And that's how it should be.'' Now, it has ''legs of its own'' and, all these years later, he has to ask himself if he really believes what he said. Then they came out and won the next week and I thought, 'This is a really tough game'.''. He brought his insides up this morning, he’s vomiting. The first practice match, one of his best players didn't turn up, instead going rabbiting. This way we've got none. Their son, John jnr, an unspectacular but highly reliable footballer, played in four Hawthorn premierships. You're a disgrace to the name of Moncrieff, the way you’re not fighting. As a coach, he is remembered for telling a player wiping blood from the side of his face not to worry about injuries above the neck. He won four best and fairests in five years but, in his words, his club was the joke of the competition. It includes a watermark on the front with a digitised former club logo and Kennedy’s signature inscribed underneath. Crimmo, widely acclaimed as the most courageous player in the game. Hawthorn. Then another player left the club because he didn't like the way Kennedy addressed the players during a loss. Get the ball and kick the ball and kick it long. Enjoyed this speech? The grand final of that year, played six weeks after the end of World War II, is the most violent grand final in the history of the game and remembered simply as The Bloodbath. That’s the first thing. The brown and gold welcome in defender Kyle Hartigan! Swans coach John Longmire consoles Josh Kennedy after a minute's silence for John Kennedy at the SCG. Hawthorn coach John Kennedy being congratulated on his team's 1971 grand final win. Her people, Cochranes from Dunfermline in Scotland, helped the family through. The North Melbourne Football Club is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former Play virile strong football, put your bodies in to get the ball. What a pathetic performance. Kennedy handed over the reigns after 299 games, a club record surpassed only by current coach Alastair Clarkson. At least I did something for the sake of the side. Electorate. ''My job is to make them better,'' replied Kennedy. Don't think, Mick, don’t hope. He won the best and fairest in his first year but the Hawks lost every game. Parkin's fourth premiership team - Carlton in 1995 - basically ran itself. And then you wonder why it goes bang, bang, bang, up the ground. Kennedy much admired Melbourne coach Norm Smith. It's disgraceful out there running along pushing blokes after they get rid of the ball, running over the, over the mark, on the, on the back line and giving them fifteen yards on the back line. Knock the ball towards our goals and anybody who takes a mark, handball on, handball on, one handball and kick the cover off it. Kennedy's actions include a four-year term (1993 to '97) as head of the AFL Commission. The impression you get from contemporary reports is that he was a gangly, awkward ruckman who was totally uncompromising. I think I have done that bit', BAFTA acceptance, Leading Actress - 2019, Axel Scheffler: 'The book wasn't called 'No Room on the Broom! He would go on to win three Jock McHale medals during his coaching career (1961, 1971, 1976). Mr John Kennedy. Hawthorn fans can pre-order their Kennedy Legends guernsey here. If you're in the pack no messying about, no three votes, knock it towards our goal, that's the only, only, way to do. He became coach in 1960, leading the club to its inaugural premiership the following year. Melbourne was the power club of the era - Kennedy saw Barassi, the Melbourne captain, be equally demanding with one of his players who fell hurt. All the great coaches I have met have been fully aware that, ultimately, the game is only a game. '', Early in his career, playing the Magpies, he saw a Collingwood player who was knocked down stay down. And even the governor, Sir Henry Winneke, he has often said, “At least do something"'. Speakola is a labour of love and I’d be very grateful if you would share, tweet or like it. Classicists will point to the fact that he was a school principal who taught English and can still recite parts of Henry V's speech before the battle of Agincourt, as re-created for the stage by William Shakespeare. You weren't at the match committee on Thursday night as I was when we had a big argument as to whether he ought to be in or out and everybody spoke his mind and he finished up out. Deep dive into every Hawks' players 2020 season. ', Defense of 2nd Spanish Republic - 1936, Jimmy Reid: 'A rat race is for rats. Have you got that? speech from … '', He arrived at Hawthorn in 1950. Do. Actions speak louder than words.''. '', He treated his players rigorously as a collective, rarely if ever speaking to them individually, and insisting on a radical selflessness. At least you can come off and say, 'I did this, I shepherded, I played on. Anybody who takes a mark take the risk and hand-pass, and players without the ball you must have the initiative to come past, but don’t all come past and no one go in, that’s half the trouble. No, throw it on to your team-mate further on. ''They were doing their best,'' the player said. Collingwood had brought in notorious hard man Len Hustler. ''We'll point you in the right direction. Of his time in Stawell, Kennedy says: ''I learned a bit up there. Half the game over. 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Explaining his ''Don't think'' speech during the 1975 grand final, he says that Hawthorn team had ''quite a few academics in it''. AFL legend John Kennedy Snr dies aged 91 – leaving behind a legacy as the greatest coach in Hawthorn's history. There’s a lot of blokes prepared to run past but not too many are prepared to go in. Are you game enough to back me up? The coffin is being wheeled down the aisle of the church when a booming voice sounds out. I've seen Matthews on his own over there, but nah, don’t kick it to him, don’t handpass it, run on and kick it, over the man on the mark, and give it to him if it's on. Hawthorn coach John Kennedy being congratulated on his team's 1971 grand final win. JOHN Kennedy is 83 now. ''That was a big deal, being taken to see them.'' You stay on the ball Bernie, put your body in all the time, down the back line, knock the ball out towards our goals, on the forward line over the back as I said before. "I was r…, John Kennedy: 'Do. In the VFL, young Kennedy barracked for the Pies. John jnr and Bernadette's son Josh will play for Sydney in today's grand final. You must win the ball to win the match. It has a second, less well-known part which goes: ''DON'T HOPE! Kennedy snr was a three-time premiership coach and four-time best and fairest winner at Hawthorn and his "don't think, don't hope, do!" At first when you get it you'll have to kick it because you haven't had many kicks. He’s not here. Sometimes he finds it easier watching the games on replay after he knows the result. Bomber, a player can be beaten for half a game and come back in the second half. 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Kennedy is widely acknowledged as the finest orator in the history of the game. Speakola is a labour of love and I’d be very grateful if you would share, tweet or like it. The guernsey sees a return to the club’s traditional brown and gold colours, straying from the white alternate strip of recent years. I'm game enough to tell you to do it. When Kennedy fronted the player and demanded to know why, the player said: ''Because I prefer rabbiting to playing football.''. ''I think I do. He coached the local team. ''As a captain, he was such a great example, taking all the physical and mental risks.'' About John Kennedy Snr: Affectionately known as ‘Kanga’, Kennedy played 164 games for Hawthorn from 1950-1959, winning four club best and fairest awards. Mick, you’re in the forward pocket this time ... Now look, one bloke went out on the flank and battled against three, and I don’t know what in the name of fortune you’re doing, there's only one thing in football and that's to get in and fight for the ball.Fight for the bal!! But I'm not responsible for the gutless, witless display that's going on out there. The jumper is the first iteration of a collectable Legends series, with Kennedy, the first of eight club legends set to be honoured in the coming years. Legislative Assembly 20 February 2019 Hawthorn Inaugural Speech Video View. But I can't understand the mentality of blokes. He wasn't impressed with anything but winning, which he once described ''as a good feeling which lasts for an hour after the game''. He spoke very harshly to him - I thought there's trouble at Collingwood. Hawthorn has unveiled its 2019 alternate guernsey, paying homage to club legend John Kennedy Snr. He has pale blue eyes that sparkle with good humour and, in that spirit, he gives me his vision of his funeral. And more than that, when you win the ball you must cooperate with fellas coming past. He talks with great fondness about David Parkin, captain of Hawthorn's 1971 premiership team and Kennedy's successor as coach.