They're not miles ahead of those teams, if that's what you're driving at. They also lost to them.
The problem the Hawks face is they are obviously a good team and certianly finals should be the minimum. They can breeze past the bottom 9 (in general). But, they lost to Adelaide, Geelong, Brisbane, Collingwood, Fremantle and Gold Coast. That's every team in the 8 except GWS.
They'll need to improve to play in a GF.
