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Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell (05.06.26)

04 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

2.309 - 26.281 Kane Cornes

Thanks for your company on Fireball. We are live from Adelaide off the back of Thursday Night Footy. Appreciate all your feedback, your texts and your calls. We've got Sammy Edmund coming up with the news of the day shortly. And Sammy should have joined us in a matter of moments for AIA. Whatever you do is by protecting what matters most. AIA helps you do it for life. I think he is ready to go.

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26.321 - 31.928 Kane Cornes

Sam, thanks for your time. Morning, Sam. No, how are we? Good morning. The ball.

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33.157 - 60.48 Sam Mitchell

comes to you uh king humphrey merit where did you uh where did you end up with those three i have had a good chuckle about all the uh all the reels and everyone sending me all this stuff and the basketball introductions it looks like what our team so sounds like our list management team are nice and busy which i like doing the right job hey uh why wouldn't you have included gunston on your injury report this week

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61 - 83.503 Sam Mitchell

That's a good question. I don't handle that side of things. I wasn't sure how he pulled up out of the game last week, so a bit frustrating that he'll miss this one. He's certainly frustrated. He is leading the Coleman, he keeps telling me. I'm unfortunate for him, but we'll give him two weeks off and that'll freshen him up for the summer game on the other side.

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84.004 - 92.239 Kingy

Good replacement as well. It's funny that you weren't sure, being the senior coach, you weren't sure how he pulled up. Did you just say that to us?

92.692 - 98.921 Sam Mitchell

Yeah, well, I wasn't sure I wanted to tell you. I suppose I probably should have said it.

98.941 - 105.57 Kane Cornes

That's better. Stop lying to us, please. Good follow-up question, Keith. We appreciate your honesty, but that just means Harvick goes forward, doesn't he?

106.712 - 118.108 Sam Mitchell

Yeah, we'll certainly start that way. It gives us a fair bit of flexibility. We know we can move the team around when we play like that. Gunners, he obviously plays that deep role better than anyone else, and

Chapter 2: Why is Jack Gunston missing tonight's game?

118.46 - 126.107 Sam Mitchell

And, you know, while Dima plays it a bit differently, he'll do a good job for us deep. And we know we can move him into the back half if we need to.

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126.762 - 147.832 Kingy

Mitch, I've heard you talk about this. I hope you can expand a fraction and just take us behind the curtain a little bit. The fans are really interested in this AI side of the game and what it can do for your game day. Specifically game day, not the strength and conditioning department. I understand that they can use some of that information in real time.

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148.212 - 152.398 Kingy

But what sort of application does it have for you in real time game day?

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153.661 - 174.37 Sam Mitchell

For me, on a personal level, while I encourage our staff to use it as much as it will help them, the thing that it can do is it can flag a lot of stuff. So if you look at AFL coaches, they're all carrying iPads or huge wads of paper with enormous amounts of statistics. Now, in the six minutes you have it,

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175.109 - 187.025 Sam Mitchell

to talk to players at quarter time or three quarter time, it's very difficult to get the right stats and figure out what is, you know, your eyes are telling you one thing and you want to be able to back it up with data. And I think it just accelerates that process.

187.065 - 201.724 Sam Mitchell

So when you talk to players, you can do it with a little bit more clarity because unless it actually helps us on the field, then there's not a lot of points. So it needs to actually have that usable impact, which we're trying to focus on at the moment. I wouldn't say we're at the front of the queue with,

202.092 - 206.239 Sam Mitchell

with how we're using it, but we're just trying to make sure we're not falling behind by the same token.

206.76 - 220.562 Kingy

So, again, I know I'm asking for a lot, and you may not want to concede too much, but would it just have a line of a suggestion to tag someone or a suggestion to change your midfield mix or your centre-bounce mix? What would it say?

220.582 - 238.871 Sam Mitchell

To be honest, we're not probably as advanced as that yet, Kenny. That's where I think it's heading. At the moment, it might flag a stat. So everyone's got your universal stats, inside 50s and scores and clearance numbers, and all of that will just be on permanently. But there might be something that's coming up.

Chapter 3: How is AI being utilized in coaching during games?

489.277 - 500.327 Kingy

It looks like there's a lot more handball in your game the last month to six weeks than there was at the start of the season. Are you trying to evolve and adapt into a different running outfit?

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501.91 - 511.113 Sam Mitchell

No, I would say you won't like this answer, Kingy, but the answer to that is no. So, King, when was the last time you bought a new car?

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512.496 - 514.923 Kingy

No, I haven't bought one, I don't think ever.

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514.943 - 523.549 Sam Mitchell

Ringwood Miss and my friends out there, they can do you a deal if you need one. But when you get that car, you start seeing them everywhere. Is that right? You know that feeling?

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523.67 - 525.152 Kingy

Yes, yes, yes.

525.192 - 529.66 Sam Mitchell

So you think everyone has started handballing more. And so every game you watch, oh, look at that.

530.04 - 530.441 Kingy

See that?

530.461 - 534.407 Sam Mitchell

Look at that. Look at that. That's more handballs. Because you've gone from 150 to 175.

534.427 - 539.055 Kingy

Yeah, I don't know. First six weeks, last six weeks.

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