Coach Sam Mitchell's direction for the club and 2024 news

[Strapping Young Lad]

If anyone wants to have a listen about what the data is saying in regards to whether we have actually gotten worse this year have a listen to this from the 9:15 mark.

I know a few people have already touched on it, but the data is also showing that our results this year have been slightly better despite actually putting out a younger team and dealing with some injuries.




And here.

 

[killerspud]

Over the last eleven games (since the Sydney loss) we are nine wins and two losses.

Points for total - 997
Points against total - 791

Points per game - 90.63
Points against per game - 71.91

Percentage - 126.03

Only one poor performance in that entire period, which can be forgiven given how young the team is.

Over that same period the form ladder reads:

Brisbane - 9W - 1D - 1L - 134.75%
Hawks - 9W - 2L - 126.03%
Sydney - 8W - 3L - 139.21%
Freo - 7W - 1D - 3L - 118.82%
Doggies - 7W - 4L - 119.67%
Blues - 7W - 4L - 116.04%

Spoiler

Brisbane for - 1,167 at 106.09
Brisbane against - 866 at 78.73

Sydney for - 1,122 at 102.00
Sydney against - 806 at 73.27

Freo for - 991 at 90.09
Freo against - 834 at 75.82

Doggies for - 1,028 at 93.45
Doggies against - 859 at 78.09

Blues for - 1,092 at 99.27
Blues against - 941 at 85.55

Just want to point out that the poor game loss to Geelong was without Sicily, Dear and Ginnivan


There is so much to like about the team I don't know where to start

 

[Nick the Pig]

Coach of the Year is a Coaches Association Award not a media voted award.

I would think Mitchell's peers would well appreciate the turnaround he has achieved with what he has had to work with and how far back he has come from.

I can see them voting only for him.

 

[HedgeFund]

Just want to point out that the poor game loss to Geelong was without Sicily, Dear and Ginnivan


There is so much to like about the team I don't know where to start

Of course pretty much every team has to deal with injuries, often to very important players, throughout the year.

It’s how they adjust to the loss of their personnel which matters most - unless the injury list is massive like Richmond and Carlton.

Sydney have just started to get some significant ones too. Will be interesting to see how they handle it.

At the moment, our list is healthier than most.

 

[The Chad and I]

Coach of the Year is a Coaches Association Award not a media voted award.

I would think Mitchell's peers would well appreciate the turnaround he has achieved with what he has had to work with and how far back he has come from.

I can see them voting for him.

Tipped to finish bottom 2-3
Started year 0-5
On track for top 4 finish.

Come on…

 

[Roddy]

 

[Sixpence]

I can see them voting only for him.

I can think of one coach that probably wouldn't vote for him ...

 

[Ned Ryerson]

If Watto won the rising star there would be more melts than if every Dusk shop in Australia was hit by an arson attack. It would be so beautiful.

 

[Roddy]

If Watto won the rising star there would be more melts than if every Dusk shop in Australia was hit by an arson attack. It would be so beautiful.

There'll be more whiny tantrums and meltdowns than if America ends up with a black female POTUS.

Actually that's stretching it a little....

 

[Dipper]

I dunno if this has been mentioned elsewhere but Hoyne said that we've won more frees inside F50 than the next best side by some distance.

I think we've had 23 whilst Geelong have had 2.

From memory Wiz, Ginni, Moore, Croc and Moore take up 5 of the top 6 individual places.

I hope this doesn't lead to any kind of reaction. I put it here because there was conjecture that they're being well coached in this regard.

 

[peetoo]

I dunno if this has been mentioned elsewhere but Hoyne said that we've won more frees inside F50 than the next best side by some distance.

I think we've had 23 whilst Geelong have had 2.

From memory Wiz, Ginni, Moore, Croc and Moore take up 5 of the top 6 individual places.

I hope this doesn't lead to any kind of reaction. I put it here because there was conjecture that they're being well coached in this regard.

Do hawks lock it in there more than most? Frees can be for htb too

 

[cs61]

I dunno if this has been mentioned elsewhere but Hoyne said that we've won more frees inside F50 than the next best side by some distance.

I think we've had 23 whilst Geelong have had 2.

From memory Wiz, Ginni, Moore, Croc and Moore take up 5 of the top 6 individual places.

I hope this doesn't lead to any kind of reaction. I put it here because there was conjecture that they're being well coached in this regard.

Wasn’t he talking about just high tackle frees in forward 50 not total frees? Geelong would have gotten more than two forward frees just in the game against us this year let alone the whole season.

 

[HawthornHawk]

I can think of one coach that probably wouldn't vote for him ...

The same coach who never managed to poll a vote himself?

 

[Roddy]

I LOVE how, in almost every interview you see with him, he says stuff like: "we're a work in progress, we're progressing well, but we're still not quite at the level of the best teams," etc etc.

This is exactly what it needs, no resting on our laurels just because we've had a decent patch of form and some good wins, constant improvement and driving of standards.

That's what wins flags....

 

[Hawkers Hero]

I LOVE how, in almost every interview you see with him, he says stuff like: "we're a work in progress, we're progressing well, but we're still not quite at the level of the best teams," etc etc.

This is exactly what it needs, no resting on our laurels just because we've had a decent patch of form and some good wins, constant improvement and driving of standards.

That's what wins flags....

It was probably 3 times he said something to the effect of 'calm down, we are playing well but we are still 11th'

I love that reality check that we need to keep working hard and improving each and every session

 

[Newmo89]

Article on the recruits thriving under Sam Mitchell at Hawthorn.

The Discards Thriving Under A New Culture – Talking Hawks

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[The Jet From Poowong]

 

[mustang]

Do we think Morrison will get the 2 games he needs for 100.

 

[mustang]

That show is so hard to watch

 

[Dipper]

Wasn’t he talking about just high tackle frees in forward 50 not total frees? Geelong would have gotten more than two forward frees just in the game against us this year let alone the whole season.

Yes, sorry not well explained on my part. High frees.

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

That show is so hard to watch

there is no chemistry and so it feels forced

 

[rjslcM]

Thank you very much for sharing.

The importance of having previous successes and failures really shines through in Sam’s measured speeches. He’s been on bigger stretches of wins than this and he’s had bigger failures after big stretches too.

For comparison purposes, you would think it’s a fairly basic thing to not get too carried away with how well we’re going as head coach (in 11th), but I would expect this week’s opposition coach, Nicks, to be drinking his own bathwater if he was given the same questions that Sam received on the panel.

I feel so fortunate to watch Mitchell as a player and now as a coach at Hawthorn.

 

[Newmo89]

Hawthorn's Forwards Coach - Adrian Hickmott by Talking Hawks

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Podcast - Talking Hawks

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Mitchell is the most well polished coach when it comes to speaking to the media.

Once he's finished up his coaching career he will be able to walk right into a media gig.

 

[hawkman]

Doubled the difference with dear off.

It was 68 to 18 when Dear was subbed off

 

[FB19]

there is no chemistry and so it feels forced

They got 2 legendary footballers and Selwood and none have any personality! It’s the first time I’ve watched just for the Mitchell section and I couldn’t see myself doing it again.