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Share Ive worked with Clarko for nearly 20 years and the fact that people would say that Im trying to push him out is disrespectful to both of us because weve had a working relationship for such a long period of time. I did get a little bit frustrated with people saying, Oh, hes just trying to get Clarkson out. If I wanted to coach next year I wouldve continued to pursue the Collingwood opportunity... so every piece of evidence says that isnt true. Mitchell flatly rejected reports that a meetin...

By 2021-07-21T11:52+10:00 Future Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell has strongly denied reports he wants Alastair Clarkson to depart the club a year earlier than agreed to in the succession plan. It was reported earlier in the week by Caroline Wilson on Footy Classified that Mitchell’s preference was to take the head coaching role in 2022 rather than 2023, while Clarkson was set to dig his heels in and stick around. Speaking on SEN’s Whateley, Mitchell admitted the last few weeks have bee...

Succession plan exists only to facilitate the change Hawthorn desires By 2021-07-20T10:41+10:00 Alastair Clarkson wants to continue coaching Hawthorn. Jeff Kennett wants Sam Mitchell to coach Hawthorn. These are two statements of fact. And they are mutually exclusive. A succession plan only exists to the facilitate the change Hawthorn desires. It was not a carefully orchestrated concept months in the planning with the elder statesmen ready to usher the apprentice into the job. It was a shotgun...

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Two local teachers are on the short list to become Kentucky Teacher of the Year. Steffanie Skiles from McKell Middle School in Greenup County and Miranda Newland from Campbell Elementary School in Raceland-Worthington both received the Valvoline Teacher Achievement Award. They are two of 24 from across the state to receive the recognition. Eight apiece from the elementary, middle and high school levels were recognized with the award. The 24 are semifinalists for the Kentucky Teacher of the Year...

By 2021-07-14T08:22+10:00 Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett has rubbished a report suggesting that senior figures at the club want Alastair Clarkson to relinquish his position as senior coach at season’s end. Fox Footy’s Tom Morris reported on Tuesday night that people high up at the Hawks “have a strong preference” for Sam Mitchell to replace Clarkson as senior coach next year. Hawthorn announced last week that four-time premiership coach Clarkson will see out the final year of his co...

AFL Round 17 power rankings A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Of course this round was going to up-end the calculations surrounding the top eight. With Sydney closed to the AFL due to COVID, we had the Crows feasted upon, the Blues butchering the ball, the Saints surging and the Power petering out. 18. The Adelaide Crows (down two) I may be writing this on Saturday morning, but I think a historically low s...

Advertisement Their midfield has been decimated. Trent Cotchin is struggling. Their back six collapsed. After losing to Collingwood, who finally released the shackles under caretaker coach Robert Harvey on Sunday, Richmond looked shot. This week on the Real Footy podcast, Michael Gleeson, Jake Niall and Caroline Wilson discuss whether this it for Richmond’s finals hopes in 2021. Are there too many contenders ahead of them? St Kilda and Fremantle are surging, GWS look to be better placed and E...

Were Hawks negatively affected by succession plan announcement? By 2021-07-11T17:00+10:00 Just four days after the announcement that 2023 will be Alastair Clarkson’s last year as coach, Hawthorn went down by 62 points to Fremantle in Launceston. While the Hawks languish in 17th place, their last month of football before Saturday’s game was reasonably solid, with two wins from four games having played Sydney, Essendon, GWS and Port Adelaide. AFL great Matthew Lloyd pointed to a situat...

By 2021-07-10T10:20+10:00 Alastair Clarkson’s emphatic declaration that he will see out his Hawthorn contract has convinced former Hawk Jordan Lewis. Clarkson told reporters on Friday afternoon that despite Sam Mitchell being set to take over as club coach in 2023, he would remain in charge across 2022 and would not be tempted out by other roles. "Im contracted until the end of next year and I am staying here," the four-time premiership coach said. Given how the coaching succession situa...