I wonder how many Journo's have signed up as Bombers members to get the Open letter from little.
"HIRD PUTS HIMSELF AHEAD OF CLUB IN FUTURE"
A more reasoned headline from The Age for a change .... Essendon confirms James Hird will not return to the coach's box in 2014.
I wonder how many Journo's have signed up as Bombers members to get the Open letter from little.
Or they can just follow the club twitter account. That's what counts as 'journalism' these days it seems.
Now James Hirds back in the country, what media do we think he should be doing?
I.e guest appearance on talking footy would be good i think. with Carey, Watson and Darcy.
Or maybe on the footy show next week, he can get his footy show cap.
Now James Hirds back in the country, what media do we think he should be doing?
I.e guest appearance on talking footy would be good i think. with Carey, Watson and Darcy.
Or maybe on the footy show next week, he can get his footy show cap.
Luke Darcy
A more reasoned headline from The Age for a change .... Essendon confirms James Hird will not return to the coach's box in 2014.
That's only the online title. Less space in the actual newspaper, so they had to truncate the last two words.
Not surprised. Not upset.
Love the idea of him planning pre-season, drafting etc. Sole focus can be a great thing!
Sensationally!!! ■■■! I'm devastated.
No matter what would have happened, they would have found the most over the top term to use. It's all about headlines and nothing else.
We are always in a no win situation no matter what we do from now on!
A more reasoned headline from The Age for a change .... Essendon confirms James Hird will not return to the coach's box in 2014.
If its not attracting views, they will change the headline to something that does. Like "Essendon rules out Hird role " or "Hird out for up to 4 matches" and if neither of those sell papers, simply " Essendon bans Hird"
Little should just have put it this way.
"James is going to be quite busy over the next few months so has decided that it is in the best interests of the club if we focus on playing finals and James and his lawyers focus on defamation proceedings. Thankyou."
I don’t like this, pandering to the media.
If its Bomber’s and Hird’s call then fair enough. If they decided that Hird hanging around training would cause a media influx that wouldn’t be welcome in round 23, especially considering how important round 23 could be, then fair enough.
If it’s just the board not wanting extra negative attention and so punishing Hird for longer, that sucks.
I wonder if we are no chance of finals come round 23 if they might change their mind…
I don't like this, pandering to the media.
If its Bomber's and Hird's call then fair enough. If they decided that Hird hanging around training would cause a media influx that wouldn't be welcome in round 23, especially considering how important round 23 could be, then fair enough.
If it's just the board not wanting extra negative attention and so punishing Hird for longer, that sucks.
I wonder if we are no chance of finals come round 23 if they might change their mind...
In littles video he said it was suggested by Hird and accepted by the Board that he does not take any coaching role in 2014 so not sure why you would say that
Thanks goodness, common sense prevailed. This was the only possible outcome. Imagine the drama!?
Mind you, if the saga drags on into 2015 there’s potential for another season to be impacted. And given Hird remains pivotal in all this, the circus will follow/hound/abuse the man mercilessly.
This can’t be good (for Hird) for the players. Little, like Evans before him, made it clear that the players are the number 1 priority. That’s a bit like saying someone has the full support of the board!
So Hirdy will spend the remainder of the season planning 2015 eh?
I bet that includes our next big free agency signing! Can't wait to find out who we're getting.
Jesus... honestly essendon missed a big golden oppotunity here....
Crap decision. What’s wrong with him helping out at training!?!?
Surely another experienced voice in the box or on the bench would help.
Good to have you back anyways Hirdy.
Hopefully he can help us land a big fish in the off season.
He'll be busy enough walkin' in & out of Court everyday anyway.
HUN reporters have said they could fill 5 pages of Hird news each day. This would be worse than him being away in France; imagine endless derogatory stories of what Hird says or does each day.
I suspect the players may have had some influence in this decision. If so, again, Hird puts the team first.
Therefore, its a good decision for everybody.
PS: that said.....still, I would like him to be in the rooms singing the song after a big #farkcarlton or #farkrichmond win.