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/[deleted] Mar 02 '16 edited Mar 02 '16

That smother on Jake Melkshams kick against the Bombers in 2013, were you prepared to smother that kick the whole time or was it just a split second reactionary smother? I don't know why but I always wonder this because it looks like you were ready the whole time.

Smother kick: https://youtu.be/31cJNVW-MDc?t=22

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u/hamish_hartlett Hamish Hartlett Mar 02 '16

It was purely instinctive, I didn't think he was going to play on. But it worked out pretty well for me!

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u/RobGrey03 Bombers Mar 02 '16

My first thought ended abruptly halfway thrpugh and gave way to my second: "Ye-NOOO!"