From The Tackle.
1. What a win
Can you save your job with one win?
All the talk out of the west suggested Eagles’ coach Adam Simpson was in real trouble after another flogging from Fremantle last weekend.
The board was weighing up sacking him with two years to run on his deal was the hot tip.
But the extraordinary victory over Western Bulldogs on Sunday says plenty about Simpson, whether he had lost the players, and those tanking claims.
The win has cost the Eagles Harley Reid, as the top draft pick will now go to North Melbourne.
North list manager Brady Rawlings
would have popped a bottle of champagne as the Eagles notched one of the upsets of the season.
But can West Coast turf the coach now? It would be hard, even though the body of work across the season has been putrid for the bulk of it.
The players were right behind him on Sunday and they played until the end to register their third win of the season.
The Eagles’ board has a big call to make and things got even more difficult in a sense after the upset win on Sunday.
1. What a win
Can you save your job with one win?
All the talk out of the west suggested Eagles’ coach Adam Simpson was in real trouble after another flogging from Fremantle last weekend.
The board was weighing up sacking him with two years to run on his deal was the hot tip.
But the extraordinary victory over Western Bulldogs on Sunday says plenty about Simpson, whether he had lost the players, and those tanking claims.
The win has cost the Eagles Harley Reid, as the top draft pick will now go to North Melbourne.
North list manager Brady Rawlings
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Brady Rawlings
- Age
- 43
- Ht
- 184cm
- Wt
- 82kg
- Pos.
- Def
Career
Season
Last 5
- D
- 17.7
- 4star
- K
- 8.7
- 3star
- HB
- 9.0
- 5star
- M
- 3.6
- 4star
- T
- 2.3
- 4star
No current season stats available
- D
- 8.6
- 3star
- K
- 4.6
- 2star
- HB
- 4.0
- 3star
- M
- 1.0
- 1star
- T
- 0.8
- 3star
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But can West Coast turf the coach now? It would be hard, even though the body of work across the season has been putrid for the bulk of it.
The players were right behind him on Sunday and they played until the end to register their third win of the season.
The Eagles’ board has a big call to make and things got even more difficult in a sense after the upset win on Sunday.