Season Over

[LoneStar]

Hawks might yet win 7 or 8 games this season if the close losses don't begin to accumulate to the point of utter discouragement. As long as the effort of the past 5 weeks continues, more wins will come our way.
BTW, a poor effort from WCE is about due. Might it come in Tasmania?

 

[bigbol069]

Season Over but its just the beginning!

I love the Hawks and have for 25 years, honestly I don't understand the stress so many of you seem to have over how we are travelling. I have a simple question for those who are upset by our near misses and it is... What would you prefer to be watching? The absolute crap that Schwabby had us playing last season when we were thumped almost every week or the new more attacking, risky type of football we are slowly implementing more of this year? The answer to me is pretty obvious, though we are losing I am thoroughly enjoying watching the boys play, coz when some of our plays work out, they are truly a decent brand of football.
However we do have problems which everyone knew about before the season started, 1. Our list contains several players that are not up to a consistent afl standard who we couldn't get rid of pre-season because of contract and list issues, this means that for another season at least we will have limited improvement in us. 2. The time required for our new rising stars to become dominant on a consistent basis. 3. The fact that skills and game plans take many, many games to execute properly under match conditions.
Are we not better off enjoying the fact that our standard is improving and we are becoming competitive and giving such a good fight? Unlike Schwabs' sentiments after every game last season, there are now some genuine positives to be taken from each game, win or lose, which we can all see will hold our club in good stead for next season and beyond.
Frankly I'm happy to see the positives but also to understand we need to finish lower down on the ladder to succeed in the draft when we need to again replenish a large number of delistings which will be inevitable for us to become a finals capable side.
How awesome it will be to be able to name 3 or more guys next season with abilities like those of Franklin, Roughead, Thurgood and Lewis to replace the guys on our list which as hard as it is to admit because being hawks we love them ... are simply wasting our time and our clubs money! Anyone who thought we would be a better team at this stage is kidding themselves. This is about as good as it could have been, but you can feel the air of change every week, so enjoy what you can this season and take pride in knowing you are seeing just the start of something special!