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

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

, 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

 

[Lore]

Don't quite understand Caracella. He'd have a senior gig by now if he wanted one given his impecable resume. From all reports he has either never wanted the top job or never applied for one. I thought he was content on being an assistant but maybe there is more to it...

Never wanted one. Something seemed to change around the middle of this year, when it was reported he's now interested in doing the senior role.

 

[RearNaked]

If they do hire yze just know every loss me and many other dumb campaigners like me will demand he be sacked and we hire hird back..

Every loss..

 

[Lore]

73 Essendon fans voted so far, results:

Yze: 26
Scott: 25
Hird: 13
Pyke: 3
Caracella: 3
Williams: 2
Lade: 1

 

[Mr Bultitude]

It kinda triggers me that it’s spelt “Adem” idk why

Haha

It's typical to see that spelling from Turkey. So with Yze being Albanian you'd assume it's residual from Ottoman times.

 

[The Prosecutor]

Herald Sun/Daniel Cherny has captured Yze meeting with Dodoro.

Would say that Yze is the man.

 

[Hamez]

Herald Sun/Daniel Cherny has captured Yze meeting with Dodoro.

Would say that Yze is the man.

It’s a nothing article lol. Spotted talking during the VC vs VM match.

 

[LB#16]

The media are so desperate for scraps. The club isn't leaking anything. Love it.

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

So if they'd said "we'd have liked a longer return to football" instead of "do an apprenticeship", you'd be happy?

Yep.

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

Has never been an assistant under a non-caretaker coach, has never had the opportunity to observe how a non-caretaker coach operates, has never been part of a successful system as a coach.

When you've been a coach for 4 years, won premierships, a Brownlow and lots of things, you have the right to tell the others to go **** themselves.

 

[dank420_]

Herald Sun/Daniel Cherny has captured Yze meeting with Dodoro.

Would say that Yze is the man.

May have been Dodo warning Yze to stay away

 

[maskmcgee]

Herald Sun/Daniel Cherny has captured Yze meeting with Dodoro.

Hopefully the meeting was Yze telling Dodoro he was fired

 

[The Donners]

So if they'd said "we'd have liked a longer return to football" instead of "do an apprenticeship", you'd be happy?

Devil’s advocate: They knew his lack of “apprenticeship” before they invited him to apply.

 

[rumply]

May have been Dodo warning Yze to stay away

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Wait, Yze is ****ing Dodoro's sister?

 

[windyhill]

Don't quite understand Caracella. He'd have a senior gig by now if he wanted one given his impecable resume. From all reports he has either never wanted the top job or never applied for one. I thought he was content on being an assistant but maybe there is more to it...

So cushy being an assistant. Cracking money, great lifestyle, minimal pressure. About time he went for a top job. Have a crack mate.

 

[Doss]

When you've been a coach for 4 years, won premierships, a Brownlow and lots of things, you have the right to tell the others to go * themselves.

An ethos that will get one far, to be sure.

 

[yodellinhank]

An ethos that will get one far, to be sure.

It pretty much does. We may not like it but that's planet earth. A small number of people with all the power and wealth, and the rest of us just ****ing ourselves.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

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

is your man and he will be a terrific and astute appointment for your football club.

Forget about his so called links to the racist/bigoted links to Clarkson at Klansthorn, he is a Muslim and a person of great integrity who would never condone or take part in the alleged toxic and inhumane events at Hawthorn.

Very happy with Vossy, but Yze was my first choice to replace Teague at Carlton.

Despite your ham fisted approach to Rutten's dismissal, it seems like you have done due diligence on this crucial coaching appointment.

 

[DonsRule]

Herald Sun/Daniel Cherny has captured Yze meeting with Dodoro.

Would say that Yze is the man.

Would be happy with that even moreso if the talk of Williams coming with him is true.

 

[Zach Package]

Telling Hird to go out and get an apprenticeship feels like the panel actually doing some good.

No doubt he’s only in this race because Sheedy wants him in it but that’s been tempered by the filtering process we’ve put in place, and so it should.

Yze Albanian too, so always good to chalk one up for the brotherhood as well.

 

[Shanghaistu]

Any more news on Brad Scott? Interested / not interested? In the process at all?

 

[Lore]

Any more news on Brad Scott? Interested / not interested? In the process at all?

As of yesterday they’re saying the club has contacted him but we don’t know if he’s decided to put his hat in the ring, that’ll come after the grand final if at all.

 

[windyhill]

Telling Hird to go out and get an apprenticeship feels like the panel actually doing some good.

No doubt he’s only in this race because Sheedy wants him in it but that’s been tempered by the filtering process we’ve put in place, and so it should.

Yze Albanian too, so always good to chalk one up for the brotherhood as well.

 

[Dan26]

Ruthless Albanians

 

[Lore]

“I’d love to get the job,” Hird said.

“I know there’s been a lot of speculation around whether I’ve done the time or I’ve done the work, but I’m passionate about the club.

“I’ve spent a lot of the last 12 months working in football and basically dedicating myself back to the game, back coaching, back watching the job, back training, spending time overseas with some of the greatest coaches in the world.

“So if I get the opportunity, it would be amazing. Redemption is a big thing, but for me I just love the Essendon Football Club, it’s been part of my life forever and I think I can make it better.”

Essendon sources have told The Age that Hird and Solomon could come as a package deal, with one likely to join as an assistant if the other is hired as senior coach.

Hird said the coaching panel asked him to address four issues; why he is interested, what his vision for the club is, his plan to achieve that and his view on Essendon’s list.

“For me, to be 100% honest, it was just great to do the interview. Maybe it was closure, but if I do get the job or I don’t get the job, then that’s a full stop on a saga that’s been pretty ordinary for all of us.”

“Because I actually really like coaching and I think I’m actually not bad at it. I know that’s egotistical to say that,” Hird said.

“The Essendon Football Club to me, I grew up with it, my grandfather, my father, it was part of who I was and I’ve left it in a place that is unfinished and I genuinely think I can make it better.

“Courage in life is actually having a go at things, no matter if you get them or you don’t. And people are going to knock you down and people are going to smack you but if you don’t have courage in life, what do you have?

“If I don’t get (the job), they’ll laugh at me. But I’d rather have a go than die wondering.”

 

[TheGrizz]

As of yesterday they’re saying the club has contacted him but we don’t know if he’s decided to put his hat in the ring, that’ll come after the grand final if at all.

I reckon Yze has gotten through the process as lead candidate and if Scott wants in they will give him an interview.

If they want to announce by end of next week then I hope he has his presentation pre-prepared because it will be a tight turnaround. I get the feeling it will be Yze somewhat early in the week so we have a chance at the Bedford/Bowes/Bytel/Clark targets we are supposedly into.