Round 19 - Hawthorn Assistant Adrian Hickmott (19.07.26)
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Who is Adrian Hickmott and why is he on Crunch Time today?
In fact, Adrian Hickmott joins us from the Hawks. Hello, mate. Welcome back to SEN. G'day, guys. How are you going? I'm good, mate. I assume when Nick Watson's hammy's feeling a bit better and he comes back into the team, that makes your job just a little easier?
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Look, we know he's a very good player, but his passion for the game over the last two weeks, I was impressed on how he recovered and got himself into the position to play today. So, yeah, he's a young, impressive man off the field as well.
From where we sit in the stands or watching on TV, it's a very good forward line, but it's a very intelligent forward line as well. You've got Jack Gunston, Mitch Lewis. You've got the smaller guys led by Watson and Guinea. It's a very high IQ forward line. Is that giving the players too much credit? Should we give a little more to you in the structure? But it does come across as these players know exactly what role they need to fill at any one time.
Yeah, of course you should give me more credit. That's true. I apologise. But, look, they're great minds. You know, during the week they do the research. They're able to sit down and work things out themselves on the field.
How did Nick Watson’s hamstring recovery impact Hawthorn’s selection plans?
So, you know, looking, just being one at one back is the best way I feel to coach these young guys. Let them do their thing. You know, keep within the parameters, but let them do their thing. Let them go for it. Let them understand the game themselves and work things out. And before you know it, you know, they get... they get it done quicker on the game day.
Hickey, good luck today. Hawthorne are obviously having a fantastic season. Around the AFL, we're seeing a lot more teams willing to move the ball through the corridor. Do you think the competition has become a lot more aggressive offensively over the past couple of seasons? And from your point of view, do you have to try and match that? Does Hawthorne need to become and continue to be an aggressive corridor side? Or do you have to balance that out with how your defending side's coming through the corridor as well?
Yeah, g'day, Santa. How are you? Very well. That's good to hear. Yeah, mate, like the ball movements, you know, you cover the corridor and it'll go around, or you go around and they cover the corridor. So based on each team and the way they move the ball, which is it can be really fast, especially off turnover, you know, a mark from oppo or a ground ball get and the way the opposition goes. So being smart in the way you set up behind the ball is really important. And also the chase, the chase. We just mentioned our forwards. You know, I'm really...
Why do Hawthorn’s forwards get praised as a high-IQ forward line?
really passionate on their chase, making sure they put the oppo under pressure or perceived pressure.
And Hickey, what about the sort of tactical trends across the competition that just might be emerging? Is there anything you have to be really good at at the moment? If you're going to be a genuine premiership contender, what sort of stands out, do you think, in your game plan that you need to be one of the best in the competition at?
Yeah, a lot of teams are talking about field position. Now, how do you get that? You get that through clearances. One outstanding, I suppose, not outstanding, but a stat that you can see across the field is post-clearance ground ball. So the work rate to get to the next contest is really important. And then the balance around that. But if you don't get to that contest and the ball hits the ground and you get outnumbered, more than likely you're going to lose some field position from that.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–0:33
2
Who is Adrian Hickmott and why is he on Crunch Time today?
0:33–1:36
3
How did Nick Watson’s hamstring recovery impact Hawthorn’s selection plans?
1:36–2:48
4
Why do Hawthorn’s forwards get praised as a high-IQ forward line?
2:48–5:00
5
How does Adrian Hickmott describe his coaching approach with young forwards?
5:00–6:39
6
Is the AFL becoming more offensively aggressive through the corridor?
6:39–7:16
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