Toast Hawthorn have headf***ed everyone

[The Jet From Poowong]

“Hawthorn have exploited free agency better than anyone” - Jono Brown. How does this keep getting accepted as fact?

Its just the vibe.
Just parroting the same lazy s**t that most commentators go with

 

[COKEandCOLA]

“Hawthorn have exploited free agency better than anyone” - Jono Brown. How does this keep getting accepted as fact?

Given the amount of head knocks he sustained throughout his career, can we really blame him for the things that come out his mouth?

 

[moginie]

Its just the vibe.
Just parroting the same lazy s**t that most commentators go with

No, it's not.

It's repeating a misinformed lie. It's lazy, it's complacent & it's incorrect.

 

[Baz_hawk]

No, it's not.

It's repeating a misinformed lie. It's lazy, it's complacent & it's incorrect.

He does work for Fox, not exactly an organisation that prides itself on facts, or integrity.

 

[moginie]

He does work for Fox, not exactly an organisation that prides itself on facts, or integrity.

I'm trying not to conflate issues, but yes, you have a salient point there.

 

[Leeda]

stand by confederation.. if you dislike then you have avenues to wallop me into eternity..

 

[Brant]

“Hawthorn have exploited free agency better than anyone” - Jono Brown. How does this keep getting accepted as fact?

The more you say it, the factier it gets.

 

[Kil Phearns]

Bit over the media’s constant bullshit narratives, tbh.

 

[Carl Spackler]

“Hawthorn have exploited free agency better than anyone” - Jono Brown. How does this keep getting accepted as fact?

It’s just another way of admitting that the industry sees Hawthorn as the most attractive player destination. Take it as a compliment.

 

[OnTheRocks]

So what if we have?

 

[TallyHawk]

Given the amount of head knocks he sustained throughout his career, can we really blame him for the things that come out his mouth?

If any player has a civil claim regarding concussions it would be Jono Brown. Clearly showing signs of sustained brain trauma.


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[Davo23]

If any player has a civil claim regarding concussions it would be Jono Brown. Clearly showing signs of sustained brain trauma.


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Even with his head injuries, Jono Brown still one of the smartest people out of Warrnambool.

Perfect commentator for FoxFooty really.

 

[PT Bar None]

Help me out here please legends. Who on our current list arrived through free agency?

• Frawley
• Henderson (although delisted FA, so anyone could've taken him)
• Minchington (Delisted FA too???)

Anyone else? Running through the senior list, Mitchell, Impey, McEvoy, Burgoyne, O'Meara, Ceglar, Gunston, Wingard, Scully, Scrimshaw were all trades, yeah?

 

[TylerDurden]

And lost Bud.

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

Lost Franklin, Ellis, Young, Murphy, Brown, Gilham

Gained
Vickery, Frawley, Henderson

 

[Randy Campbell]

“Hawthorn have exploited free agency better than anyone” - Jono Brown. How does this keep getting accepted as fact?

Perception.

Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality.

Could it be that the introduction of free agency also affects trading and Hawthorn exploits it so well that we only need the perceived threat of players using it, to actually benefit from it.

I see it as a compliment as we are so good at using it we don't even need to wait for players to qualify for it.

 

[Hawk Dork]

Lost Franklin, Ellis, Young, Murphy, Brown, Gilham

Gained
Vickery, Frawley, Henderson

Lost Suckling too

 

[Brant]

Lost Franklin, Ellis, Young, Murphy, Brown, Gilham

Gained
Vickery, Frawley, Henderson

Lost Suckling too

And Doc, from memory.

Also, if we count Hendo (Delisted FA) as a pickup, then do we not have to count Hodge (retired) as a loss?

 

[RIOLINWITPUNCHS]

Got Simpkin as DFA I'm pretty sure.

 

[Hawk Dork]

Got Simpkin as DFA I'm pretty sure.

Super Sub Premiership player

 

[Pessimistic]

Brown is half right. Free agency has freed the transfer market up and lake, wingard at least were traded for return that wouldn’t have been available the following year when they became free agents

 

[Pessimistic]

Lost Franklin, Ellis, Young, Murphy, Brown, Gilham

Gained
Vickery, Frawley, Henderson

I think we only got compo for buddy, the rest not. Suckling too

 

[Flag08]

Lost Franklin, Ellis, Young, Murphy, Brown, Gilham

Gained
Vickery, Frawley, Henderson

Losing Murphy was a gain

 

[Off The Couch]

Brown is half right. Free agency has freed the transfer market up and lake, wingard at least were traded for return that wouldn’t have been available the following year when they became free agents

If that was the case then your theory would also be applied to 17 other sides. That is not the case and it’s tiresome hearing it repeated time and again as truth

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

Losing Murphy was a gain

I genuinely believe choosing a broken hodge over Murphy cost us the 2012 flag.

(Probably won us the next three too!)