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The dowler situation highlights a broader weakness in the Hawks over the last 5 years: that of player development.
Thorp, Dowler, Dawson are just three examples of players who did not improve while on on list, in fact it could be argued that went backwards while on our list.
Other clubs have surpassed us with player developement. The Pies premiership was build on a dozen low profile players who improved significantly after a relatively short time on the list.
Recruiting resources are vital, but development resources probably more important. The Hawks have a lot of catching up to do in this area and inability to land high quality assistants with proven success in development such as Alan Richardson or Silvagni does not bode well.
and as zac learnt, once your in clarkos bad books, its very hard to get an opportunity to prove yourself
Thorp, Dowler, Dawson are just three examples of players who did not improve while on on list, in fact it could be argued that went backwards while on our list.
Other clubs have surpassed us with player developement. The Pies premiership was build on a dozen low profile players who improved significantly after a relatively short time on the list.
Recruiting resources are vital, but development resources probably more important. The Hawks have a lot of catching up to do in this area and inability to land high quality assistants with proven success in development such as Alan Richardson or Silvagni does not bode well.
and as zac learnt, once your in clarkos bad books, its very hard to get an opportunity to prove yourself
We must be pretty close to seeing the same thing happening with Dowler, Morton, or both.
One way or another, it seems like a terrible waste to not be able to develop these kids into regular contributors.
One other thing, if one of our twin towers was to go down with an injury, who steps in ? We've put a few games into Morton and Dowler, and Schoey (on your boot), but should Morton and Dowler leave the Hawks, we then are falling back on very inexperienced players (in a like for like replacement), and exposed for depth. Shouldn't we still be developing guys like Dowler for just this scenario ?

