Hawthorn got cold feet on drafting Jonothon Brown

[Hawkinspired]

Just seen on a preview for open Mike. Done deal to Hawthorn apparently. Hawks backed out so he took the gauranteed FS offer to the lions.

I'm not going to sit here and think what have could been. But interested to hear the full story once it airs.

 

[Hawthorn23]

Don't think we should regret much, we have been spoilt last 10 years I reckon!

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Well it that draft we took Luke McPharlin, Brett Johnson, Tim Clark, Chance Bateman, Tim Hazell and Billy Nicholls.

Interesting to know where we would have taken him.

McPharlin was a great pick he just didn't want to stay and I wouldn't trade Changa for anything.

 

[IschenkoUBeauty]

Meh.

Three flags since 2008 and every chance at another one this year...not a lot to regret from any Hawthorn person's point of view, be it supporter or (ex) recruiting staff.

 

[Sixpence]

Interesting, though not sure it was an opportunity lost. If we had a monster full forward, we probably wouldn't have picked up Franklin and/or Roughead.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

LOL. Even when we miss out on certified champions, we still win flags.

We've been kissed on the dick(through hard work).


Spare a thought for teams like Richmond who pass up Pavlich for Fiora....and then their supporters sit through year after year of rubbish.

We are lucky that we can look at us turning our back on Brown and still be absolutely chuffed with the team we follow.

 

[Sydney Kicker]

Interesting, though not sure it was an opportunity lost. If we had a monster full forward, we probably wouldn't have picked up Franklin and/or Roughead.

and then we could have taken Tambling instead. Dunno what Brown did to give us cold feet but whatever it was thank god he did it.

 

[Hodginator]

Interesting, though not sure it was an opportunity lost. If we had a monster full forward, we probably wouldn't have picked up Franklin and/or Roughead.

Agree with this. Sliding doors.

 

[Whirling Dervish]

About the only thing in this thread I agree with is that things have turned out well for the Hawks regardless.

 

[Nuggets73]

Just seen on a preview for open Mike. Done deal to Hawthorn apparently. Hawks backed out so he took the gauranteed FS offer to the lions.

I'm got going to sit here and think what have could been. But interested to hear the full story once it airs.

Browny has been awesome for AFL in Queensland ... respected by everyone - including league & union fans.
Sad we missed out on him, but we've did ok with many other champion players ... we go ok

 

[becalm]

No good crying over spilt milk.

 

[Crock]

We had two picks before he went as f/s at pick 30: McPharlin at 10 and B Johnson at 25.

Had he not committed to f/s we don’t know what interest other clubs might have had in him.

There’s a good chance he might not have been available at either of those picks.

 

[Hawkinspired]

Yeah retrospectively we may not have taken Franklin and Roughead so I couldn't care less. He did say something like it was gauranteed that he would have been at the Hawks if they didn't back out. Not sure how that's gauranteed with a year to go before the draft. You can only assume it would have been the McPharlin pick, which likely means we wouldn't have been able to pick Luke Hodge.

It's like back to the future. Change one thing and the whole world changes forever.

 

[MrPremiership]

would have been nice though

 

[QuietB]

Hawks had pick 10 in that draft - how can we even know if Brown would have still been available at 10?

 

[nickrebellious]

Brown skipped the 1998 draft to be available to Brisbane as a FS in 1999. Maybe we were pushing for him in the 1998 draft.

 

[Happy_Hawker]

If only we drafted him, we'd have won 3 premierships in the 21st century by now!




























Oh wait...

 

[crazywildhorse]

LOL. Even when we miss out on certified champions, we still win flags.

We've been kissed on the dick(through hard work).


Spare a thought for teams like Richmond who pass up Pavlich for Fiora....and then their supporters sit through year after year of rubbish.

We are lucky that we can look at us turning our back on Brown and still be absolutely chuffed with the team we follow.

But don't lose sight of the fact that they have more members than us!!!

 

[Gunstall555]

But don't lose sight of the fact that they have more members than us!!!

this post will be a backfire by Monday (pretending you weren't being sarcastic!)

 

[Gene Simmons]

I remember being in awe of Jono Brown..especially during the Lions dominant years.

But as a previous poster said, if we did have him it would be very unlikely that we would have drafted BOTH Buddy & Roughy..

 

[MadDawg]

Lest not forget McPharin essentially turned into Hodge and Mitchell

 

[Seagull Supremacy]

Very few Brions people would like to see us equal their three-in-a-row (which is understandable), but J. Brown is one of those few, so he goes alright.