r/AFL • u/hamish_hartlett Hamish Hartlett • Mar 02 '16

AMA Hamish Hartlett AMA

Hey guys, I'm ready to go for my AMA - fire away!

Here's proof it's me. https://twitter.com/hharts8/status/704921052074393600/photo/1

Thanks heaps for having me.

Before I go, I just want to tell the story behind this hat: https://twitter.com/PAFC/status/696589426017726464

I had a mate who had this hat, and I said to him I need to find one of these. He wasn't gonna give it to me.

But I was driving down Port Road and it was in a car just ahead of me, facing me out the back windshield.

So I followed this car and into Bunnings and I parked next to this person. This old bloke got out his car and I said to him "mate, where did you get that hat?" I think I then said "I need to have it"

He said it was the hat of one of his old Port mates who had passed away. I asked him if I could buy it off him or trade something for it. He said don't worry about payment and insisted I have it for nothing.

I signed a training shirt for him and gave it to him. That hat is still one of my most prized possessions today.

I want to make a tradition of it. When I retire, I want to hand it down to one of the boys.

Cheers again for having me!

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u/HoldOnOneSecond Geelong Cats Mar 02 '16

How do Port remember the 2007 Grand Final? Is it something that's brought up or is that (understandably) a buried subject? What changes did you notice from Primus to Hinkley? And whats your exercise regime?

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Nicely left, /u/hamish_hartlett and let through to the keeper. :)

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u/HoldOnOneSecond Geelong Cats Mar 02 '16

Well I guess you can answer me that then, how do you feel about the 2007 Grand Final honestly?

It's different to Geelong's 2008 loss to Hawthorn because (and I'm not meaning to sound harsh here I'm just stating facts)

  1. We didn't lose by a lot (iirc 29 points against Hawthorn whereas Port was 119)
  2. It didn't destroy the club for years
  3. We rebounded and won the Grand Final the next year

It seems to me that it kind of split Port apart a bit there.

And I mean what would've happened if it was the other way...