MELBOURNE coach Dean Bailey admits there's almost nothing good that can be taken from Sunday evening's 104-point belting at the hands of a rampant Hawthorn.

The Demons went into the match full of confidence after a strong week on the training track, but ended up offering little resistance.

For Bailey, coaching his first game at senior level, it was just one of those horror days that footy occasionally throws up.

"We had a good week of training and we went into the game with a belief that if we were competitive for long enough, then we were a chance,” Bailey told the media after the game.

"But that wasn't the case, and we were uncompetitive for too long. I think losing today is really disappointing, for everyone, and for all the reasons you could possibly come up with.

"The only good thing to come of the game was the way Hawthorn played, and we suffered the consequences.”

The rookie coach said the result was most disappointing for Melbourne's members, and conceded it was difficult to pinpoint even one Demon who overcame an individual opponent.

"There wasn't one player [who won their position] in the sense that I could sit here and call out their name,” Bailey said.

"We let ourselves down in just about every area of the game. We've got to get back on the track and get some confidence back, because there was not a lot of good things to come out of today's game.

"In a game of skill, chasing and pressure, we let ourselves down and we allowed Hawthorn to play a free-running, open and uncontested game.”

Bailey hinted that he was already considering a punishing week on the training track for his players.

"We've just got to get back on the track and work hard,” Bailey said, adding that he'd "have a think” about whether he was willing to replicate some of the summer's most punishing sessions.