People keep refering to Clarkson anf hawthorn and omparing us to them, thre are two huge differences , actually there are more i.e. Franklin and rioli.
Who is our Franklin? Who is our Rioli? and Who is our Hodge?
When Clarko took over the Hawks, Buddy hadn’t played a game, Cyril hadn’t been drafted, and Hodge as decent as he was, was still just a good hard nut half back flanker (Doing the Bowden and collecting heaps of loose balls)
Also in his first year as coach they only won 1 game out of the first 7, and 5 games for the entire 2005 year, and we beat them twice. His second year, lost 7 in the first half of the year.
What will Cotch and Martin be like in 3 years? How do we know Griffiths wont be the next Plugger, Gourdis might end up as one of the best CHB the club has seen. We still havnt seen Taylor, Who knows. I bet in 2005 Hawks in their wildest dreams wouldn’t have thought Buddy would be as good as he is, and Cyril was still 2 years away from being drafted. Anything is possible.
Patience and faith
