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Succession plan exists only to facilitate the change Hawthorn desires
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2021-07-20T10:41+10:00
Alastair Clarkson wants to continue coaching Hawthorn. Jeff Kennett wants Sam Mitchell to coach Hawthorn. These are two statements of fact.
And they are mutually exclusive.
A succession plan only exists to the facilitate the change Hawthorn desires.
It was not a carefully orchestrated concept months in the planning with the elder statesmen ready to usher the apprentice into the job.
It was a shotgun arrangement with only the briefest conversation between Clarkson and Mitchell before it was publicly announced.
I remember standing with Mick Malthouse before his final Anzac Day as coach and he said to me in an interview as clear as day “I’ve lost my job”.
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