Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett dropped a spot of a commercialized bombshell precocious past nighttime erstwhile determination was a funny connection sent retired to the club's members.
Kennett seemed to bespeak that Hawthorn would acquisition a important facelift successful the 2nd week of the commercialized play and naturally, fixed the rumours surrounding Brownlow Medallist Tom Mitchell, links were made.
Port Adelaide large Kane Cornes says Kennett's connection is not going to assistance what already seems similar a fractured nine successful Hawthorn aft Alastair Clarkson's messy exit.
"It could beryllium anyone... there'd beryllium thing successful the backmost of their minds going 'is Jeff talking astir me?'," helium told AFL Trade Radio.
"That creates a civilization wherever everyone looks aft themselves. Hawthorn are an implicit mess.'
Kennett, for his part, appeared connected SEN Radio to effort and explicate precisely what helium meant by what helium said successful his missive to members.
"I'm forewarning them of the anticipation that determination whitethorn beryllium decisions made that I person nary accidental successful whatsoever that mightiness daze us," helium said.
"I don't cognize that that volition happen. I'm conscionable saying if it does, recognize it's made by those radical we've employed with much shot cognition and skills that we person and they're doing it successful our interests.
"It's conscionable precaution, it's conscionable being responsible, it's truly penning astir the obvious."
However, 73-year-old stopped abbreviated of admitting that big-name players had been offered to rival clubs.
"No. As I recognize it, and I'm not afloat crossed it, but I bash talk to my radical which would astonishment you," helium said erstwhile asked if players had been shopped around.
"We've offered nary 1 up that I americium alert of. Regardless of the names that you and others person mentioned, I've got to accidental that my presumption is I anticipation they each stay astatine the nine and I expect them to.
"But I'm not sure, I don't cognize the holes that person got to beryllium plugged, I don't cognize what different clubs mightiness bash oregon attack our team, but astatine this stage, I'm rather definite nary of those players person bene offered anywhere."