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Thought I’d resurrect some dvd’s of old Hawthorn games over the summer.
Wonderful reminder seeing some of the absolute guns we were privileged to have in our team back then.
The game has changed substantially since then:
· the physicality with which the game was played,
· how the payment of free’s has changed,
· the substantial improvement in skill.
(must say that watching the highlights of the 1988 2nd semi against Carlton has reminded me why I hate Carlton)
Anyway was watching the channel 7 GF panel and was reminded that Don Scott was actually Melbourne’s ruck coach at that time. There was some talk on the panel about something that Don Scott said during the week before the GF which got back to Hawthorn and annoyed the playing group to the degree where the panel were speculating whether this fired them up.
Does anybody remember this? And what did he say?
Just as an aside and not sure whether this is common knowledge but in the 88 GF Gary Ayres copped a fist from Jim Stynes (I believe in the first quarter) which resulted in a depressed fracture of the cheekbone.
Meant he played the rest of the game out with this injury.
Not bad for a Norm Smith medal winner!!!!
Wonderful reminder seeing some of the absolute guns we were privileged to have in our team back then.
The game has changed substantially since then:
· the physicality with which the game was played,
· how the payment of free’s has changed,
· the substantial improvement in skill.
(must say that watching the highlights of the 1988 2nd semi against Carlton has reminded me why I hate Carlton)
Anyway was watching the channel 7 GF panel and was reminded that Don Scott was actually Melbourne’s ruck coach at that time. There was some talk on the panel about something that Don Scott said during the week before the GF which got back to Hawthorn and annoyed the playing group to the degree where the panel were speculating whether this fired them up.
Does anybody remember this? And what did he say?
Just as an aside and not sure whether this is common knowledge but in the 88 GF Gary Ayres copped a fist from Jim Stynes (I believe in the first quarter) which resulted in a depressed fracture of the cheekbone.
Meant he played the rest of the game out with this injury.
Not bad for a Norm Smith medal winner!!!!

