![]() ![]() Beveridge seems to be duplicating that with the Hawks. Spenceley's business philosophy is "no muppets" in the office and for staff to be "just a little bit crazy". ![]() ![]() Scale model: Very few people make Hawks centre AJ Ogilvy look small by comparison but Perth's Nate Jawai is a very large individual. Its most successful era of playoff runs, including the 2001 championship, was anchored by relentless defence from the likes of club stalwarts Glen Saville and Mat Campbell.īeveridge, who has taken on the unenviable task of replacing local legend Gordie McLeod after he didn't see eye to eye with majority owner James Spenceley - won't deviate from his plan of attack. This is a blue-collar club which has always hung its hard hat on a defensive mindset. The shift in focus this season to a more offence-oriented game is unlike Beveridge's successful outfits from his previous NBL coaching stint in Perth. We can't afford to keep choking down the stretch." "We do so much at practice and talk about what we need to do but when it really really comes to the crunch our guys are mentally soft. ![]() There's nothing a player wants to hear less than being labelled soft but that's exactly what Beveridge did after the 99-96 failure against Perth in which they gave up 31 points in the final term. Unimpressed: Hawks coach Rob Beveridge looks on during last week's loss to his former team, Perth, in Wollongong. ![]()
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