by stan » Tue Aug 18, 2015 3:18 pm
by Jim05 » Tue Aug 18, 2015 3:19 pm
am Bays wrote:Egan or Skipworth to take over as interim coach according to The Age http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/the-essendon-crisis-club-and-senior-coach-james-hird-part-ways-20150818-gj1noe.html.
How does "The Hound" like that?? Being over-looked for those two?????
by Jim05 » Tue Aug 18, 2015 3:20 pm
stan wrote:This is good for Essendon. All done now and can move on.
by Jim05 » Tue Aug 18, 2015 3:49 pm
MW wrote:Skipworth! LMAO
by am Bays » Tue Aug 18, 2015 3:53 pm
by Dogwatcher » Tue Aug 18, 2015 4:17 pm
by Footy Smart » Tue Aug 18, 2015 4:19 pm
Dogwatcher wrote:If you watched a video of Hird's career from start to finish, it would be like watching Breaking Bad and Walter White's descent from nice guy to villain.
by RustyCage » Tue Aug 18, 2015 4:23 pm
by Grahaml » Tue Aug 18, 2015 5:10 pm
am Bays wrote:Grahaml wrote:Why they let him back as coach after his suspension is beyond me. He is responsible for the mess they found in. The costs, the heartache and uncertainty they've faced in the last few years all traces back to the program he wanted to implement. The fact the club let him is ridiculous but the things the players have said about Dank are just unbelievable. And this bloke was operating openly under Hird's nose and with his apparent blessing. To think they not only brought him back to drag this out longer, while he fought the legal battle and got paid handsomely is unfathomable. Whatever happens now, Essendon can FINALLY move on. Whether or not the WADA action leads to further penalties, this is the moment the club will say they started to claw back some respectability.
because he only agreed to the suspension if he got offered another contract.
by bennymacca » Tue Aug 18, 2015 5:26 pm
by another grub » Tue Aug 18, 2015 5:35 pm
by stan » Tue Aug 18, 2015 5:43 pm
Jim05 wrote:Turbo wrote:Jim05 wrote:Hird gone.
Resigned or sacked, either way they want to say it he os outta there
Had to happen. Word is he 'resigned'.
He was sacked, he was told last night and has accepted it with a pay out.
Players voted yesterday arvo to keep him but the board did what was best for the club
by stan » Tue Aug 18, 2015 5:44 pm
Grahaml wrote:am Bays wrote:Grahaml wrote:Why they let him back as coach after his suspension is beyond me. He is responsible for the mess they found in. The costs, the heartache and uncertainty they've faced in the last few years all traces back to the program he wanted to implement. The fact the club let him is ridiculous but the things the players have said about Dank are just unbelievable. And this bloke was operating openly under Hird's nose and with his apparent blessing. To think they not only brought him back to drag this out longer, while he fought the legal battle and got paid handsomely is unfathomable. Whatever happens now, Essendon can FINALLY move on. Whether or not the WADA action leads to further penalties, this is the moment the club will say they started to claw back some respectability.
because he only agreed to the suspension if he got offered another contract.
AFL suspension wasn't it? The club could have refused to sign him and let Hird fight it out with the AFL. Hard to see the AFL losing that one. They resigned him mostly out of pride. The club line was that they did nothing wrong, if they took that view they couldn't support the suspension and the extention was their way of thumbing it to the AFL. If they pay him out I guarantee the AFL would help.
by Spargo » Tue Aug 18, 2015 6:44 pm
by Jim05 » Tue Aug 18, 2015 8:13 pm
stan wrote:Bloody hell Jim, you keeps banging on about the players wanting him to stay but which recent effort suggests he still had the players? The crows game? The Saints game?
by Jase » Tue Aug 18, 2015 8:53 pm
by Lightning McQueen » Wed Aug 19, 2015 9:38 am
by stan » Wed Aug 19, 2015 9:38 am
Jim05 wrote:stan wrote:Bloody hell Jim, you keeps banging on about the players wanting him to stay but which recent effort suggests he still had the players? The crows game? The Saints game?
The players are mentally shot and just over it ATM.
The majority of players still love him and as bizarre as it sounds they were devestated at todays announcement even though deep down they knew it was coming. The players have told the board numerous times they wanted him to stay. The coteries pulled the trigger on Hird, he lost the support of the clubs powerbrokers and they have done what they deemed necessary
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