The Hawks grand plan is to have all their young players mutate into the team they have had for the last ten years topped up with the GCS version of Morrabito, a young bloke with the same last name and height as Sam Mitchell who is not anywhere near as good, and throwing a gagillion dollars at Fyfe next year. Oh and playing Ty Vickery who always makes me smile because of his heroic action against the flappy monsters at WCE. They have rolled some dice and must be walking bow legged from the size of their cahones, cause they are right out their taking a serious piss into the wind. Clarkson has lost his club appointed manager/minder/advisor and I think he is running amok uncontrolled. Do not be surprised if you see the Hawks training with tinfoil hats on, another master stroke from off the lead Clarko, so that other teams cant scan their brains for his master strategy.
Next year they will lose Gibson, Burgoyne, Hodge and Roughhead is still not anywhere near playing, may never play again. Coupled with losing Lake last year and Mitchell, Hill and Lewis this year, they effectively lose most of their on field leaders and great players. Don't discount the effect of treating club legends like crap either, players will now be thinking if its that easy to get rid of players of that stature, how easy will it be for me to get traded on. Imagine if Freo had traded Pav or AA Luke with one or two years left in them for something like a pick 88. If Omeara is a fail the fans will be out for blood.