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[TylerDurden]

Alex Lee wore 14 and 28, Ward wore 15 growing up for Hodgy. I think 13 suits him well, hangs around the mid-teens but gets his own thing.

I thought it was 13.

 

[TDS7]

I thought it was 13.

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Alex Lee wore 14 for his first two seasons and 28 for his last.

 

[cryptor]

Hopefully that has changed with Clarksons departure.

Why do you hope that?

I feel like it's a good policy that rewards the players who perform regardless of where they were drafted and helps avoid creating a culture of hero worship of draftees who've yet to even play a game.

I'm not saying if we scrap that policy that things will take a turn. Only that it sounds like a reasonable policy that appears to have worked well for the club and to hope it changes seems to suggest you think it's a poor policy.

 

[Blackhawk42]

Why do you hope that?

I feel like it's a good policy that rewards the players who perform regardless of where they were drafted and helps avoid creating a culture of hero worship of draftees who've yet to even play a game.

I'm not saying if we scrap that policy that things will take a turn. Only that it sounds like a reasonable policy that appears to have worked well for the club and to hope it changes seems to suggest you think it's a poor policy.

No better time to change things than now. New coach, new stars, soon to be new president, soon to be a new home base, potential new home game deal with Tasmania likely to soon be resigned to the history books. We have high draft picks worth being excited about for arguably the first time in 15 years.

Why not present our fanbase (especially our young supporters) with the ability to say 'This Josh Ward kid could be out next captain, I want his number on my back now!?' Any parent would be making that kid wait 12 months if we continue with the status quo. But why? What is it really achieving? If we are embracing this new era then lets really create some excitement over something as simple as a guernsey number. God knows we should be creating as much excitement as possible after 2 Covid affected years.


While we are at it, bring these back.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

While we are at it, bring these back.


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No thank you. Clarko was dead right about long sleeves.

 

[CHUBBSS]

No thank you. Clarko was dead right about long sleeves.

Couldn’t disagree more, had some
All time greats wear the long sleeve and do what makes ya happy.

(club would probably sell a motza if they released one)

 

[TylerDurden]

Couldn’t disagree more, had some
All time greats wear the long sleeve and do what makes ya happy.

(club would probably sell a motza if they released one)

If it makes Chad feel better, and play better, then let him have it.

 

[Mojo]

No thank you. Clarko was dead right about long sleeves.

Did he ever come out and clarify his reasoning behind not allowing long sleeve guernsey's?

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Did he ever come out and clarify his reasoning behind not allowing long sleeve guernsey's?

He was asked about whether we had packed the long sleeves at a presser before a forecasted cold game down in Launceston and Clarko snidely laughed and said ‘we don’t do long sleeves at Hawthorn’. Pretty sure he saw it as weakness.

 

[Mojo]

He was asked about whether we had packed the long sleeves at a presser before a forecasted cold game down in Launceston and Clarko snidely laughed and said ‘we don’t do long sleeves at Hawthorn’. Pretty sure he saw it as weakness.

It's quite an old-school mentality, isn't it?

'We don't show weakness at Hawthorn' - I don't have an issue with it, just curious if nothing else.

 

[threesixpio]

Clarko in the shorts in the snow

 

[daniel23]

Bring back the long sleeves and powerade showers. It's looked so awkward when we have a 1st gamer in the middle singing the song with no one getting around him .

 

[Ned Ryerson]

I might be imagining things (and a quick Google doesn’t verify it) but didn’t Clarko can the Powerade showers because a player copped an eye injury from one?

 

[threesixpio]

I might be imagining things (and a quick Google doesn’t verify it) but didn’t Clarko can the Powerade showers because a player copped an eye injury from one?

So he is soft. Mate - gets some Powerade into your eye you soft prick

 

[Ned Ryerson]

So he is soft. Mate - gets some Powerade into your eye you soft prick

It's the Hawthorn/Jackass crossover we have all been wanting.

 

[threesixpio]

It's the Hawthorn/Jackass crossover we have all been wanting.

The tassered war of independence soldier shouting charge was my favourite. Genius

 

[TylerDurden]

I might be imagining things (and a quick Google doesn’t verify it) but didn’t Clarko can the Powerade showers because a player copped an eye injury from one?

Nah. He just didn't like them. So he banned em very early on.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Nah. He just didn't like them. So he banned em very early on.

Fair play, that does sound like a Clarko thing to do. I remember reading about one of his first seasons in charge and they planned an 'Amazing Race' challenge down in Tassie as part of a pre-season thing - two teams were pretty badly behind so just called it quits and just went back to camp. When Clarko found out he was so incensed that he flew home the next day.

 

[Brant]

Nah. He just didn't like them. So he banned em very early on.

Didn't it have something to do with respect for the poor cleaners that had to clean the mess up afterwards?

 

[PenAndPaper]

Didn't it have something to do with respect for the poor cleaners that had to clean the mess up afterwards?

Yep that's what I've heard also.

 

[flinchfree]

No better time to change things than now. New coach, new stars, soon to be new president, soon to be a new home base, potential new home game deal with Tasmania likely to soon be resigned to the history books. We have high draft picks worth being excited about for arguably the first time in 15 years.

Why not present our fanbase (especially our young supporters) with the ability to say 'This Josh Ward kid could be out next captain, I want his number on my back now!?' Any parent would be making that kid wait 12 months if we continue with the status quo. But why? What is it really achieving? If we are embracing this new era then lets really create some excitement over something as simple as a guernsey number. God knows we should be creating as much excitement as possible after 2 Covid affected years.


While we are at it, bring these back.


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Yeh, i think the throwback look is sexy. Just make em tight fitting please, loosy goosy under the triceps makes me think of my granny.

 

[Hawker55]

I got a 2013 long sleeve guernsey as part of my getting all new clobber to desperately find something lucky to break the Curse.
Did the trick mind and wore it through the threepeat seasons

 

[Ned Ryerson]

I got a 2013 long sleeve guernsey as part of my getting all new clobber to desperately find something lucky to break the Curse.
Did the trick mind and wore it through the threepeat seasons

I made the choice to wear the same attire from the 2013 grand final in 2014 and 2015 also. Problem was it was attire that works perfectly on a cool spring day - was a bit stifling wearing that in 2015 when exposed to the sun all afternoon.

 

[MrPremiership]

Hopefully that has changed with Clarksons departure.

One of the things I like actually. Make them earn the number

 

[Brant]

I made the choice to wear the same attire from the 2013 grand final in 2014 and 2015 also. Problem was it was attire that works perfectly on a cool spring day - was a bit stifling wearing that in 2015 when exposed to the sun all afternoon.

I reckon there's 22 West Coast Eagles players that agree with you on that point!