Coach James Hird - is it time to give him a second chance at coaching an AFL club? Gil says yes!

[Roogene]

They know exactly what we know - that coteries run the joint.

Who'd want to coach a club like that?

Yes I met a few of them on a trip once whilst Sheedy was in charge. To say Sheedy had them in his hip pocket is an understatement. When Essendon allowed Sheedy onto the board they invited Judas into their ranks. Its always been about Kevin, and Kevin loves Hird and so that was the beginning of the end for Rutten.

 

[sobrave]

Mentally tough;

• coming back from TWO serious and significant career threatening injuries to play high level football
• has opted to front the masses more often than not, when the time is right (he didn't have to do 'the Howie games as one example).
• He is back in football despite every amateur pundit not wanting him to be

Inteligent;
- You clearly don't listen to him enough because this is clearly just baseless negative opinion. That is your right but I (and many) would strongly disagree on this one.

Succesful;

• He won a Brownlow in his 4th year as an AFL player, he won a premiership in his 3rd year and his 10th year
• He won all Australians in multiple positions, even won captaincy in said teams iirc

Good looking;
- what ever floats your boat, he's not the worst looking bloke out there that's for sure.

Great businessman;
- I guess you've never heard of Gembha, the business Hird contributed to and ended up making millions on. He is an avid entrepreneur who has made many a great deals.

Good coach;

Again, this is up to you but in that ravaged season of 2012 Hird had the club inside the top 4 up to the half way point of the season before the wheels fell off on the back of the saga leaking. 2013 was very similar, 4th at round 18 suggests he was going well. 42 wins / 45 losses / 1 draw as his overall record. Writing was on the wall by 2015 with the wheels falling off finishing 15th with a 6 wins, 16 losses but the after effects of the saga still hanging over the players heads.


Up to you how you want to view him but happy to prove your opinion is wrong with facts.

Yeah he's a supermodel mate

A good looking man probably wouldn't still be rocking the Jonathan Taylor Thomas/hugh Grant hairdo from the 90s but whatever floats your boat

 

[sobrave]

Hird returning next year, winning enough games to scrape into the 8, playing Carlton on a Friday night and having Shiel kicking a goal with less than a minute to go to win it for Essendon.

Now that would be the lols

Wow, an elimination final win against a fellow middle of the road battler. Dream big, fella.

The 17 years of failure has really done a number on the Essendon psyche.

 

[Pocket Terrace]

I went to the 150th celebration match against Carlton. The pre-game was just weird. It was a cross between WWE and what I imagine Berlin in the late 1930s felt like.

 

[raskolnikov]

No. No it's not.

 

[Viceregal]

The real question - what does the all-wise Lloyd think?

 

[Mofra]

Hird had a win rate of 45% didn't he?
That would make him the most successful Essendon coach since the late 1960s, with the exception of Kevin Sheedy

 

[zeggie]

Hird returning next year, winning enough games to scrape into the 8, playing Carlton on a Friday night and having Shiel kicking a goal with less than a minute to go to win it for Essendon.

Now that would be the lols

I would love Scarlett Johansson to give me a ******* but that's just a fairytale too.

Again, this is up to you but in that ravaged season of 2012 Hird had the club inside the top 4 up to the half way point of the season before the wheels fell off

I wonder what on earth could have assisted such a strong start to the season, quickly followed by an enormous amount of soft tissue injuries

 

[citizen-erased]

I went to the 150th celebration match against Carlton. The pre-game was just weird. It was a cross between WWE and what I imagine Berlin in the late 1930s felt like.

so glad I missed that one.
that game, the lead in to dreamtime off the back of the Parker/Shiel swans game....that's us in a nutshell. Soft, delusional & cluster****ed

 

[HirdsTheWord]

I reckon that's the first time in the last 9 years that I seen an Essendon supporter look at this objectively.

you havent been looking hard.

this very thread has multiple Essendon supporters saying Hird should not coach us.

 

[Roogene]

Yeah he's a supermodel mate

A good looking man probably wouldn't still be rocking the Jonathan Taylor Thomas/hugh Grant hairdo from the 90s but whatever floats your boat

 

[Milanista28]

Hasn't been an assistant for the last 7 years and he's ugly, sorry James you ain't it.

 

[Fat Nyfe]

Why was my comment moved to the Drugs/ASADA forum? His involvement in that is part of his legacy as a head coach and is a legitimate consideration for any coaching job he applies for.

 

[hawkman]

Hird had a win rate of 45% didn't he?
That would make him the most successful Essendon coach since the late 1960s, with the exception of Kevin Sheedy

Sheedy and Hird co coaches then

 

[Chief]

Why was my comment moved to the Drugs/ASADA forum? His involvement in that is part of his legacy as a head coach and is a legitimate consideration for any coaching job he applies for.

