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Dan grida is a spud

In professional sport no matter what age you are you are judged on performance. Grida has been terrible and maybe a lot of the criticism around here is because we kept getting told how good he is by media. Most good judges judge by there own eyes and don’t listen to the media hype but lots just get conned by media, so when he’s performances have been shit they come out wood work with criticism. He has long way to go and hopefully the media gives it a rest on talking him up and let him play bench minutes to find a bit form.

Emmett Naar was a beneficiary of St Mary's giving him freedom and a long leash - he played 28, 37, 33 and 36 minutes per game in his 4 seasons.

I do think that the success of Dellavedova and Mills (and other Australian players) at St Mary's perhaps led St Mary's to rate Naar a bit higher than what he was;

The people in this forum that react to games is incredible. Firstly, Grida is still a kid, and a very good one for his age, so if there is a spud, it’s you!!!!
Froling is also a kid, and both players will have huge careers.

The disappointment should be focussed around the players that should be leading and winning games, such as Blanchfield, Ogilvy, and Boone. Blanchfield has had a free pass for not doing a whole lot in his entire career, and this is the team that he should be helping to win games for, yet the simpletons on this forum somehow find fault with Grida? Wow.

Maybe watch a few games carefully before talking.

OP must be a real dopey member. Grida is all heart and will have a long and successful career in this league

Grida and Naar are fine in reserve roles. The biggest problem with the Hawks is the unbalanced roster and lack of contribution from Boone. Switch Boone with a player like Cam Oliver and I think that alone makes the Hawks a lot more balanced.

The hawks just have too many blokes who aren't ready or even close to contribute at nbl level. Blanchfield, Ball, Brooks, Boone are fine, Coenraad is serviceable in a small role and Froling will be good given time but the rest of the roster seems to be blokes who are 11th men at best. But you can't have six blokes who are 11th men in this league.

the hawks are a basket case and always have been? is this surprising? grida and naar are nowhere near nbl level

Grida and Naar have a lot media backing. The agent must be mates with media. I never saw the hype even under Bevo.

You can add Naar to the list, but don’t tell homicide. Hampton scores on Naar like he’s not there. Cairns team last season would beat this mob by 50. They are young but you can still play defence.
Great crowd and nz should make the four.

I watched the press conference and wonder if most of the people on here who are constantly criticizing the coach and playing group have watched it?

some points:

1. Coach Clarke says that those who criticize and those who want to split the group (he mentioned this group now is sticking together) are either a/Not supporters or b/ Other teams supporters!

2. He also says that he shouldn't say he doesn't care but that they care about each other - in other words he does not care what negative 36er fan's think.

3. Weigh says that the only positive that can be taken from the mess is that many of the games have been close losses and they have been placing themselves in a position to win games.

4. Weigh says it's a credit to the coaching staff for blocking out the negativity?

would appreciate peoples thoughts
Do the fan's (You lot) need to start being more positive?

I have heard people say that the club should come out and state it's position but perhaps if people watched the press conference, there is a hint there from Clarke that the group is staying together so get on board....

I know people are not happy with the coach but would a whole bunch of positive comments on here be just what the players need b4 the next game????