Back in those days Hawthorn seem to ‘win’ every trade bringing in JOM, Wingard, Scully and Paton. When it didn’t work out, easy to blame the guy who traded them in.
Maybe if Wright was still at Hawthorn those mistakes may have been avoided.
Hawks, like Pies and Cats were ahead of the curve in realising that teen and second round picks were overrated. Jom was a risk due to injuries, but a risk worth taking as they weren't giving up any good picks and he looked capable of becoming the best around before his injuries. Same with Wingard.
Will get us band 1 which should be pick 2 in the draft.
Maynard spoke about it after Jordy rejected Saints offer. Said he kept his distance to let Jordy make his decision and it's what normal people do if their mate at work gets a good offer from elsewhere. The leadership may put pressure on them, but their real mates at work don't - unless asked or jokingly.
Exactly. And if 10 Hawks messaged Ginni begging him to come to the Hawks, & that was his deciding factor, it probably only illustrates their youth & immaturity tbh.
That's a bit different. They're probably not mates with Ginni, so they're doing the right thing by their club and helping to recruit. I'm sure we'd roll out our players in the same way
I guess, but I'd expect them to text after the trade was done, but not so much beforehand though. Lol.
By the time F/S and academy swings around, it’ll be more like pick 25.
Geel have a large number of young players as we do - but apart from Ollie Holmes and Dempsey where is the top end talent?
Not difficult to believe at all, the coaching staff were happy to keep him but the senior players wanted him gone and then he was.
i mentioned Holmes - and i think Bruhn and Clarke are still in the "much hyped', category. When Stewart is playing midfield as he did last year I'm not sure its a ringing endorsement of their young mids.
Agree, reckon the Gee youth is mostly hype - we beat their VFL side by 74 points last time we played them.
We have 23 players that fit the criteria. A lot of holes to fill but a solid base to build from.
Based on your own criteria of age, here's our group, Lipinski, JDaicos, Murphy, IQ, Hill, Beau, Dean, Macrae, HH, Reef, ND, and then we have those most agree will make it, Alan, Eyre, Ryan, Tew, Demattia.
From the limited footage I've seen of him, he looks like he can get to contests and either win or neutralise them quite well. If Murph hangs it up, there will definitely be opportunities for him if we got in his ear. Bombers have plenty of tall backs as is, including Zach Reid who they will pump games into when he returns.
I don't really see it
