Awake, does that list mean we had the hardest draw of all clubs??
I find that remarkable, even taking into account 3 teams changed in and out of the top 8 this year (Adelaide, Port & Peptides for Hawks, Collonwood & Melbourne).
As for the ‘rebuilding’ Hawks - it’s pretty easy to bounce back when you can poach the best players from other teams (think Tom Mitchell, O’Meara, Henderson, Frawley) and not have to rely on the draft and the amount of time it takes to get the kids up to AFL standard. But so long as Richmond doesn’t go back to back I don’t care who wins (ok, I lie, not Weak Coast either).