Geelong coach Chris Scott says he doesn’t perceive ongoing criticism of Tom Hawkins’s kind, however he did verify the record-breaking veteran will sit out the Cats’ upcoming conflict with Gold Coast in Darwin.
Hawkins ended his four-match aim drought with a single main within the Cats’ slender 15.11 (101) to 14.10 (96) loss to Port Adelaide at Kardinia Park on Friday night time.
However the 35-year-old was restricted to only seven disposals by former teammate Esava Ratugolea in one other subdued show that’s more likely to intensify the highlight on his kind.
Scott held again from launching a full-scale defence of Hawkins however caught up for the three-time premiership ahead following the Cats’ second consecutive loss.
“I assume the one sort of unfavourable emotion that I really feel is a little bit of confusion,” Scott stated.
“It is a bit just like the Tom Stewart factor. If you wish to be the perfect participant within the comp, the expectations round your efficiency are going to be larger than everybody else.
“So you’re taking the great with the dangerous.”
Hawkins, who has kicked 791 objectives over a profession spanning 18 seasons, continues to draw a number of the competitors’s greatest defenders for opponents.
“He is topical. He is been such participant and he is nonetheless such an vital participant for us,” Scott stated.
“It isn’t the one check however should you survey our opponents and ask, ‘Would you like him to play or not?’, I am assuming they might say not. That is nonetheless the best way I take a look at it.
“I assumed he had some very nice moments as the sport went on as properly, however we did not get the ball ahead a lot early on.”
Scott stated the membership had deliberate for Hawkins to be rested in spherical 10, skipping the assembly with the Suns that comes on a six-day break and contains journey.
It would enable Hawkins to surpass long-time teammate Joel Selwood’s file for many matches performed for the Cats — at the moment 355 — once they host GWS at Kardinia Park in spherical 11.
“I feel he is going bodily fairly properly,” Scott stated.
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