They had to send Bartel to Lenny after the first quarter.
Jimmy got the chocolates.
Nahhh. Winners are grinners and that influences our memories a bit.
Hayes was so completely and utterly off the chain Bomber was faced with a massive decision at qtr time that turned out to be possibly the greatest coaching move so far this century.
Do you risk trying to tag Hayes with a lesser player ? or do you sacrifice the reigning brownlow medallists' influence on the game just to tag another ?
It was Thompson that got the chocolates for making that tough decision...and Bartel was good enough to run Hayes around and they both ended up having little influence on the game.
As it turned out a master move coz Hayes had already made Joel Corey look for a hole to hide in (no easy feat), and if Bomber put a lesser guy on Hayes it could have been a big margin by halftime.
Reckon he learnt from that brilliant mid season game between the two clubs where Hayes and Bartel were equal BOG.
As a one on one midfield matchup, Hayes v Bartel 2009 in those 2 games was an epic draw. At least Hayes got that 1st qtr in though before they were both forced to mind each other.
Not something u see everyday...sacrificing a reigning Brownlow medallist to go off on a tagging job.
That move won a flag no doubt about it. Brilliant GF.
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