West Coast coach Adam Simpson hates shedding, however he will not be utilizing the specter of the wood spoon as motivation for his gamers heading into Sunday’s bottom-of-the-table conflict with Hawthorn in Tasmania.
The Eagles gained simply two video games final season, and their 2023 marketing campaign stands at 1-8 on the again of a debilitating harm disaster.
Hawthorn (1-8) have been simply as dangerous, main followers to dub Sunday’s conflict in Launceston because the ‘Harley Reid Cup’, in reference to the loser being within the field seat to gather the No.1 decide within the draft.
West Coast have claimed only one wood spoon of their proud historical past – in 2010 – and Simpson would not need to be the one who leads them to a different.
But he is not utilizing it as a motivational software.
“We don’t want to come last, so that’s always in the back of the mind,” Simpson stated.
“But we just stick to a process and try to motivate our players through actions.
“We reward good issues we see on the sphere relatively than the specter of the wood spoon.
“I don’t think that (the threat of the wooden spoon) works, so I don’t use it as motivation.
“I’m not used to (shedding), the membership’s not used to it, our gamers aren’t used to what’s occurring in the mean time.
“We don’t like it, but we’re on a journey.”
West Coast’s harm disaster claimed Jack Darling (damaged arm) as its newest sufferer final week.
The premiership ahead joins the likes of Nic Naitanui, Luke Shuey, Elliot Yeo, Jamie Cripps, Liam Ryan, Shannon Hurn, Jeremy McGovern and Tom Cole on the sidelines.
“I was watching, maybe five weeks ago, when they had five or six injuries in a 15 or 20-minute period and it was quite unbelievable watching it on TV,” Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell stated of West Coast’s harm disaster, which started within the round-three loss to Fremantle.
“They’re still going to have premiership players (this Sunday), more premiership players than we have running out, more finals experience than we’ve got – so we can’t underestimate West Coast in the slightest.”
The Eagles have been on excessive alert this week after a number of fringe gamers have been struck down by the flu..
Mitchell was himself hit by COVID-19, however the second-year coach has since recovered and shall be within the scorching seat for Sunday’s sport.
The Hawks have recalled Tyler Brockman and Ned Reeves to switch injured duo Changkuoth Jiath and Chad Wingard, who’re each battling calf issues.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
