Carlton midfielder George Hewett believes the group has been revitalised by the numerous adjustments the membership has remodeled summer time, and defended the group after footage of a current coaching session went viral for all of the fallacious causes.
The Blues misplaced key gamers within the commerce interval, together with Charlie Curnow, Jack Silvagni and Tom de Koning, whereas additionally shifting on from head of soccer Brad Lloyd and a number of assistant coaches.
Even past that, former captain Sam Docherty retired and 6 others had been delisted.
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They had been busy within the commerce interval, bringing in 5 gamers, after which landed father-son defender Harry Dean with the third decide within the draft.
Carlton has new line coaches, together with Josh Fraser from Collingwood, former North Melbourne participant Leigh Adams and retired Port Adelaide star Travis Boak in a management position.
Hewett, who received the membership’s finest and fairest in 2025, says the group has a brand new spark to it.
George Hewett of the Blues celebrates kicking a objective. Getty
“Yeah I do (suppose we have freshened up the checklist),” Hewett informed 3AW’s Huge World of Sports activities Radio.
“Getting Will Hayward, Ollie Florent, just a few of my mates from the Swannies, Campbell Chesser, Ben Ainsworth, Liam Reidy.
“I simply really feel like we have introduced in blokes which might be hungry and able to show a degree, I feel.
“They have been coaching rather well. I am unable to actually converse for Will and Ollie, however I do know they’re nice for tradition, off the sector as properly, by way of bringing the group collectively.
“It is simply pleasure in the mean time. That is the phrase I am feeling in the mean time. We won’t wait.
“Pre-season’s been fairly lengthy, so we have got inner tomorrow, type of stuff, after which stepping into the opposition in a few fortnight, which is thrilling.”
The Blues have their faire share of ex-Swans on their checklist now, together with Hewett, Florent, Hayward and defender Nic Newman.
Carlton had a poor 2025 season, lacking the finals, successful solely 9 video games, and their as soon as robust contest and clearance game-plan struggled to stack up.
When requested if that they had made adjustments to their sport plan for 2026, Hewett mentioned “positively”.
“The competitors does not lie,” he added.
“We all know the place we sit from final yr. We have gone to work.
“I do know that contest and defence will at all times be our primary pillar of focus. That’s in all probability the primary factor that wins you premierships, or offers you an opportunity to get across the mark.
“Then we have been focusing and honing in on our offensive expertise. That was primarily pre-Christmas after which we have labored on tightening up our contest and defence.”
Hewett was requested about the viral coaching footage that has made headlines this week, that includes quite a lot of talent errors by Carlton gamers.
He feels they need to be minimize some slack given it was late in a prolonged coaching session.
“I truly have not seen the video,” Hewett mentioned.
“We had been 5 hours right into a session, we would run 28km, we had been a bit drained,” he joked.
