stan wrote:For example Pittard is a ripper
I don't want to be too hard on the kid because I haven't seen much of him, and he hasn't played much senior footy. However, he made some of the worst blunders imaginable in that finals term, and on another occasion he took the soft option in a contest, choosing to throw his arm out to gather the ball rather than get his body over it. He'd need to improve on this.
I honestly feel Port are in the same position the Hawks found themselves in the late 1990s-early 2000s. We had been successful but lost our way.
What I believe we did wrong was live in our own little coccoon, ignoring the rest of the football world as it developed around us. We continued to do things the Hawthorn way, coaches Peter Knights, Ken Judge, Peter Schwab .. all Hawthorn people from a successful era, and we were confident they would restore former glories. They didn't. One day we woke up and realised the world had changed, and we hadn't changed with it.
The thing we needed is what we got. Someone from outside the club with fresh ideas, new directions, a proverbial kick in the pants, etc. I feel Port have fallen into the same trap. The time has come for the Power to break free of previous glories and take a quantum leap into the brave new world of AFL football.