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Who better to have a discussion with about the journey that our current crop of Hawthorn hopefuls are on than legend of the club and fan favourite, Shane Crawford.

Together with a cheerful, happy and buoyant Brad Klibansky, the pair sat down in Queensland to discuss a number of wide-ranging topics including:

* A recap on the 2024 season and the transformation post round-five to the exciting Hokball brand;

* Sam Mitchell the man, the coach and the mindset;

* The turnaround from a club being constantly hammered by the media to becoming the media darling of the comp;

* The keys to Hawthorn doing well in 2025;

* The weakest link in our structure and how we overcome it;

* Which player does Crawf think that opposition teams now genuinely scared of?

* Charlie and Ben Crawford - will we see them wear the brown and gold one day?

* Cooper Hodge, Ky Burgoyne and Kobe Williams - will they end up at the club?

* And so much more.

We hope you enjoy the chat and the fact that Crawf is clearly as passionate about the brown and gold now as he has been over the past three decades.

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