News Simpson sacked

[Red Bull]

be interesting to see if any of the other premiership coaches who've held on too long go too (bevo, scott, ken*) are pushed out now in case clubs are worried about losing out in the next generation coaching roundabout?

*didn't win one but absolutely been too long.

Yep,
The first domino to fall.
Port needn’t be jumpy if there is an existing agreement in place with Carr.
Reckon Scott can bide his time a little longer then head down to Tassie in a few years for his superannuation.
Fagan might follow him as the football director or in some other role.
Melbourne and Footscray might be interested in the race for the best available coach though should they miss finals this season and Adelaide wouldn’t be happy with things atm either …

Game on !!!

 

[bzparkes]

Terrible news

Afraid we're gonna come good?

DW, it'll be a while yet...

 

[Elroo]

id bet my left nut he will get another senior gig at some point in the next 3-5 years.

Board member of the NMFC as an interim position?

 

[bzparkes]

Surely Gaff, Sheed and Darling have to go with them. Sheed should get a farewell game, Darling maybe a week or two then a farewell game. But they all can't be played after that for the rest of the season.

Gaff's done but Sheed and Darling are still contracted.

Sheed should definitely be shown the door. Got a ruined foot and just adds nothing any more.

Darling can play 2s and get nursed to 300 and seeya.

Time to properly rip the bandaid off. We have enough senior players still actually contributing that the ones who aren't can be moved on.

 

[Heardy_101]

be interesting to see if any of the other premiership coaches who've held on too long go too (bevo, scott, ken*) are pushed out now in case clubs are worried about losing out in the next generation coaching roundabout?

*didn't win one but absolutely been too long.

Hinkley should've been tapped on the shoulder after the 2021 Prelim.

 

[Off Tap]

A big thanks to Simmo for coaching my beloved Eagles who have given me some of the most awesome memories with my kids and wife over that time.

Wherever he goes, whatever he does, I wish him the absolute best of luck and success.

Cheers for the good times Simmo.

 

[Lsta062]

As others said, Simpson's contract meant that West Coast couldn't sack him when the need to move him on came. Well, without paying him out a huge lump sum that is.

Much cheaper to do now

 

[Bostonian]

I wouldn't mind adding him to our coaching team. Plenty of experience there.

 

[Obzerva]

As others said, Simpson's contract meant that West Coast couldn't sack him when the need to move him on came. Well, without paying him out a huge lump sum that is.

Much cheaper to do now

Agree. The real sacking should be the one who extended that last contract to put the Eagles in a position where it would have cost so much to sack a coach.

 

[woosha24]

I think you'll find that most of us guys over on the WC board believe that the right decision was made. Not a lot of tears or gnashing of teeth going on.

Simmo was a valued premiership coach who will go down in our club history with more praise to his name than scorn.

Now the rebuild and long climb back towards success can finally start.

 

[Seadog]

Of course his ceiling was much higher, but likewise, none of those guys presided over 3 years of absolutely horrific shit, some of the worst footy we’ve seen in the AFL history, players completely out of shape and not trying.

WC have not even been the most basic of AFL standard for a very long time.

Coaches who do that are spared the blushes somewhat as they get sacked quickly and it can be put down to a bad season, etc.

Not this… it will leave a massive stain on him. It’s unfortunate, he seems like a decent bloke and had a good record prior to that.

But there was a long period where it almost seemed like he was trying to get sacked, or at least just standing around, doing absolutely nothing, waiting for it to happen.

We had a horrific injury list for the last two years. If only there was a way to speed up recovery and regain fitness.

 

[jerry springer]

Had to happen but that is one terrible club statement

At least thank the man for his efforts

 

[Seadog]

Agree. The real sacking should be the one who extended that last contract to put the Eagles in a position where it would have cost so much to sack a coach.

Already happened.

 

[random260]

Extending him was a good move.

Imagine if we continued the melb form we would have been looking like geniuses.

The fact is next coach is a Paul Roos. Sacked within 3 years

 

[Obzerva]

Already happened.

Wondering if that's why the Dockers have been doing one year extensions on Longmuir, everyone's kind of gone a bit wtf about them, but maybe they've just been looking up the road and seeing the position the Eagles were in with a longer term coaching contract.

 

[LordLucifer]

id bet my left nut he will get another senior gig at some point in the next 3-5 years.

Crows, Tassie or Dogs

 

[Back One Out]

He can't coach, he's has no coached grand final appearances, whereas Simpson had 2 grand final appearances and 1 premiership as coach in his first 5 seasons. Hinkley isn't making the grand final, this season, so their 6th place is irrelevant, it's just another wasted season. Whereas Simpson didn't waste 12 seasons, he got a premiership in his 5th season, that's real coaching.

Yeah, righto mate

Whatever you reckon...

 

[NetworkNerd]

Perhaps Dean Cox

Dean Cox

Age

42

Ht

203cm

Wt

107kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.9

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.5

3star

G

0.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.0

4star

K

5.8

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.0

1star

signalled his availability and the board decided now is the time

 

[woosha24]

Extending him was a good move.

Imagine if we continued the melb form we would have been looking like geniuses.

The fact is next coach is a Paul Roos. Sacked within 3 years

The next coach has to do the hard yards and cull the deadwood out of the list. However he is has a thankless task ahead.

 

[Dave]

2 years ago it would've cost the club in excess of $6-$8 million.

That's nuts. The soft cap rules need seriously looking at.

 

[bzparkes]

That's nuts. The soft cap rules need seriously looking at.

It's only for WCE and Freo because the AFL doesn't own their licenses, the WAFC does.

 

[Dave]

It's only for WCE and Freo because the AFL doesn't own their licenses, the WAFC does.

That's even more ****ed.

 

[Handsuper47]

A premiership winning coach gets sacked before Hinkley, guess the Eagles just have much higher standards than Port

 

[Toump Ass]

Hinkley should've been tapped on the shoulder after the 2021 Prelim.

Game was over in the first ten minnies, he shoulda been booted out of the coaches box before quarter time.

 

[Red Bull]

Perhaps Dean Cox signalled his availability and the board decided now is the time

He’s got the best job in the world sitting next to horse watching him lose his shit on the phone every week