Tom Mitchell Announces His Retirement | Hosted by Hamish McLachlan | BM #98

On the 98th episode of the Ball Magnets podcast, Tommy is announcing his retirement from his 14-year AFL Career. We're very lucky to have Hamish McLachlan join us to lead this epic chat, and we'll have pod released with a focus on him soon. Congratulations on an unbelievable career Tommy. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - 0:31 - Intro 0:31 - Announcement 3:57 - Accolades & First Contract 8:00 - U16 Footy, before AFL 9:30 - Choosing the Swans 12:34 - On The Fringe18:19 - Signing at Hawthorn & Football Anxiety 20:58 - Does winning a Brownlow Medal change your life? 23:57 - 2023 Grand Final 26:55 - Finding out the Norm Smith Medalist 28:55 - Conceding Defeats 29:10 - Worst feeling in football (Leg Break) 34:25 - 208 Games Played 37:03 - Best Advice Recieved 38:31 - Not Fast, Not Big, Not Athletic 40:23 - The Speed of the Game 42:04 - Did you give the game everything? 43:53 - Idle hands are the Devil's tools 46:00 - Lessons Learned 47:54 - Are you worried about the future?- Host: https://www.instagram.com/tommitchell6/?hl=en Follow BM Socials: https://linktr.ee/ballmagnets Producer - Bailey McCabe: https://www.instagram.com/milliondoll... Studio - Pivotal Conversations: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices