Despite their heroics against West Coast, Hawthorn are out of the finals and the number of title winners in the team is falling
Hawthorn’s success over the past 50 years – during which they have won a dozen flags – makes them the only AFL club for which a period of nearly four years could be classified as a post-premiership era.
While the happy stories of the Hawks are long, the successes of many of those who represented them in Perth on Saturday night are considerably shorter – 13 of the 22 have not enjoyed the ultimate success at the club, including 62-gamer Tim O’Brien, whose three second-half goals helped the Hawks to a 38-point upset against West Coast.