game at GHMBA when coming out of defence the Cats would have 3 or 4 players stand on the righthand side and then load up everyone else on the other side ushering the ball towards there where it was easy to cut of or be killed.

GROUND	LENGTH	WIDTH
UTAS	175	145
MCG	160	141
GABBA	156	138
Manuka	162	138
SCG	155	136
People First Stadium	158	134
Optus Stadium	165	130
Marvel	160	129
Adelaide Oval	167	123
GHMBA	170	116

 

[Toasted]

It would be no secret that the blueprint to beating it would be to defend the ground by making it as thin a possible which is easier said than done on the wider grounds especially if you don't have the players that can run. There's not to many teams that can run with us all day long on the wider grounds outside of a few.

This would explain our bad losses on thinner grounds because it's easier to defend and cut space off. It was obvious to see in the game at GHMBA when coming out of defence the Cats would have 3 or 4 players stand on the righthand side and then load up everyone else on the other side ushering the ball towards there where it was easy to cut of or be killed.

GROUND	LENGTH	WIDTH
UTAS	175	145
MCG	160	141
GABBA	156	138
Manuka	162	138
SCG	155	136
People First Stadium	158	134
Optus Stadium	165	130
Marvel	160	129
Adelaide Oval	167	123
GHMBA	170	116

By those dimensions, it could be a real bloodbath against North at UTAS this week

 

[TylerDurden]

By those dimensions, it could be a real bloodbath against North at UTAS this week

Yep. Looking forward to it.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

It would be no secret that the blueprint to beating it would be to defend the ground by making it as thin a possible which is easier said than done on the wider grounds especially if you don't have the players that can run. There's not to many teams that can run with us all day long on the wider grounds outside of a few.

This would explain our bad losses on thinner grounds because it's easier to defend and cut space off. It was obvious to see in the game at GHMBA when coming out of defence the Cats would have 3 or 4 players stand on the righthand side and then load up everyone else on the other side ushering the ball towards there where it was easy to cut of or be killed.

GROUND	LENGTH	WIDTH
UTAS	175	145
MCG	160	141
GABBA	156	138
Manuka	162	138
SCG	155	136
People First Stadium	158	134
Optus Stadium	165	130
Marvel	160	129
Adelaide Oval	167	123
GHMBA	170	116

Why do we play well at AO?

Not much different

 

[CHUBBSS]

Why do we play well at AO?

Not much different

Feels more egg shaped, my very uneducated opinion. Geelong oval (Curved Rectangle) is an abomination but its made for just kick it in and score or rebound and score.

 

[Bugs1977]

Why do we play well at AO?

Not much different

We're 1-2 there this season? Should never have lost the game against Port but I've pretty much wiped it from my memory bank so can barely remember it

 

[RCAB]

GROUND	LENGTH	WIDTH
GHMBA	170	116

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Why do we play well at AO?

Not much different

The additional compression at Kardinia is bizarre. Stadium Australia has similar dimensions to Kardinia but we seemingly played alright there also. Having been to events at all 3 of those stadiums the dimensions at Kardinia absolutely stand out in my mind as being odd - particularly when the ground isn’t symmetrical.

 

[Davo-27]

What's Hokball?

The Weddle run and Watson being a Giant and Ginnivan being small as an ant are my favourite parts

 

[spudmaster]

Any thinner and Hawkins wouldn't be able to take the field!

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Collingwood, Carlton and Essendon are fun to laugh at, particularly the latter two, but you can't deny they are the 3 biggest clubs in Vic.

That Carlton and Essendon are all still so powerful DESPITE being generally shit, kind of proves it.

Is OK to admit it, the next tier down - hawthorn, Geelong and Richmond - are as well resourced but without the pressure. And they win all the flags.

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[Maybloomer]

I’m a B Grade hacker on a good day but even I can hit a 9 iron more than 116m. It’s so not very far. What a luxury to train and prepare a gameplan on an oval of unfair dimensions that nobody else gets to access.