Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson confident Lance Franklin will re-sign with the club Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson says players, fans and clubs must get used to free agency. HAWTHORN coach Alastair Clarkson remains confident superstar Lance Franklin will stay at the club beyond 2013. But Clarkson conceded under free agency players were entitled to assess all options and opportunities put on the table. Franklin has postponed contract talks with the Hawks until the end of the year. "At some point in time he'll sit down with all the information that's available to him, and I think he just genuinely wants to see how this footy season unfolds before he makes a decision on where he wants to play his footy in 2014," Clarkson told SEN this morning. [There's] a very, very high chance that that's at the Hawthorn footy club. Clarkson said free agency was a "delicate situation" with high profile players given the option of switching clubs. "Staying in one place for nine years is a long period of time now, and that's another thing we've just got to get used to," Clarkson said.