The western coast eagles through Oscar Allen to the wolves; Hawthorn Hawks coach Sam Mitchell visited Perth; Movement of the AFL player; operations

Allen also had a complaint. One of the few leaders who had risen during the disastrous seasons of Adam Simpson, had believed that a long -term agreement was coming to the beginning of last year before a knee injury put him aside for three months.

In what was a difficult year for Allen – the father of his girlfriend Lorna McNabb died in the same period – he felt disappointed by the club.

Barrass was successfully courted by Mitchell in Midway until 2024 and his arrival in Hawthorn left Mitchell’s recruitment team without a doubt that the West Coast, with their new management team and the coach of Rookie not tested, was vulnerable to another Raid.

This followed the club’s decision to deviate from the strategy put in place three years ago by the Board of Directors to return to the draft.

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Instead, the Eagles brought Liam Baker and Jack Graham of Richmond and Matt Owies of Carlton in a series of agreements that saw their first choice from Bozza get off from n. 3 at n. 12 E-Strenly-Hawthorn’s future pick on the first round on Carlton.

Mitchell must feel terrible for Allen, who has now become the boyfriend for the captains who desect their teams.

The Hawks remain publicly not sorry, even if the head of football Rob McCartney contacted the Eagles and Captain James Sicilia strengthened that view on Friday, but the club and their audacious raid on the west coast have damaged Allen to the eyes of the supporters.

That Mitchell and his not so secret recruitment weapon and his wife Lyndall met Allen and McNabb in a private house did not prevent the accident that they were exhibited after a sighting of the airport.

The purpose of the meeting was to ascertain whether or not the Hawks were a realistic possibility and had to prepare an agreement for Allen, but the exposure was knocked down that plan.

Allen may not be the first – he thinks of Leigh Colbert, and Tom Lynch and Steven May to name three – but the timing and public public nature of the last week’s meeting have embarrassed him and have aroused criticism from the traditionalist football and a long series of respected retired captains.

And still remains in contractual limbo, which makes you ask if the club really wants to keep the player who is fighting for the form and yet that he has risen as one of the strongest competitors of the Eagles in recent years.

The coach transformed into CEO Don Pyke played frankly more like a coach when he appeared on the Radio Perth Tuesday. His response to Mitchell’s meeting, which according to him was “news for us”, was pragmatic to the Wishy-Washy point. It is difficult to imagine that Greg Swann, Trevor Nisbett or Brendon Gale are so measured.

The supporters of the West Coast, who should seriously ask themselves the direction in which their club is heading, wanted something stronger than the acceptance of Pyke’s blithe than a club captain who meets a rival coach (who worked for the club) after only three football rounds is only an example of where the game is heading.

I hope that behind the scenes the eagles, not being angry, are becoming equal. But instead of publicly launching the book to Hawthorn, Pyke and his team have maintained dry dust.

Instead, they threw Allen to the wolves.

Having made their unprecedented captain the public expressive scapegoat, the powerful Eagles of the West Coast should instead turn the mirror on himself.