Yoda_ didn't like it.

I listen to my mods.

 

[faible]

I went to the 150th celebration match against Carlton. The pre-game was just weird. It was a cross between WWE and what I imagine Berlin in the late 1930s felt like.

Our marketing team is incredibly cringeworthy.

 

[Jamolad]

Yoda_ didn't like it.

I listen to my mods.

Don't you mean "Not like it, Yoda did. To my mods, I listen."

 

[Vikingnz]

He'll get it and it will be ****ing hilarious.

Seriously - if you went in to Essendon deliberately to destroy it name one decision you would've made different over the past decade.

 

[bzparkes]

The real question - what does the all-wise Lloyd think?

Already said a few weeks back he didn't think it was a good idea.

 

[nineteen eighty]

Mentally tough;

• coming back from TWO serious and significant career threatening injuries to play high level football
• has opted to front the masses more often than not, when the time is right (he didn't have to do 'the Howie games as one example).
• He is back in football despite every amateur pundit not wanting him to be

Inteligent;
- You clearly don't listen to him enough because this is clearly just baseless negative opinion. That is your right but I (and many) would strongly disagree on this one.

Succesful;

• He won a Brownlow in his 4th year as an AFL player, he won a premiership in his 3rd year and his 10th year
• He won all Australians in multiple positions, even won captaincy in said teams iirc

Good looking;
- what ever floats your boat, he's not the worst looking bloke out there that's for sure.

Great businessman;
- I guess you've never heard of Gembha, the business Hird contributed to and ended up making millions on. He is an avid entrepreneur who has made many a great deals.

Good coach;

Again, this is up to you but in that ravaged season of 2012 Hird had the club inside the top 4 up to the half way point of the season before the wheels fell off on the back of the saga leaking. 2013 was very similar, 4th at round 18 suggests he was going well. 42 wins / 45 losses / 1 draw as his overall record. Writing was on the wall by 2015 with the wheels falling off finishing 15th with a 6 wins, 16 losses but the after effects of the saga still hanging over the players heads.


Up to you how you want to view him but happy to prove your opinion is wrong with facts.

You're surely not throwing up 2012 as an example of Hird being a good coach? Really? It's embarrassing if you are. You don't need to respond to every single post on here defending your club. Some things you can just let slide.

 

[Engimal v3]

Mentally tough;

• coming back from TWO serious and significant career threatening injuries to play high level football
• has opted to front the masses more often than not, when the time is right (he didn't have to do 'the Howie games as one example).
• He is back in football despite every amateur pundit not wanting him to be

Inteligent;
- You clearly don't listen to him enough because this is clearly just baseless negative opinion. That is your right but I (and many) would strongly disagree on this one.

Succesful;

• He won a Brownlow in his 4th year as an AFL player, he won a premiership in his 3rd year and his 10th year
• He won all Australians in multiple positions, even won captaincy in said teams iirc

Good looking;
- what ever floats your boat, he's not the worst looking bloke out there that's for sure.

Great businessman;
- I guess you've never heard of Gembha, the business Hird contributed to and ended up making millions on. He is an avid entrepreneur who has made many a great deals.

Good coach;

Again, this is up to you but in that ravaged season of 2012 Hird had the club inside the top 4 up to the half way point of the season before the wheels fell off on the back of the saga leaking. 2013 was very similar, 4th at round 18 suggests he was going well. 42 wins / 45 losses / 1 draw as his overall record. Writing was on the wall by 2015 with the wheels falling off finishing 15th with a 6 wins, 16 losses but the after effects of the saga still hanging over the players heads.


Up to you how you want to view him but happy to prove your opinion is wrong with facts.

Geez, you got me a bit hot and bothered. What a man

 

[jj1978]

I always thought he was a Dark Crystal Mystic..

 

[Red Bull]

Why was my comment moved to the Drugs/ASADA forum? His involvement in that is part of his legacy as a head coach and is a legitimate consideration for any coaching job he applies for.

 

[jj1978]

I wonder why Dean Solomon

Dean Solomon

Age

44

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

isn't the one that EFC deem worthier?

• He's one of them
• A premiership player
• Fair tough player in his day
• Done a decent apprenticeship and even took over a senior team for a period of time
• Has been touted a senior coach in waiting

I find it amusing that he was the one unknown of the 4 candidates interviewed until it finally came to light.. almost like Robbo Hun didn't want any shine being taken away from the drive to annoint Golden boy.

 

[katana]

4-has there ever been a good looking premiership coach?

i'd say current day chris scott (if he gets up), 90s era mick malthouse, 2007 bomber thompson all go pretty well.