No Oppo Supporters Sam Mitchell traded

[zucchini]

What a sad day, it is really starting to sink in that we're gonna lose him.
Probably the second best player we've ever had, would be our greatest if the best player of all time wasn't a Hawk.
Hard to accept but trusting the club and wishing the bloke all the best and thanks for all the pleasure he's given to us supporters.

 

[LuckyHawk]

Many pros and cons here, but I'm prepared to wait and make my judgement after silly season is over, and I can analyse the end picture.

Thai, your post is way too sensible and has no place here.

 

[bigton08]

I thought the Croad trade sucked this is like a thousand daggers going in my heart.Screw the future don't break the hearts of hawthorn supporters... Premierships will come again in due time... You can't win em all but to rip away the heart of this club is criminal... Christ what a day

 

[The Lemon]

No player is bigger than the club.

 

[pomahawk]

Thai, your post is way too sensible and has no place here.

It's saltier than the sea on here today...

 

[JoeHawk]

I thought the Croad trade sucked this is like a thousand daggers going in my heart.Screw the future don't break the hearts of hawthorn supporters... Premierships will come again in due time... You can't win em all but to rip away the heart of this club is criminal... Christ what a day

Cheer up. All is not that bad cos the Bombers appeal got rejected. And if Sammy is genuinely happy then I am happy.

 

[threesixpio]

Maybe this situation is more about the Hawks looking after Mitchell and what's best for him rather than trying to get a 'win' at the trade table.

And maybe, just maybe, it's all about long term planning...

I'm glad our administration is pragmatic personally. They need to provide a clear message for our more emotive supporters though

 

[LuckyHawk]

No player is bigger than the club.

Buddy's bigger than Sydney, isn't he?

 

[Hawkie_McHawkHawk]

Sick, yes.
End of the universe, no hope for Hawthorn going forward, our leadership utter dullards and conniving in some way to destroy all Hawthorn supporter hope - NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Different people deal with things in different ways..
Next time a fellow hawk is having a 'melt' about something upsetting just let it through to the keeper...let them vent

 

[bumsonseats]

Mitchell is contracted for next year. If he didn't want to go he wouldn't be. Let that sink in for a bit.

He's given us more than we could ever deserve. I know it hurts but let's think about giving back to Sam. He wants to move to WA to do his apprentiship. He wants to experience life outside of Hawthorn. Let's let him have it before he needs to take kids out of school to do it.

He will be back in 4-5 years as our senior coach. That you can take to the bank.

History will say
Sam Mitchell : 300 game Hawthorn premiership captain, 4 time premiership player, 5 time PCM, Multiple AA, Brownlow Medalist.
Multiple premiership coach at Hawthorn, Multiple coach of the year.

Look at it like the first step of life after Clarko with the only person I am 100% comfortable in taking over.

Thanks Sam. You'll forever be Brown & Gold in my eyes.

Exactly......

Short term it might hurt, but longer term and s a coup.
Dos his apprenticeship at another club and comes back to us in 4 or 5 years.
I can smell a succession plan that n the winds

 

[The Lemon]

Buddy's bigger than Sydney, isn't he?

He's a big bad man is bud

 

[crazywildhorse]

If it means we O'meara and a pick before 30, this will be ok. Kudos to West Coast though, they know how to go after the right people and think outside the box. Learnt from their mistakes without whinging and whining.

 

[Flag08]

I do not have enough emotional intelligence to process this news.

 

[flinchfree]

Different people deal with things in different ways..
Next time a fellow hawk is having a 'melt' about something upsetting just let it through to the keeper...let them vent

You're right....he's just a reliably very venty kind of character on this board.

 

[Baz_hawk]

Still don't like the idea of losing Mitchell, he lacks value due to age on the market but at the same time he is invaluable to us. Consistently our best player and gives his all in every game. Setting him play for another team just send wrong. I'm not going to get all emotional, football is a business and Mitchell spoke really well this morning about the situation but from a fans perspective, to lose one of our greatest ever players who just came off a B&F win and doesn't show any signs of dropping off is massively disappointing.

 

[Randy Campbell]

A lot of what about me.

 

[macdaddio]

I thought the Croad trade sucked this is like a thousand daggers going in my heart.Screw the future don't break the hearts of hawthorn supporters... Premierships will come again in due time... You can't win em all but to rip away the heart of this club is criminal... Christ what a day

Let's not get over dramatic as much as it pains us he had one year at best left in him.
As long as it's what he wanted and he's happy with it then I'm just excited we got the other Mitchell

 

[Lethality]

Still don't like the idea of losing Mitchell, he lacks value due to age on the market but at the same time he is invaluable to us. Consistently our best player and gives his all in every game. Setting him play for another team just send wrong. I'm not going to get all emotional, football is a business and Mitchell spoke really well this morning about the situation but from a fans perspective, to lose one of our greatest ever players who just came off a B&F win and doesn't show any signs of dropping off is massively disappointing.

I think people overrate Mitchell's importance to our team. At any rate he would only have been important for another year or two.

 

[bigton08]

Still don't like the idea of losing Mitchell, he lacks value due to age on the market but at the same time he is invaluable to us. Consistently our best player and gives his all in every game. Setting him play for another team just send wrong. I'm not going to get all emotional, football is a business and Mitchell spoke really well this morning about the situation but from a fans perspective, to lose one of our greatest ever players who just came off a B&F win and doesn't show any signs of dropping off is massively disappointing.

Great post, so true... I mean if he came last in the B&F voting you wouldn't mind so much...

 

[crazywildhorse]

He may also be on the be on the precipice of the steep decline—literally a bad injury away from the end.

 

[threesixpio]

Let's not get over dramatic as much as it pains us he had one year at best left in him.
As long as it's what he wanted and he's happy with it then I'm just excited we got the other Mitchell

Yep

 

[Gary Conan Ayres]

The more I have thought about this the more it appears to make sense, who else could we trade? The only other likely candidate could be Burgoyne.

By trading Mitchell he gets to play on and we get the cap space, the other candidates Hodge, Lewis and Gibson are all seemingly cooked and if we asked them to move on it would be a straight retirement.

 

[Lethality]

You say that knowing he's going to leave.

I've always said it. The only player we really need is Frawley; and there is no reliance on anyone else.

 

[MrPremiership]

Doesn't seem like a logical move from 2 very logical men, G.Wright and A. Clarkson

However, i think we are only seeing one side of the picture. I'll wait for the rest to come to light before i can judge.

Though, its sad to see him go.

 

[hardway]

Still don't like the idea of losing Mitchell, he lacks value due to age on the market but at the same time he is invaluable to us. Consistently our best player and gives his all in every game. Setting him play for another team just send wrong. I'm not going to get all emotional, football is a business and Mitchell spoke really well this morning about the situation but from a fans perspective, to lose one of our greatest ever players who just came off a B&F win and doesn't show any signs of dropping off is massively disappointing.

Lacks obvious Value in a trade situation due to age, but could still very well win a brownlow next year and be an all australian again with the eagles. Cant let him go for loose change . Would entertain Mitchell plus Hill compo for eagles first pick.