We wrote last week that happiness was listening to the Carlton ferals take over the SEN airwaves with their condemnation of any Brendan Fevola trade away from Carlton.

Today (Wednesday) there has been an encore performance, this time from Hawthorn fans as speculation grows that Hawk hardman Campbell Brown might be shipped off to Port Adelaide as part of the deal to bring Shaun Burgoyne to Waverley Park.

The SEN switchboard is in meltdown mode, egged on by host Kevin Bartlett, who has happily turned his show over to outraged brown and gold types ready to vent.

Brown has been a Hawthorn hero from the day he busted a shoulder while crashing into an Adelaide player at the MCG in 2003 in what was a match-saving act. He was front and centre of the ‘line in the sand' match against Essendon the following year and a key part of the premiership win last year.

Just for good measure, he gave Matthew Lloyd the finger and then one of the finest post-match sprays you would wish to hear in the aftermath of the explosive round 22 loss to Essendon this year. Such acts alone, in the eyes of Hawthorn people, affords instant elevation to the Hawk Hall of Fame.

But the Hawk ferals might also want to cast their minds back to 2001 when another favourite son - Trent Croad - was traded to Fremantle. The Hawks took Luke Hodge with the no.1 selection they received from the Dockers and Sam Mitchell with one of the other draft picks that was part of the deal.

Pretty good deal, don't you think? And that was before Croad crossed back to the Hawks a couple of years later.

Brown's biggest weapon is his hardness, but he no longer has a spot in Hawthorn's best back six now that Josh Gibson has crossed from North Melbourne. He doesn't have the engine for the midfield, and while his switch to the forward line in 2008 reaped enormous dividends, he is not one of Hawthorn's premier forwards, either.

Hawk fans talking about ripping up their memberships and of a huge drop in memberships, should give Alastair Clarkson and Chris Pelchen a bit more credit. If Brown is on the trading table, and with the Hawk officials wisely keeping shtum on the matter it is only speculation at this stage, there are likely to be sound reasons why.

Brown and pick 9 for Burgoyne seems a touch lop-sided in Port's