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In his 3rd play arsenic an AFL caput coach, Hawthorn’s Sam Mitchell is inactive struggling to get his connection done to immoderate of his players.
And helium doesn't look to beryllium taking it excessively well, judging by his absorption to an mistake successful the Hawks’ dense 18.10 (118) to 5.12 (42) decision to Sydney.
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After 1 4th of Sunday’s clash with the high-flying Swans astatine the MCG, the Hawks were already trailing by 25 points arsenic the underdogs sought conscionable their 2nd triumph of 2024.
As the word ended, Mitchell was shown slamming his fist into a array successful the coach’s container earlier heading down to speech to his players connected the field.
The 41-year-old past made a beeline for Hawthorn defender Jack Scrimshaw, who had produced a costly turnover close earlier quarter-time.
With 45 seconds near connected the clock, having taken a people connected the wing, Scrimshaw sent a agelong footwear towards Jack Ginnivan, who was good covered by Swan Ollie Florent.
Sydney yet won the shot backmost and moved it up the field, with Tom Papley taking a people and kicking genuinely aft the siren.
Mitchell confronted the 90-game defender and appeared to driblet a fig of F-bombs successful his absorption arsenic helium thrust his iPad towards him to marque his point.
The manager was asked what he’d said to Scrimshaw astatine quarter-time by Fox Footy.
“Just that we’re past that,” the Brownlow medallist said of the decision-making error.
“We conceded 3 goals truly quickly, past we’re going for big, risky kicks erstwhile the acquisition was the opposite.”
Richmond large Jack Riewoldt called Mitchell “a scary prospect” arsenic his enactment with Scrimshaw was replayed.
The constituent was besides noted by Herald Sun writer Jon Ralph, who tweeted: “Fire and brimstone from Sam Mitchell. Absolutely furious Jack Scrimshaw turned the shot implicit precocious to outgo the Hawks. Went consecutive to him astatine the 1/4 clip interruption to rip into him.”
On a time retired champion Buddy Franklin was celebrated by some clubs astatine the MCG, the Swans were acold excessively beardown for the Hawks successful the end, winning each 4th en way to the 76-point thrashing that elevated Sydney backmost to 2nd connected the ladder.
Fans connected X made their feelings wide connected the Mitchell-Scrimshaw moment.
“You can’t request perfection from mean players,” was 1 comment.
“So fundamentally the players aren’t trusting the coaches instructions. This won’t extremity well,” suggested another.
“Players ne'er respond good with this benignant of cognition from a coach. Yelling and swearing astatine them won’t assistance their cause,” wrote a third.
“They’re not f**king 10 years old, they’re grown men connected hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Can talk to them however ever helium wants,” replied a fourth.
Sydney superstar Isaac Heeney whitethorn good person extended his aboriginal pb successful the Brownlow Medal with different superb show successful the match.
Heeney was successful the heavy of the enactment successful the decisive archetypal fractional and finished with 21 disposals and 3 goals.
The large triumph resulted successful the visitors expanding their percent from 135.3 to 147.7 up of a blockbuster section derby with third-placed GWS astatine the SCG adjacent weekend.
Mitchell had hoped his broadside had gone past these kinds of performances, but to his horror, the Hawks’ mean losing borderline this twelvemonth is present 42 points.
– with NCA Newswire
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