Coach Who should be our next coach?

[Lore]

Spoiler: Timeline and reported candidates

15/8 Board toppled (reportedly will pursue Clarkson)
19/8 Alastair Clarkson to join North
21/8 Ben Rutten

Ben Rutten

Age

41

Ht

190cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.4

3star

K

6.3

2star

HB

7.0

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.3

3star

No current season stats available

D

10.6

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

4.4

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.0

3star

sacked
22/8 Coach selection sub-committee to be established to find a replacement
26/8 Committee members announced: Josh Mahoney

Josh Mahoney

Age

47

Ht

180cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

4.5

3star

M

3.5

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.2

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

3.8

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.4

3star

(GM-Footy, chair), Dorothy Hisgrove (Board member), Andrew Thorburn, Simone McKinnis, Robert Walls, Jordan Lewis

Jordan Lewis

Age

38

Ht

186cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.5

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

11.5

5star

M

5.5

5star

T

2.7

4star

MG

310.5

4star

No current season stats available

D

15.0

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

8.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.8

5star

7/9 James Hird, Dean Solomon

Dean Solomon

Age

45

Ht

189cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.8

4star

K

9.4

4star

HB

5.5

4star

M

3.9

4star

T

3.7

5star

No current season stats available

D

17.6

5star

K

13.4

5star

HB

4.2

4star

M

6.2

5star

T

2.8

5star

, Brendon Lade

Brendon Lade

Age

48

Ht

199cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.4

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

4.0

3star

HO

15.1

5star

No current season stats available

D

11.2

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

4.4

4star

HO

9.6

5star

, Adem Yze

Adem Yze

Age

47

Ht

187cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

14.4

5star

HB

3.8

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

5.2

2star

K

3.4

2star

HB

1.8

2star

M

0.6

1star

T

0.6

3star

interviewed at EY
13/9 Daniel Giansiracusa

Daniel Giansiracusa

Age

42

Ht

182cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.6

4star

K

11.0

4star

HB

6.6

4star

M

5.1

5star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

10.2

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

2.8

3star

M

5.2

5star

T

2.0

4star

G

1.0

4star

reportedly interviewed
17/9 Don Pyke “not pursuing that at this stage”
21/9 Brad Scott contacted by the club but won’t make a decision on whether to pursue the role until after the Grand Final
21/9 Adem Yze

Adem Yze

Age

47

Ht

187cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

14.4

5star

HB

3.8

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

5.2

2star

K

3.4

2star

HB

1.8

2star

M

0.6

1star

T

0.6

3star

has second interview and tours the training facilities at Tullamarine
22/9 Blake Caracella

Blake Caracella

Age

47

Ht

186cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.5

4star

K

10.1

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.7

4star

T

1.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.2

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

4.4

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

0.6

3star

will put his hat in the ring
27/9 Brendon Lade

Brendon Lade

Age

48

Ht

199cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.4

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

4.0

3star

HO

15.1

5star

No current season stats available

D

11.2

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

4.4

4star

HO

9.6

5star

appointed as assistant coach at the Western Bulldogs, out of the running for Essendon job
28/9 Brad Scott to be interviewed on Thursday
29/9

 

[jmoo wan]

I'm trying to gauge your opinion on this. I'm sure your role is 'Seinfeld Aggitator'.

Honestly, I think it is absolutely bonkers that we are even in a position where Hird is a serious contender for the senior coaching role.

Having said that, I am becoming more and more convinced that Hird is a serious contender for the senior coaching role, so **** it - I'm embracing the madness!

 

[DERO]

I give up

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jmoo wan on the anti-inflams again.

 

[Howard Moon]

Hirds got a big set, I'll give him that!

Wait....is gigantism of the testicles a known side effect of thmodulum or thymosin?

 

[Lore]

I’d like to know what Heppell and Merrett think.

As far as I can recall they’re the only ones left who were at Essendon in 2015 who will (most likely) be playing here in 2023.

 

[Lord Nicholson]

 

[Steele13]

Sorry to the Hird fans, I just plonked the remainder of my sportsbet account on him to get the gig, guaranteed not to happen now.

 

[Howard Moon]

Robbo is a bloody menace.

 

[Howard Moon]

I've thought about it every which way and the only rational explanation I could possibly come up with for Hird being in the mix is the club playing the long game on the redemption of their king. Nothing else makes any sense

 

[DERO]

Robbo is a bloody menace.

