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The aspect of Hawks handover Lewis did not expect By Hawthorn’s succession plan announcement took Jordan Lewis by surprise. The four-time premiership Hawk admits he didn’t see the handover coming, particularly the aspect of Alastair Clarkson bowing out not fully on his terms. Lewis’ former teammate Sam Mitchell will take the reins from Clarkson after the 2022 season which has attracted plenty of criticism from pundits and club greats alike. Lewis is well-placed to comment on the situat...

FShareTTweetQSMSWWhatsAppBEmailGJTumblrLLinkedIn4 hours ago When the little-known Alastair Clarkson took over as Hawthorn coach at the end of a disastrous 2004 season, he arrived at a struggling club that was a shadow of the powerhouse it once was. Before Clarkson turned Hawthorn back into the winning machine it eventually became in the early 2010s, Hawthorn had become the "easybeats" of the competition, a team rivals used to fatten their respective percentages throughout the year. Amid the rub...

“Can’t see it working”: Hawks great’s concerns with coaching handover By 2021-07-07T11:40+10:00 Hawthorn great Rodney Eade says he “can’t see” the coaching succession plan involving Alastair Clarkson and Sam Mitchell working out at his former club. Hawks assistant Mitchell will replace Clarkson as senior coach at the conclusion of the 2022 season as part of a coaching handover announced on Tuesday. Eade, a former senior coach at Sydney, the Western Bulldogs ...

Hawthorn has taken one of the biggest gambles in club history By Hawthorn has taken one of the biggest gambles in club history. Get this - they are moving on perhaps the best coach in AFL history, a man who has won four premierships, who at 52 years of age is hungry still and in his coaching prime - for an untried coach. On Tuesday, Clarkson revealed that Collingwood moving on Nathan Buckley after Round 13 forced Hawthorns hand. The club had no choice, it was Sam Mitchell or Clarkson. Stunn...

Collingwood expected to approach premiership coach By Caroline Wilson is expecting Collingwood to approach Mark Williams about the coaching vacancy. The Magpies are on the hunt for a replacement for Nathan Buckley with a number of names being linked with the top job at the Holden Centre. Port Adelaide premiership coach Williams has been linked from the start, but Wilson believes the sub-committee tasked with finding the new coach have him “squarely” in their sights. “I didn’t think (W...

FShareTTweetQSMSWWhatsAppBEmailGJTumblrLLinkedIn19 hours ago Hawthorn great Sam Mitchell will take over the head coaching duties from four-time premiership-winning coach Alastair Clarkson in 2023 as part of a succession plan. The decision, announced by Hawthorn today, comes less than 24 hours after it was revealed Mitchell had pulled out of the race to be Collingwoods next senior coach amid the Magpies search for a new man to take over following Nathan Buckleys departure. Clarkson is the longes...

The coach Gerard Healy would “strongly consider” for Collingwood job By Gerard Healy believes Mark Williams should be strongly considered for the Collingwood coaching job. Currently impressing in a head of development role at top-of-the-table Melbourne, Williams is one of a handful of names being linked with the head coach position at the Magpies. Coinciding with Nathan Buckley’s departure, the likes of Ross Lyon, Alastair Clarkson, Chris Scott and Sam Mitchell, among others, ar...

The newly-named Hall of Famer joins Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss his book; what he's learned about finding purpose, on and off the court; how to be a leader while staying true to yourself; and why cooking dinner for the family is a must during the playoffs.

The Hawks are setting themselves up for another sustained attack on Premiership contention. A popular narrative flying around the media circles coaching uncertainty, trading star players and hierarchical volatility, yet the way in which Alastair Clarkson and his staff a putting together a squad is cause for concern for the rest of the competition. Of […]

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