I’d prefer to see Hobbs in the side as well (ahead of Menzie, Gresham or whoever).
I’d still have Heppell as the carryover emg though.
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Honestly, of all the years I’ve been watching Essendon (started as a kid in 2003), this has been by far the most disappointing. So bad that the Adelaide game broke me as a supporter at half-time.
I wasn’t expecting us to contend for years, as our list is still miles from it, but the last two months showed me that the club was never serious about trying to fix the cultural issues that have plagued us for 20 years. That was the most shattering part.
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Scott has his limitations but we could have ended up with Yze! These blokes would have chewed him out and spat him out before the bye.
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Someone, like who has a massive game last week and a field day out with 43 possessions yesterday.
When he was playing our defence around the ground looked better, sure he was injured but he should be playing today
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Hodge eviscerates EFC on SEN saying anyone still in any way affected by the saga needs to leave.
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Thing is when you erode trust like the saga did - between club and player, club and fan… can kick out who like… doesn’t fix the problem. I’ll never really trust the club again after they rolled over.
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8 years to late.
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" If we thought it would change the outcome, we would have challenged but we believe it wouldn’t have made a difference "
B.Scott
Did he have an AFL tie on when he made that statement?
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I want Hodge at the club. Make up a job for him like the Dockers did with Robert Murphy.
Son of a ■■■■■ development officer
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Absolutely!
Even Jordan Lewis I would take, smart footballer
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Lewis - only if he wears his glasses
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I think the Brad experiment will eventually work. I’m optimistic. But with that said, I’m not sure I can ever fully trust someone that thinks Dyson Heppell is a good leader.
Pretty much epitomises everything wrong with our culture. “Bad luck fella’s, maybe next time”…loser attitude.
His actual words were “anyone who says that it still has effect on the players should leave the club”.
Yes thank you for the verbatim transcript
Leadership takes many forms, and leadership style needs to suit the group. Heppell’s style would suit a lot of groups / environments but may not have been optimal for ours. Doesn’t make him a poor leader, he’s just not the right leader.
We need a turnaround leader, a proper ■■■■ that will demand standards and won’t give a ■■■■ if people like him or not.
But… once you’re up and going you don’t need a guy like that at all.
That’s why the turnaround CEO is a specialist role and usually involves a short stint with lots of aggressive cutting.
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“I still firmly believe they are still learning because they haven’t been in those pressure situations”.
“I think the change has started with Essendon”.
He then goes on about the camp, etc.
It’s pretty balanced perspective to be honest.
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Yep, agree with this. For our list, Heppells approach excuses mediocrity. We need a ruthless competitor, like Merrett, to call out poor efforts and literally show them how it’s done. A couple more years with Zach should help erode the loser culture
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It’s probably the most glowing endorsement of Scott I’ve heard in a long time.
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Zach should have been captain two years earlier. Unfortunately truck as coach was a soft flog and prefered heppell