He foreshadowed this weeks ago. He mentioned something along the lines of "only Hird returning could make the club whole again" or something like that.

 

[brain taylor]

anyone else remember in AFL 99 how the sound files were bungled so bruce always called yze "woewodin"?

 

[windyhill]

This has echoes of kernahan “we’re carlton, **** the rest”.
It’s that ****ing stupidly arrogant.

 

[Don Won]

Is the revised poll still open to opposition trolls? I don’t seem to be able to click and see the voters.

 

[Howard Moon]

He foreshadowed this weeks ago. He mentioned something along the lines of "only Hird returning could make the club whole again" or something like that.

That, or going through a process, sacking the board, installing a better board, firing the list manger and hiring a competent one, getting a great new coach who installs a game plan that wins a final, then the flag.

Either works I guess.

 

[frodos gardener]

I was under the impression that they shortlisted before the interviews, but given how few seem interested in the job perhaps they shortlisted themselves just by turning up

Maybe they had to longlist the applicants, I.e. extend additional invitations

 

[dank420_]

So let’s set the scene.

He gets the job, immediately everyone is baying for his blood, again, immediately, ‘Last time this, last time that’, he doesn’t get the benefit of starting again, as much as we would like a clean slate.

I think we have to have the cognitive dissonance to say ‘yes, he had the makings of a really successful coach (particularly now that we know he has absolutely no infrastructure around him’ but it just isn’t destined to be an eternal ‘what if’.

I don’t expect him to get special treatment and therefore I can’t see him winning the gig over well credentialed opponents.

I agree with your last sentence so it’s a moot point, but that’s not the scene.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

I don’t even care

the oppo melts will be way worth it

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

There is always another possibility (albeit slim).

The club asked Hird to apply for the job in front of a partially external panel because they don't believe he could win and therefore helps put to bed the possibility of Hird returning during the next coaches tenure and quietens the supporter base. Easy to respond to calls for Hird with "an impartial and experienced panel chose another candidate over Hird, who was interviewed but ultimately fell short."

 

[jmoo wan]

There is always another possibility (albeit slim).

The club asked Hird to apply for the job in front of a partially external panel because they don't believe he could win and therefore helps put to bed the possibility of Hird returning during the next coaches tenure and quietens the supporter base. Easy to respond to calls for Hird with "an impartial and experienced panel chose another candidate over Hird, who was interviewed but ultimately fell short."

i call this the backfired gambit.

 

[frodos gardener]

Hird is charming, as in literally he has the ability to charm an audience. Some people call it aura but whatever. The result is people tend to look at him and end up with sparkles in their eyes. Can he charm Walls and Lewis? If anyone can, he can, but even that might be beyond him in this setting. The panel being 6 people gives it extra resistance to his coughs unnatural talents of persuasion.

I don’t believe he will be appointed, personally, and the reason on paper will be lack of recent coaching experience, but he will also come out of it looking good - a somewhat repair on his reputation with lots of commendations from the panel. They will say it was close and he made a strong case.

 

[MiguelM]

There is always another possibility (albeit slim).

The club asked Hird to apply for the job in front of a partially external panel because they don't believe he could win and therefore helps put to bed the possibility of Hird returning during the next coaches tenure and quietens the supporter base. Easy to respond to calls for Hird with "an impartial and experienced panel chose another candidate over Hird, who was interviewed but ultimately fell short."

QAnon folk would believe that possible!

 

[Bombers36]

Surely the AFL has a duty of care around James Hirds mental health after the saga and his subsequent suicide attempt. If he wins the job and things go south again after a year or two for whatever reason there must be some questions around how it may impact his mental health..!?!?!


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[mxett]

Can we beg Rutton to come back? How are Yze, Hird, Lade or Pyke better options?

 

[Kyptastic]

I’d like to know what Heppell and Merrett think.

As far as I can recall they’re the only ones left who were at Essendon in 2015 who will (most likely) be playing here in 2023.

Are we trading Langford and Laverde?

 

[windyhill]

I hear the Adelaide Crows are hitting the camp trail again with their old mates Collective Minds.

 

[Lore]

Are we trading Langford and Laverde?

Oh yeah 2014 draft. Them too then Parish Francis Redman and everyone younger than that were 2015 draft onwards and most of the older guys were traded in after 16.

Anyone else I missed?