How I feel about Hodge

[LuvMyHawks]

"There will never be another you," Luke Hodge.We will miss you, you have been a true general,a leader, and a tough player that puts the team first, directing the new players where to go and what to do on the ground. We will always remember you Hodgey,it just won't be the same without you.Thanks for your dedication to our Mighty Hawks,a one team player,becoming rarer every year.Wishing you the best for whatever you choose for your future, may it be successful, for not only you but for your family too. Xxx


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[Agent Smith]

"There will never be another you," Luke Hodge.We will miss you, you have been a true general,a leader, and a tough player that puts the team first, directing the new players where to go and what to do on the ground. We will always remember you Hodgey,it just won't be the same without you.Thanks for your dedication to our Mighty Hawks,a one team player,becoming rarer every year.Wishing you the best for whatever you choose for your future, may it be successful, for not only you but for your family too. Xxx


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Welcome back.

 

[badgrill]

Tomorrow morning - Where's Hodgey at?

 

[James Colorado]

To paraphrase what Caesar Augustus said about himself, he found Hawthorn a club with 9 premierships, and left it a club with 13.

 

[Agent Smith]

Tomorrow morning - Where's Hodgey at?

Honest answer? Still clubbing with Gibbo... (try to switch off thinking about his damn skin folds).

 

[smeltitdeltit]

They say you should never meet your idol / hero because you'll most likely be let down.

I did meet mine, and my respect actually grew.

Such a rare thing, but I'd suggest for those who know the General, not really unexpected.

Same. Absolute legend of a bloke.

 

[Dank You Steven]

I barely coped when Mitchell left, but this is far harder. I can't bear the thought of Hawthorn playing without him...

 

[vanders]

Last year after a game at Etihad I was walking near some stairs in the underground car park and Hodgey came running past and bumped into me. He stopped, looked around and gently grabbed my arm and looked me dead in the eyes and said sorry with a big smile on his face, and his eyes pierced right through me and I felt breathless for a second and he was gone (the MRP would've even let him off for insufficient force )

The only other time I've felt starstruck like that (as an adult) by anyone involved in footy was when I was a metre away from John Kennedy Snr.

I woke up sad today knowing tonight is the last time we'll see him play

 

[Gralin]

I'm not crying, you're crying!

 

[cryptor]

I like to think that right after he put his arm out, the rain stopped.

Not only did it stop, but the rain that had already fallen went straight back up into the clouds.

 

[Roddy27]

If Hodge were a movie:

 

[Roddy27]

If Hodge were a movie:

 

[Randy Campbell]

When I grew up I wanted to be like Gary Ayres, now I want to be like Luke Hodge.

 

[benfranklin]

Dennis Cometti during a big win against Carlton in 2007:

"Hodge... just sets the tone... When it comes to hard nuts he's up there with macadamias and Courtney Love."

 

[Changa10]

Words on here will not do justice to how I feel about Luke Hodge.

I remember giving up Croad and McPharlin to obtain the number pick. I was furious and decided whoever this Number 1 pick is, he better be bloody good. Turned out OK in the end and as my 2 daughters continually remind me, he eventually became 'Dad's Man Crush'. They even told him to his face at a jumper presentation one year. Can't remember Hodgey's exact reply, but it was more or less, 'well who can blame him' or something along those lines!

Have had the pleasure of meeting him a couple of times now, and he never disappoints. Just a great bloke. Love the way he plays his footy, love the way he leads our great club, and hope like hell he sticks around for as long he likes.

Tears are welling now, so I have no hope holding them back tonight. All the best Hodgey, you bloody champion.

 

[Sicily]

Team walks taller when the Great Man is around - need a few of the experienced guys to step into his huge shoes and look after the kids.

Leaves a giant legacy - can't wait for the Sons of Hodgey to don the mighty brown and gold

 

[Davo23]

First met the Great Man at a Hawks Family Day at Glenferrie in March 2002, just his first year.
My 14 year old niece was with us, and we had a bit of time talking to him.

My niece was dazzled by his intense blue eyes, and had never been the same since.

Me too!

 

[LuckyHawk]

Of all our greats and all that each has given l can't go past Hodge as our greatest Hawk.

 

[Bedi]

I'm not crying, you're crying!

I've just been cutting onions
I'm making a lasagne

 

[Luv_our_club]

Reminds me of a conversation I had with him mid-year in 2014. Hawthorn was traveling along, but not brilliantly at the time (having just dropped the previous game). He was very amicable with some light banter until I made an innocent comment about our form to which I added hopefully we'll improve soon.

Well, Hodgey wasn't about to have some supporter flog drop a bomb like that and then try and sugarcoat the situation. He went into a two minute spiel about how we weren't getting to contests well enough and how our structures had been poor, and threw a couple of other examples in of where we had to work harder, all with an intensity in his eyes that came out of nowhere.

I was like, okay, that seemed like a touchy subject, but then figured if a comment like that could draw such a reaction from our captain, the maybe we weren't going to rest on our laurels as 'current premiers' and might even have a decent shot at back-to-back here. I might have to dig out my dvds to find out what happened at the end of that season just to see if his passionate response was justified.

P.S. When he said drop and give me twenty, I went to twenty five just to make sure I didn't raise his ire (I still shake erratically and can't sleep at night since that moment his eyes burned a hole into the back of my head).

Which reminds me of this: an article about Hodge from the best, Martin Flanagan in 2014.



"I interviewed Hodge once and got very little from him beyond a sense of the force of his character.

That was when I asked him – for a second time – if he played with an injury in the 2008 grand final. He flashed me a steely look and said in warning tone, "I told you – I was OK to play in 2008".

Later, his father told me even he didn't know if Hodge played with a rib injury in the 2008 grand final in which he also won the Norm Smith medal"

 

[Bedi]

 

[Luv_our_club]

I've just been cutting onions
I'm making a lasagne

Yes!

I'm not crying
It's just been raining
on my face
And if you think you see some tear tracks down my cheeks
Please. Pleasee, don't tell my mates
I'm not crying
No, I'm not crying
And if I am crying
It's not because of you
It's because I'm thinking about a friend of mine who you don't know who is dying
That's right, dying
These aren't tears of sadness because you're leaving me
I've just been cutting onions
I'm making a lasagna
For one
Oh, I'm not crying
No
There's just a little bit of dust in my eye
That's from the path that you made when you said your goodbye
I'm not weeping because you won't be here to hold my hand
For your information there's an inflammation in my tear gland
I'm not upset because you left me this way
My eyes are just a little sweaty today
They've been looking around
They're like searching for you
They've been looking for you
Even though I told them not to
These aren't tears of sadness
They're tears of joy
I'm just laughing
Ha ha ha-ha ha
I'm sitting at this table called love
Staring down at the irony of life
How come we've reached this fork in the road
And yet it cuts like a knife'
I'm not crying
I'm not crying
I'm not cry-y-y-y-
-y-y-y-y-ing

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