Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell has criticised his facet’s final-quarter fade-out towards Gold Coast after they turned the most recent sufferer of the AFL’s bye.
The Hawks (4-10) led 18-0 early and trailed by 10 at halftime to the Suns (7-7) earlier than the hosts ran away 67-point winners on Sunday.
A 35-0 ultimate quarter twisted the knife additional for the Hawks, who had upset Brisbane to make it three wins from 4 earlier than final week’s bye.
“I was really disappointed in the last quarter,” Mitchell mentioned.
“When you’re a fan of a club and member of a club like Hawthorn you want to see progress, spirit and belief in the direction you’re going.
“Against Port (a 55-point loss) we have been a good distance down at halftime, however we performed with a spirit and perception that they knew how you can get again into the sport.
“Today we never could find a way to get ourselves up and going.
“I really feel like we let our individuals down right now.”
Hawthorn became the 10th team to lose among the 12 who’ve resumed from a bye so far this season, with the only two winners coming in games where both teams had the bye.
Mitchell’s men had been on the other end of that, given their win over the Lions came after Brisbane had enjoyed their bye.
“We had a concept, I used it and it did not work,” Mitchell mentioned.
“We did know the sample, haven’t any excuse across the bye. It does not arise in any respect. We’ve obtained to be higher.
“At the 10 minute mark I thought, ‘Oh well, the boys are in the right spot’.
“We could not maintain that and their strain continued on and we could not.
“We tried to pull some levers today to get the game on our terms and none seemed to work.”
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