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9%
2 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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In an age of AI and WhatsApp groups, Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell has taken his team back in time with a quaint approach, delivering handwritten letters to his players before the final against Fremantle.
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Mitchell → take → Fremantle
Hawks ruckman Lloyd Meek told this masthead his coach gave every player a handwritten letter reflecting on their journey so far, a process that apparently took Mitchell three to four nights to write.
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that → tell → nights
“That’s just a small slice of the scene into the person that he [Mitchell] is and how much he cares for us,” he said.
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he → ’ → us
In his letter, Mitchell told Meek “how happy he was that I picked Hawthorn and I had faith in him” .
“It [the letter] reflected on how we’ve both, I guess, grown over that four-year period.
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I → tell → period
I feel like I’ve really been a part of this journey that we’re all on and the club’s transition to success essentially,” he said.
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he → feel → success
The in-demand ruckman played for Fremantle but chose to move to Hawthorn during the trade period in 2022
“When I first arrived, our first year here was not great,” he laughed.
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he → play → 2022
“When you finished 16th on the ladder … we had some work to do.
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we → finish → work
Going through adversity with people and then building that together is the best way to find out.”
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Going → go → that
Midfielder Josh Ward said the letters were incredibly special to receive.
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letters → say → ?
“It meant a lot,” he told this masthead.
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he → mean → masthead
“Just the care he has for everyone, and the personal relationship … it just means a lot and makes you want to play for him.”
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you → have → him
Jai Newcombe said Mitchell had told him in the letter he was proud of what the star midfielder had achieved.
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midfielder → say → what
“I mean, the journey that we’ve been on here together, [he’s] sort of been part of it the whole way through, which has been nice,” Newcombe said.
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Newcombe → mean → it
Newcombe was taken in the mid-season 2021 rookie draft, Mitchell having been coach of the VFL Hawks that season, before he replaced Alastair Clarkson as AFL coach in 2022.
“He’s obviously been a big part of the reason why I’m here.
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I → take → reason
So it’s been really cool to share that together.
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it → share → that
So yeah, [he] touched a little bit on that,” Newcombe said.
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Newcombe → touch → that
Newcombe said Mitchell had not touched directly on the possibility of him being a premiership co-captain.
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him → say → possibility
but [we’re] obviously excited about the things that we could potentially do, and making sure that we had belief in that as a group.”
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we → ’re → group
Hawthorn and the Brisbane Lions last met in round 22, with the Lions storming to a 67-point win at the Gabba.
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Lions → meet → Gabba
On Saturday, they’ll face off in a prelim at the ’G – the first time the teams have faced each other in AFL finals history.
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teams → face → history
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win → get → blushes
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Lions → delist → gun
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they → reveal → country
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