Autopsy Round 10, 2023: Hawthorn demolish the Eagles

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What a ripper!
Loved seeing the smiles on all the faces and everyone being included in the club song in the change-rooms was pleasing too - when the wins are few and far between, that has to be great for morale.
Carn the Hawkers!
 
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Picks (at start of the draft): 6, 24, 41, 48, 50, 52, 63

Selections: Cameron Mackenzie (7), Josh Weddle (18), Henry Hustwaite (37), Jack O’Sullivan (46), Bailey Macdonald (51)

Industry sources were left puzzled by a few Hawks moves. After losing Jaeger O’Meara and Tom Mitchell during the trade period, an inside midfield chasm at the Hawks emerged. List boss Mark McKenzie even flagged last week they’d be looking for a “big-bodied midfielder”. Gun tall on-ballers Mattaes Phillipou and Reuben Ginbey were both still on the board when it was time for the Hawks to select, but they instead went for Mackenzie. The Dragons prospect will be a star and has a strong inside class, but isn’t as big as Ginbey and Phillipou and is renowned for his class on the outside, to the point where some analysts can see him starting his AFL career at half-back. And when the Hawks traded back into the first round, most recruiters initially thought they’d pounce on slider Ed Allan. Instead they took a defender in Weddle — even though the Hawks drafted Will Day and Denver Grainger-Barras with first-round picks in past years. In order to gain Pick 18 in the first place, the Hawks had to give up Pick 27 plus their future second and third round picks. That could be a very high price, since most expect them to be a wooden spoon contender in 2023. For example if they finish 17th next year, they‘d be giving up 20, 27 and 38 and only getting 18 back – that’s like giving Sydney a late first-round pick for free, using draft points. Coincidentally, Sydney used Pick 27 it got from Hawthorn to take Hawks NGA graduate Cooper Vickery, meaning the Hawks didn’t have bidding rights as Vickery’s name was called before Pick 40. Hustwaite, though, was a steal at Pick 37, while Macdonald will provide ample dash from the back-half. Some risks that, of course, could pay off big time down the track.

Grade: D+

Weddle (28 and 2) Mackensie (22 and 2)
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You can only beat what is in front of you, and the ability to stick the boots into bad opposition is part of developing towards being a good team. No matter their injuries, with players like Gaff, Kelly and Sheed we shouldn't have been able to dominate them out of the midfield like we need. Yet, we did. We were only the slightly older and more experienced outfit on the day, so a 100+ point belting is a great outcome.
 

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