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[Booney]

Cats assistant Steven King appointed Melbourne coach

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Cats assistant Steven King appointed Melbourne coach

Hasn’t he applied for every job in the last 5-10 years?

Last man standing?

[Booney]

MELBOURNE has appointed Geelong assistant Steven King as its new coach.

King takes over at the Demons following the sacking of premiership coach Simon Goodwin last month.

The Dees moved swiftly to make the appointment after the first round of serious interviews at the start of this week.

He edges out fellow assistants James Kelly, Daniel Giansiracusa and Brendon Lade, with Hayden Skipworth having pulled out earlier this week, while former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley was also in the process.

It comes after King came close to being appointed the West Coast senior coach last year before Andrew McQualter won the role.

"Melbourne has a rich history, and I feel very humbled to be given this opportunity at one of the oldest professional sporting clubs in the world," King said.

"I began my AFL career in 1996 and have experienced it all across the past 30 years. I'm excited to bring my experience to the club and see what we can achieve, together, from next season and beyond.

"I can't wait to meet the playing group, my fellow coaches, the staff, and the Demon faithful, and start building towards 2026."

King will continue to serve as the Cats' assistant coach for the rest of their finals campaign.

The former Geelong and St Kilda ruckman played 240 games at the top level, including 193 at the Cats, including their 2007 premiership.

[MW]

Did Bucks pull out?

[Jim05]

Did Bucks pull out?

I think he may have thought he just needed to rock up to get it.

A bloke on SEN just likened Buckley’s approach to the Melbourne gig to a bloke thinking a girl was going to take off her dress before he’d even bought her the first drink.

[Lightning McQueen]

MELBOURNE has appointed Geelong assistant Steven King as its new coach.

King takes over at the Demons following the sacking of premiership coach Simon Goodwin last month.

The Dees moved swiftly to make the appointment after the first round of serious interviews at the start of this week.

He edges out fellow assistants James Kelly, Daniel Giansiracusa and Brendon Lade, with Hayden Skipworth having pulled out earlier this week, while former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley was also in the process.

It comes after King came close to being appointed the West Coast senior coach last year before Andrew McQualter won the role.

"Melbourne has a rich history, and I feel very humbled to be given this opportunity at one of the oldest professional sporting clubs in the world," King said.

"I began my AFL career in 1996 and have experienced it all across the past 30 years. I'm excited to bring my experience to the club and see what we can achieve, together, from next season and beyond.

"I can't wait to meet the playing group, my fellow coaches, the staff, and the Demon faithful, and start building towards 2026."

King will continue to serve as the Cats' assistant coach for the rest of their finals campaign.

The former Geelong and St Kilda ruckman played 240 games at the top level, including 193 at the Cats, including their 2007 premiership.

I'm sure his speeches will be thrilling.

[dedja]

Did Bucks pull out?

I think he may have thought he just needed to rock up to get it.

A bloke on SEN just likened Buckley’s approach to the Melbourne gig to a bloke thinking a girl was going to take off her dress before he’d even bought her the first drink.

FIGJAM?

[Booney]

Did Bucks pull out?

I think he may have thought he just needed to rock up to get it.

A bloke on SEN just likened Buckley’s approach to the Melbourne gig to a bloke thinking a girl was going to take off her dress before he’d even bought her the first drink.

I reckon he was just going through the process to see if his heart was in it.

If he wanted it, he'd have got it.

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Did Bucks pull out?

I think he may have thought he just needed to rock up to get it.

A bloke on SEN just likened Buckley’s approach to the Melbourne gig to a bloke thinking a girl was going to take off her dress before he’d even bought her the first drink.

I reckon he was just going through the process to see if his heart was in it.

If he wanted it, he'd have got it.

Sharpening up his interview skills ready for the Tassie interview

[Booney]

I'm not sure he's up for it and I don't think he knows.

If he'd really wanted a gig his name would have been out there to replace Longmire or Hinkley even. Never seemed like he was actually in the picture and why would he compared to his media gig?

[tigerpie]

Did Bucks pull out?

He wants the Tassie job.

[dedja]

Good on the Dees for telling Figjam to Vaffunculo … he was just wasting everyone’s time.

[gadj1976]

Good on the Dees for telling Figjam to Vaffunculo … he was just wasting everyone’s time.

Sounds like it. He said last night that he still has Tassie up his sleeve and is looking forward to that. Odd.....

[Dutchy]

Surely Melbourne job is more attractive than the Tassie job?

[mal]

Being the first coach of an inaugural franchise is tantalizingly quite historical.

[Booney]

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