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

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Sam Mitchell wants his Hawthorn side to be more attacking without losing the defensive DNA of the team, the new coach says as he embarks on putting his fingerprints on the team that has known only one coach for nearly two decades.

 

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Just a throwback to the start of his Box Hill coaching journey.

 

[BigLittleHawk]

Hi all. Just wanted to share something that made me very happy yesterday. Two prominent and popular Hawks players told me to put money on Hawthorn to make the finals next year.
It was a frank conversation and they were very confident and up-beat.

The injection of youth, retention of older players, and appointment of Sam Mitchell as head coach, really has created a new and exciting self-belief at the club. I'm certainly on board with believing that we won't be as bad as most people think.

Happy to name the players but not sure I should, in case it lands them in trouble for 'gambling advice'. I know it's only my word, but just in case

 

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Robert Harvey – Midfield


Adrian Hickmott

Adrian Hickmott

Age

52

Ht

182cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.3

4star

K

8.7

3star

HB

6.5

4star

M

4.6

4star

T

2.1

4star

G

0.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

11.4

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.2

3star

– Contest


David Hale – Forwards


Chris Newman – Backline


Damian Monkhorst – Rucks

Andy Collins – Head of Development


Andy Otten

Andy Otten

Age

34

Ht

192cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.3

4star

K

7.3

3star

HB

8.0

5star

M

4.9

5star

T

2.2

4star

MG

175.6

3star

No current season stats available

D

14.2

4star

K

5.4

2star

HB

8.8

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

2.4

4star

– Development

 

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Wasn’t quite sure where to post this one, but its more about the club and how things are going than Denver himself so posted it in here.

It’s a good listen and Dwayne is clearly a big fan after this.

 

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This is a very good read. Explains a bit about how the CD rankings are formed.

Moorey gets good marks on the basis of where he gets it, how he uses it and how accurate he his.


“I don’t think things are as far off as perhaps what some in the industry believe,” Daniel Hoyne of Champion Data suggests. “I keep coming back to the midfield discussion, the ability to find a couple midfielders and hopefully the draftees that you’ve just selected (Josh Ward, Connor MacDonald, Sam Butler and Ned Long) might be able to help in that situation. But I think there’s enough there to suggest that 2024, which is only two years away, that finals and top six should be on the cards. But that will only happen if the midfield elevates itself.”

 

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[Hawthorn23]

For anyone that missed 360:

 

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Full presser if you click on the link.