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Where did it go wrong. In lots of places but the biggest one for me was not having a genuine list building plan and shuffling through several coaches. It has left us in a spot where we have just drafted players in a adhoc sort of way and the revolving door of coaches has hurt. People ask how the Hawks have passed us. Apart from the fact the where coming from a base of success they had a long term list build plan and an aligned vision of where they where going. That vision was strong enough for them to off load Clarkson after he started trying to push back on that plan and freeze out Mitchell. They knew how they wanted to play and the recruited to fit that plan.

Melbourne did a similar thing was back when Taylor insisted that competitor was the number 1 box ticked.

We have spent too long not ticking of boxes like endurance running or leadership or competitor. Instead it has been "we think this bloke can be a bog body midfielder " or similar.

The 2020 draft has fried us.

The total lack of spend on player development has hurt.