Hawthorn's kids are just like any other team's kids.
We have some who show promise and we also have a few who are unknown quantities.
The only reason people continue to talk about our kids (everyone, not just Hawk fans) is because we have bugger all experienced, senior players and the youngest list in the AFL. We're forced to play our kids in fairly prominent roles.
Like many things, it's all just about people's perceptions as opposed to reality.
But the kids are alright (good name for a song!) and it's fun going to the footy each week, watching them and our young team develop. They stuff up, occasionally they play really well. Like all teenage AFL players, they also improve quite rapidly. We've been pretty crap, but's coming together, slowly but surely. I'm not really expecting too much this year, though. People think because we've been rebuilding for 2 years, therefore we must be ready to play finals. Disagree. Those 18yos from 2 years ago are now only 20. We're still a couple of years away from our peak.