- May 2, 2011
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He was very much content, finished, retired. He’d planned it many years out with his end of Hawthorns contract coinciding with the last year of his youngest son’s schooling at Caulfield.
He was in Europe and the US as part of a stadium and start up franchise study on the AFL’s wicket, particularly focused on the Green Bay Packers, who the AFL are basing their Tassie investment on.
He hooked up with Steve Kerr at the GSW as another step and got the itch.
GWS and North were the only ones to offer a role, Essendon came after acceptance.
He’s Paul Roos, not John Longmire, from the horses mouth - his goal is to get us competitive again. That’s it. Anymore is a bonus.
Were you interviewing him for his autobiography at this luncheon? My goodness, he told ya half his life story. Ray Martin wouldn’t of got that much out of him.
“Kangaroos fan are ya? Well the squads f**ked, I’m only there for the short term, and I would have went to Essendon if they had of contacted me earlier. Anyway, have a good lunch. I’m going to have a slap at the pokes before I head off”