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Sam has made questionable decisions with sub, he seems to use it as a reward for players playing well and not just for tactics. Which is why he is pro 5 man bench. It’s a discussion many have. The side has been poor and with form especially, all of this can’t be put onto the coach, but can fall on the players either. It’s a mix. Last year especially mid and late season, showed his capacity coaching wise.
The bench is 4 men 1 sub, plenty of other coaches are using this to their advantage. Using the sub on a 203cm ruckman is questionable at best. His game before that he had 6 touches and 7 hitouts in a loss against GC, so hardly a reward for effort or good form.
It is great that he won a few games over a half season period when the season was done. I prefer to look at it objectively, four pre-seasons as the man in charge and the Hawks are further away than they’ve ever been over that time. As of now he isn’t even an average coach. There is chatter that he’ll be given until the end of 2025 to prove his worth, if his name weren’t Sam Mitchell there’s no way he’d be given that time.