{"id":755009,"date":"2026-06-23T12:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/755009\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T12:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:21:11","slug":"contract-shock-as-top-coach-gettable-concerning-report-on-why-cat-missed-game-afl-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/755009\/","title":{"rendered":"Contract shock as top coach \u2018gettable\u2019; concerning report on why Cat missed game \u2014 AFL Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the AFL\u2019s top coaches is out of contract soon – and willing to consider a move elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Plus a concerning report on a Geelong star. Get the latest in AFL Daily!<\/p>\n

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CONTRACT SHOCK AS HAWKS COACH \u2018GETTABLE\u2019<\/p>\n

Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell is \u201cgettable\u201d by a rival club for the right price, reports Tom Morris<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mitchell is out of contract at the end of 2027 and with Tasmania, Carlton and Essendon all seeking a senior coach, he would be an extremely hot commodity having been highly rated for his work leading the Hawks from the doldrums back into contention.<\/p>\n

The Brownlow medallist joked on Seven on Monday night he had held \u201cmultiple meetings\u201d with Tasmania but immediately clarified he was \u201cvery happy at Hawthorn\u201d.<\/p>\n

While the move may just be an attempt to drive up his own price, Morris says Mitchell \u201cwould take a call from a rival club if a rival club was interested in him.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNegotiations have paused by mutual consent recently between the Hawks and the Mitchell camp, I think they\u2019ll accelerate soon again,\u201d he explained on The Agenda Setters.<\/p>\n

\u201cHawthorn formally hasn\u2019t offered him a deal, they would like him to extend before the start of 2027 into 2028, although that appears a long way away.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy belief is Sam Mitchell is open for business and is gettable for the right price and the right club.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone that assumes that Sam Mitchell is locked into Hawthorn for the next 10 to 15 years without fully understanding that he is gonna do what\u2019s best for his career and his family probably doesn\u2019t understand what sort of driven person Sam Mitchell is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morris added while Mitchell \u201cloves\u201d Hawthorn, he\u2019s \u201cnot going to let them offer him a long-term deal that doesn\u2019t do justice to his skill set and his value in the marketplace\u201d.<\/p>\n

Sam Mitchell and Tyson Stengle.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n

WORRYING REPORT ON WHY CAT MISSED GAME<\/p>\n

Geelong star Tyson Stengle missed a recent VFL game unexpectedly after being allegedly spotted by witnesses at a nightclub, it has been reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The All-Australian forward starred at state level two weeks ago, kicking four goals in his comeback game after a period away from the club due to personal issues.<\/p>\n

However Seven\u2019s Xander McGuire claimed Stengle was expected to play for the Cats against Southport last weekend, but did not make the flight.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know there was an expectation, at least close to when wheels went up, that Tyson Stengle would be on that plane because the crew on that flight were actually paging his name over the speakers, asking where he was,\u201d McGuire said on The Agenda Setters.<\/p>\n

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Geelong did not give a reason for Stengle\u2019s absence when it confirmed its VFL side for the week, and Geelong-based radio station K-Rock reported illness was the cause.<\/p>\n

But McGuire reported eyewitnesses alleged spotting Stengle at Electric Nightclub, on Chapel Street in Prahran, on Wednesday night after the State of Origin game at the MCG.<\/p>\n

That was around 36 hours before he was scheduled to fly north for the Saturday game.<\/p>\n

\u201cOutside of the Geelong Football Club, there\u2019s a lot of people who\u2019ve put a lot of work into Tyson Stengle \u2026 there\u2019d be a disappointment,\u201d McGuire added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the AFL\u2019s top coaches is out of contract soon – and willing to consider a move…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-755009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}