Alastair Clarkson – coach of the … Hawthorn Football Club, nonetheless?
The newly appointed Kangaroos coach made an premature – but amusing – slip of the tongue that was caught on video whereas he was addressing gamers and employees that despatched the room in stitches.
The imaginative and prescient from North Melbourne’s first day of pre-season, which was filmed by its social media staff for the opening episode of Inside North, reveals Clarkson start with motivational phrases earlier than issues go south.
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“I’m going to present our game plan here, it’ll take me about 10 minutes. You’re sitting there saying, ‘ oh jeez, why does everyone in the room need to know it?” The legendary coach opens with within the Arden Street interior sanctum.
“Because if we’re going to have a sense of belonging, it’s very basic.
“I’ll speak very quickly about this thing called the dash – and that’s for everyone … you’ve got (around) 80 years in your life,” then mistakenly including: “And this is this little moment in your life that you’re connected to the Hawthorn footy club–”
Clarkson famous his slip up with a smile: “Ah, Hawthorn,” whereas shaking his head and laughing at himself because the room erupted.
He then turned to the digicam and stated: “You don’t put that anywhere on the tape,” as he and gamers and employees continued cackling away.
Of course, trying across the room, Clarkson, who coached Hawthorn to 4 premierships over 17 seasons, might be forgiven to a point for his blunder given he’s recruited a slew of former Hawthorn personnel to Arden Street together with Todd Viney because the Roos’ new footy boss, gamers Daniel Howe and Liam Shiels in addition to Josh Gibson as a specialist defensive coach.
North Melbourne kicks off its pre-season video games with match simulation in opposition to Richmond this Friday at Arden Street earlier than an official follow hit-out in opposition to the Western Bulldogs at Ikon Park on Saturday, March 4 forward of their Round 1 assembly with West Coast at Marvel Stadium on Saturday, March 18.
Originally printed as ‘Connected to Hawthorn … don’t put that on the tape’: Clarko blunder captured in hilarious vid
Source: www.news.com.au
