Coach Sam Mitchell's direction for the club and 2024 news

[Strapping Young Lad]

If anyone wants to have a listen about what the data is saying in regards to whether we have actually gotten worse this year have a listen to this from the 9:15 mark.

I know a few people have already touched on it, but the data is also showing that our results this year have been slightly better despite actually putting out a younger team and dealing with some injuries.




And here.

 

[wahawk]

I had to wait 15 years for mine. For majority of those years of my childhood, we were underwhelming to say the least. I wonder how many Hawthorn supporters still around today went through as much in their early years!

We won the flag the year I was born.
We’ve won a fair few since.

That 17yr gap was hell

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

Not gonna lie, I’m a bit concerned that we could cop a belting with so many players under 10 games.

Short term pain for long term gain.

 

[Brishawk]

Short term pain for long term gain.

Hopefully but it hardly has a good track record as a method.

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

Hopefully but it hardly has a good track record as a method.

Doing the opposite for the last 5 years has hardly worked though.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[I got the outside word]

I had to wait until I was 14 months for my first.

And only seen another 6 since. It's a tragedy and we need to fix it. It's not fair to be 34 and only had 7 flags in your lifetime.

I waited 6 days.. Although I’m not sure I can claim that I saw much..

 

[Pessimistic]

Congratulations Sammy, you deserve it

 

[rjslcM]

“It’s never as bad or as good as it seems.”

- S. Mitchell, 20/3/22

In many ways, today was a new day, but it was nice to find some continuity between Clarko and Sammy in this little nugget of stoicism - a phrase that Clarkson himself often made in his own pressers.

 

[Gauntlet]

Great start for Sammy after all the handover negativity. Press conference honest, humorous, self-effacing. Well trained by Clarko!

 

[CHUBBSS]

The best part of Sam’s first game… how we restructured and still pushed for more run after half time.

So good to see, in every game we have played now each have adapted slightly but for the betterment of the team, and today from quarter to quarter.

I am going to be pleasantly surprised how we end up looking by mid way through the season, still some pain but a lot of upside

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Jeans, Kennedy and Clarko would have never mentioned their twin daughters in a press conference - way too beta for mine. It’s just not the Hawthorn way.

 

[rjslcM]

Jeans, Kennedy and Clarko would have never mentioned their twin daughters in a press conference - way too beta for mine. It’s just not the Hawthorn way.

Is the orange meant to show that this is sarcasm font?

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Is the orange meant to show that this is sarcasm font?

Very much so. Loved Sam’s work today all round.

 

[Brishawk]

Is the orange meant to show that this is sarcasm font?

no

 

[MrPremiership]

Good to get an early win and avoid any issues with a long losing start.

Was nice to see Mitch in the coaches box. Seemed to coach well and react to the game as it went on. Made adjustments where necessary

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Sam might have a surprising advocate with Matthew Lloyd giving Sam a big wrap about how good he is with the kids on our list on the AFL app today.

Lloyd mentioned that Connor MacDonald was captain at Haileybury last year under him and how they’re still close. MacDonald has obviously passed on his thoughts.

 

[Hodginator]

 

[I got the outside word]

Fitzy obviously hasn’t been on Big Footy then.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Sam will be on AFL360 tonight.

 

[The hands of stone]

Sam will be on AFL360 tonight.

Hopefully not mentioning individual players .....will be watching closely .
Im sure that nasty Robbo will try to catch him out .

 

[Yardie]

Hopefully not mentioning individual players .....will be watching closely .
Im sure that nasty Robbo will try to catch him out .

Robbo gushing over Moore and CJ. He'll be asking

 

[theiaofseed]

Love hearing how Sam's brain ticks, has such clear cut philosophy's

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[Hawkas1988]

Listening to Sam on 360. Geez he speaks impressively.

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[chopflop]

Watching him on the telecast in the coaches box, I was impressed by two things. First, his demeanor didn't seemed to waver too high or too low. Very composed. Secondly, he seemed to be asking questions all the time. The footage from him coaching Box Hill last year showed that he treats the game as a constant problem to be solved. Rather than getting emotional or frustrated by things, it looks as if he is able to pretty calmly ask himself or the other coaches why the game is playing out the way it is.

All the theatrics and riding emotional waves in the box really are a distraction when you think about it, because you aren't concentrating on what you should be adjusting.

Very impressed so far.