Am I missing something here?
Arguments over Hawthorn's best players being too old in a thread about drafting a talented young player into the team.
What's the problem here?
Yes - we rely too much on Mitchell, Hodge, Burgoyne and Gibson. It's not hard to admit. The club has basically admitted it by targeted T Mitchell and J'O Meara.
We also went after O'Rourke last year. He certainly hasn't come on in any way shape or form but the hawks are clearly going after players in the 20-25 year age group. So anyone who says we're old is correct. Anyone who says we're on the slide is assuming that the things that went wrong this year won't be addressed in the offseason (or assuming that the rest of the league will overtake us).
But I dunno - there were only 2 teams that did better than us in H&A this season. Only two. It's also pretty rare that a club does a mega tank/dive like Collingwood did to get Daisy (going from grand finalists to finishing 13th a year later) or Freo (minor premiers to 13th the next year).
And even if we are going to slide, I reckon we're entitled to it after 4 grand finals in a row. Not sure why it's meant to be a source of ridicule.
Bigfooty is a strange place sometimes.