If Clarkson can coach a threepeat and not get coach of the year once - then sure.
This. The ironing would be delicious if Sam got one in his first season.
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If Clarkson can coach a threepeat and not get coach of the year once - then sure.
We play the right brand under Mitchell, its just that we don't have the top line cattle yet. Draft right over the next 2-3 years and we should be OK.
Let's hope that Sam never gets coach of the year.....If Clarkson can coach a threepeat and not get coach of the year once - then sure.
Agree with this. I would also add that my favourite thing so far under Mitchell (and including his stint at Box Hill) has been his ability to quite steeply and rapidly develop players who would not have been initially identified as "top line cattle" (Newcombe, CJ, Lewis, Nash). If Mitchell can continue that trend of developing young players and we can bring in a few more very talented ones through the draft, we are well-placed for success. We definitely need to add and develop talent to the midfield mix.We play the right brand under Mitchell, its just that we don't have the top line cattle yet. Draft right over the next 2-3 years and we should be OK.
I think finals by 2025 is a realistic expectation for Sam Mitchell as that will be year 4 at the helm.
The progress and trajectory of sub 50 game players such as
Lewis
Kozzie
Butler '
Moore
Newcombe
Day
Ward
Macdonald
Jiath
DGB
+ whoever we draft in 2022 and 2023 will be massive.
The 10 guys listed should all be between 50-100 games come 2025.
On what basis?I reckon we'd be playing finals this year if we really wanted to
I reckon we'd be playing finals this year if we really wanted to
So the players just don't want to play finals, is it?
I can see his point.On what basis?
I've no doubt we're improving a lot, but we've been trying to win every game, and failingmore often than not. By a little, mostly, and occasionally a lot.
We are where we are because thats our output right now.
True...that is a strategy that most would associate with doing our best to make finalsI can see his point.
We’d have Tom and JOM at the majority of the CB’s and wouldn’t have tried to fast track so many youngsters into the side.
If we finish 13th this year and get the bottom 6 band fixture, I'd be surprised if we didn't make finals in 2023. We're not that far off.
That will come.The problem is we seem to be no better vs the bottom 6 as opposed to the top 6.
Plenty of work to still do.Some here think Sam has already achieved success, but we’re a long way off it.
Happy to give him time, but getting thrashed by a team which is average, and ordinary players like Liberatore waltzing around is not satisfactory.
Tonights game was embarrassing
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I like to imagine Mitch will be like my neighbour down the road always underneath his beaten up Commodore on the Concrete Blocks on his driveway over the offseason but substitute Commodore with Hawthorn MidfieldPlenty of work to still do.
Libba is far from ordinary though, he’s been in the best handful contested possession and clearance players over the last few years.
No doubt Mitchell will be putting a lot of work into the midfield over the coming years though
yeah it wasn't close to our worst game this yearReminded me of some of the terrible displays we dished up over the last few years under Clarko. But at least this time we managed to kick a few goals.
Libba is not ordinary...Some here think Sam has already achieved success, but we’re a long way off it.
Happy to give him time, but getting thrashed by a team which is average, and ordinary players like Liberatore waltzing around is not satisfactory.
Tonights game was embarrassing
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Trash, maybe - but good(ish) at football.Libba is not ordinary...
Perfect game to show how far our midfield is off the pace (and it’s our most senior part of the ground)Plenty of work to still do.
Libba is far from ordinary though, he’s been in the best handful contested possession and clearance players over the last few years.
No doubt Mitchell will be putting a lot of work into the midfield over the coming years though