Hrovat Appreciation Society

[Bornadog]

Re: Hrovat Appreciation Society

Well I know a Hawthorn insider extremely well and I call bullshit!

Gee love your argument, you have convinced us.

[LongWait]

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Gee love your argument, you have convinced us.

I am very, very sure of my source - believe me or not - I couldn't care really.

[Bornadog]

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I am very, very sure of my source - believe me or not - I couldn't care really.

Not doubting you or Guido, just the way you put it was funny.

Personally, I am more than happy we got Hrovat with pick 21. The club was expecting him to go earlier, so we won. The kid was captain of his TAC team, won the B&F playing only 8 games, he will be a gun.

[LongWait]

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Not doubting you or Guido, just the way you put it was funny.

Personally, I am more than happy we got Hrovat with pick 21. The club was expecting him to go earlier, so we won. The kid was captain of his TAC team, won the B&F playing only 8 games, he will be a gun.

Someone was talking shit in my view (and I don't think it was Guido) - I'll try to be more creative next time...

[Guido]

Re: Hrovat Appreciation Society

Well I know a Hawthorn insider extremely well and I call bullshit!

You can call what you want, I'm relaying nothing more than what a Hawthorn employee told me.

I've met about a dozen people on here personally, been on the Bulldogs forums since the official Bulldogs forum in the late 90s, and can assure you that, other than the above info put forward, and maybe a couple of tidbits from a recruiting scout from another club that I've known for over 10 years, you will not find a single post of the last few thousand that I've made where I say "I know this inside info from so and so and they said this and this".

[LongWait]

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You can call what you want, I'm relaying nothing more than what a Hawthorn employee told me.

I've met about a dozen people on here personally, been on the Bulldogs forums since the official Bulldogs forum in the late 90s, and can assure you that, other than the above info put forward, and maybe a couple of tidbits from a recruiting scout from another club that I've known for over 10 years, you will not find a single post of the last few thousand that I've made where I say "I know this inside info from so and so and they said this and this".

I'm not questioning your credibility - I'm saying that your Hawthorn "employee" is telling you a story about the Lake trade that I am very confident is incorrect.

[Sedat]

Re: Hrovat Appreciation Society

The Lake trade was poorly negotiated by us but we at least secured a draft 'slider' with the upgraded pick and not another Clayton-esque athlete 'reach' prospect. Hrovat looks like he was born with a footy in his hands - more footy smart players like Hrovat on the list please.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Hrovat Appreciation Society

The Lake trade was poorly negotiated by us but we at least secured a draft 'slider' with the upgraded pick and not another Clayton-esque athlete 'reach' prospect. Hrovat looks like he was born with a footy in his hands - more footy smart players like Hrovat on the list please.

Yep. It is in the 'win' column. Not sure what the issue is.

[Remi Moses]

Re: Hrovat Appreciation Society

For goodness sake we're going over tired old ground.
I'd hazard NOT paying out Brian's contract was part of the picks swap.

[chef]

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I love how people think the Lake trade wasn't weeks in the making.

[GVGjr]

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From my limited understanding the first round draft pick compensation that the Hawks might have considered was largely contingent on the Dogs contributing a decent chunk of Lakes salary. I believe we wanted to invest as much as we could back into the footy department so it wasn't really an option for us.

Back to Hrovat, really impressed by him and look forward to his continued development.

[Maddog37]

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As usual, somewhere in the middle, the truth lies.

[Bornadog]

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For goodness sake we're going over tired old ground.
I'd hazard NOT paying out Brian's contract was part of the picks swap.

I agree Remi, I am sick and tired of the same old discussions on what trade we did wrong and blaming every man and his dog from the past on our current list. What happened has happened, we can't change a bloody thing, so lets move forward. What is important is what we do from now on.

[LongWait]

Re: Hrovat Appreciation Society

For goodness sake we're going over tired old ground.
I'd hazard NOT paying out Brian's contract was part of the picks swap.

Fair point (and yes, as I understand it Lake's existing contract was a significant issue in the negotiations.)

[jeemak]

Re: Hrovat Appreciation Society

As usual, somewhere in the middle, the truth lies.

Surely it's easier (with limited information) to just choose a side of an argument and stick with it no matter what?