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There was a moment during the Western Bulldogs unhorsing of the emperor Hawthorn at the MCG last weekend that seemed beautifully symbolic. Luke Hodge, Hawthorns ageing warrior was caught out of position but intent on taking his ground back as he confronted Marcus Bontempelli of the Bulldogs, the best young player in the competition, near goal.Bontempelli was not cowed by the moment. He stuck his chest out, held the Hawks skipper off, and took the mark, and it was a night for passing of batons, so it seemed. Of course Hawthorn will be back, on the evidence of recent history, and Hodge will fire a few more shots. But not this year.Meanwhile the Bulldogs continue their improbable run from seventh on the ladder, picking up all the neutrals on their considerable bandwagon, not to mention the unswerving support of their fans, most of whom cannot even remember their last premiership in 1954.Luke Beveridge is at the heart of it as the coach, because the all-too-common organisational charts do not work in footy clubs. The coach should be right at the top, with the president and the chief executive, although at times, we try to pretend otherwise. We like to think that the coach is just about the footy, but we have to remember that the footy is the core business.Beveridge is the best new coach footy has seen in years, possibly since Alastair Clarkson took over at Hawthorn at the end of 2004, and their journeys were not dissimilar. Clarkson had coached a lot, won a premiership in the SANFL, coached in the VFL and worked as an assistant under smart people like Mark Choco Williams at Port Adelaide by the time Ian Dicker and the Hawthorn board appointed him. He had done an MBA and worked as a phys-edder, but he liked coaching. He was a revelation at Hawthorn, as four flags in a decade shows.A good rather than great player, Beveridge retired and went into the corporate world, too, but kept coming back to footy. He coached St Bedes in the amateur competition to three straight flags, he coached in the background at Collingwood, and then at Hawthorn from 2012-2014 under Clarkson, ironically alongside Leon Cameron, now coach of Greater Western Sydney and his direct opponent on Saturday at the Sydney showgrounds. He worked out how to manage groups of people, how to draw them along with him and nurture them.At a footy club, you find a good coach and everything seems to follow. The Bulldogs were scarcely in a great spot when he arrived; the board had reached a mutual agreement with Brendan McCartney to leave after the players turned against him. The reluctant captain and superstar player, Ryan Griffen, had walked. A year on, they are close to a grand final, with only the burgeoning GWS in front of their goal.What is so good about Beveridge? It is the organic improvement of those within, like Liam Picken, who looks like he could play lead guitar for AC/DC and plays just as hard. It is the role players, like Joel Hamling, holding down a key defensive post when hardly anyone knew him a few months ago. It is the enthusiasm and the spirit that has been engendered through a footy club, an infectious vibe.What a wonderful irony that Hawthorn could be brought down in their quest to match the four consecutive flags of Collingwood from 1927-1930 by a team coached by Beveridge, whose grandfather Jack played in the centre for the Magpies in the side that came to be known as The Machine.At the Bulldogs, the coach sets no limits. He is not about honorable defeat; in fact, the motto the players have adopted is: Why not us?No wonder they are everybodys second team right now. Christian Okoye Chiefs Jersey . Jane Virtanen scored two, and Alex Roach and Elliott Peterson rounded out the offence for the Hitmen (40-15-6). Brady Brassart chipped in with three assists. Colton McCarthy scored twice, Brayden Point had a goal and two assists, and Jack Rodewald also scored for the Warriors (15-35-9), who were 2 for 5 on the power play. Kansas City Chiefs Jerseys . 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The Swiss racers are the sports fourth-oldest team, and there is a lot of affection for the team that keeps rising from the ashes, no matter how hot the fires.Once the relief that Sauber had secured their future had subsided, the question on everyones lips was who or what is Longbow? In the Budapest paddock on Thursday, rumours were circulating that Marcus Ericssons backers were behind the deal, although the Swedish driver denied any knowledge when asked in the official FIA press conference.I think its great news for the team, Ericsson said on Thursday. Its no secret its been a difficult year for us in Sauber, financially mainly. We havent been able to update the car the way we wanted and been fighting in the back. I think for the team its been very, very important that this happened and its great news. What it means for the future, I dont know, we have to wait and see. But for sure its very, very good news for everyone in Sauber.Asked about the stories linking his backers with the Sauber takeover, Ericsson replied: Ive seen that [story] as well. Its not something I know about. Im not involved in these kind of things anyway, so yeah I really dont know to be honest. And my future, like anyone else without a contract for next year so looking at Sauber because I really like the way its working in Sauber. Hopefully now with a new owner we can improve as a team but also looking at other alternatives, so lets see.The Swedish driver then had to deflect a further question on the link, saying Of course I care about [the future of my team] and I think its important that the team has got a new owner, but who they are and what they are is not something that Im involved with. Im contracted as a racing driver and my job is to drive the car as fast as possible on the race track, to work with my engineers, to work with the guys on the aero, stuff like that. Who owns the teams and who is putting money in the team and all these kinds of stuff - I think that is not my job so its as simple as that.A little digging through company records available online does show some links between the mysterious Longbow Finance (first incorporated as Tepar Investmeent Management in 1963) and single-seater motorsport, irrespective of any possible links with Ericsson or his backers: Raymond J.dddddddddddd. Baer, president of the Longbow Finance board of directors, has a CV dominated by years spent with Swiss private bank Julius B?r, one of Formula Es key sponsors.Longbow is but one of many boards that Baer sits on - the Swiss financier is also president of the board of directors at Swiss investment firm Alpine Select, a position he has held since 2013; honorary chairman of both the Julius Baer Group Ltd. and Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. (since 2012); president of the board of trustees for the Pension Fund of the Julius Baer Group (since 2004), and many more besides.Baer is incredibly well connected in the Swiss business and finance worlds. Away from Julius B?r the 57-year-old is a member of the advisory board of the Lorange Institute of Business Zurich and since 2001 has served as president of the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce -- Financial Services Chapter Board. But Baer also has an interest in the automotive sector, and in 2014 he was made a member of the board of AMAG Automobil- und Motoren AG, a major Swiss car dealer and importer founded in 1945 to bring luxury marques to Swiss clients.Bloombergs profile of Longbow is limited in scope, but their background on Baer paints a very clear picture of a man who is socially and professionally connected to everyone -- and every business -- worth knowing in Switzerland. This person is connected to 14 board members in three different organizations across four different industries, Bloomberg noted in a thumbnail sketch.Where things get really interesting is with the list of previous names Longbow has been known by, one of which is Tetral Investment Management SA -- a company that is currently listed as being based at 70 Avenue du General-Guisan, in Pully, Switzerland. That is also the current contact address for Tetra Laval International SA, the parent company of Tetra Pak and owned by a certain Hans Rausing, backer of the only Swedish driver on the grid.Given those circumstances, it is hard to believe that Longbows decision to invest in Sauber is entirely coincidental. ' ' '