It won’t be as senior coach
As if it was ever going to be, let alone in Feb!
In fact you’d think most clubs already have their line coaches well in place as well.
The role he takes may be far below what he’s done previously but just a means to get him back into the system.
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But that’s all that us shadow jumpers have been saying all along
I wonder which clubs!
Might be just me, but why would you want to rejoin a system that’s nearly killed you (literally) and demonized your reputation (beyond repair with some), not to even mention the ordeal to his wife and children.
Anyway haven’t heard Hirdy say he wants back in, only seen/read the communication specialists putting it out there.
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Obviously not Senior Coach… If he does accept a role at some other club please NOT cwood.
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They are probably just attempting to paper over some cracks that are beginning to appear in the background of the whole shambolic story.
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I agree. But I can see how there would be an outside chance of some club willing to take that burning hatred and use it as fuel to re-spark a club. Us vs Them is very powerful stuff.
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Haven’t read the last couple hundred posts in here so forgive me if it’s already been raised but I do know that another BIG Victorian club approached Hird last year about joining their coaching ranks. Thank heavens he wasn’t interested at that time because seeing him in those colours just wouldn’t have been right, thinking of your household @Heffsgirl
I do hope he gets another opportunity though, I too think he’d be a good coach but it won’t be at EFC while certain personnel remain unfortunately.
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X gonna…or not
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nah it’s to take the heat off them from the AFP wanting the names of all those who test positive to illegal drugs !!!
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seriously they do know what was taken …there is a list of things in their ASADA testimony the only thing missing is TB4 because they didn’t take it !!!
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Who are these people being referred to?
Hirdy’s glass is clearly full - take that as a good omen
Essendon champion James Hird in Bunbury
Essendon Football Club and AFL champion James Hird was in Bunbury last week for Vat 2’s annual Sportsmen’s Lunch.
In Hird’s second visit to Bunbury, the club great and former “Baby Bomber” talked about AFL and what life was now like for the retired player and coach.
Hird told the Bunbury Herald he was excited to speak at Friday’s luncheon.
“I’m here just to talk to local people, have a chat about footy and what’s been going on,” Hird said.
While Hird is now focusing on family and life after AFL, he admitted he still had one eye on the game.
“Myself and Shane Crawford do a podcast, it goes all over the world which is good fun, that’s probably my only involvement with football,” he said.
“I’m focusing on family and work … I still love watching it (footy) and keeping in touch with the Bombers.
“I’ve coached a lot in junior footy, for probably seven or eight years, my children are a bit older now so I’m letting someone else do that.”
He said while he had stepped away from coaching at a junior level, he still provided some tips with one of his three sons and his only daughter playing AFL.
“You’ve got to let them find their own way but we enjoy having a kick, I love watching my kids play sport,” he said.
Hird said Bunbury had a good history with the Bombers, providing talent in the likes of Paul Barnard, Leon Baker, Ben Howlett and Kyle Reimers.
“It’s been a very good breeding ground for the Essendon Football Club,” Hird said.
A premiership player alongside Barnard, Hird said he shared a lot of special memories with the hard-hitting goal kicker.
“We spent a lot of time together and the 2000 premiership was fantastic,” he said.
“He kicked four goals in the grand final in 2000 so he was a very good player.”
As for any predictions on his former club’s future, Hird said he thought 2019 was going to be a good year and the Bombers were overdue for some success.
“The back half (of last season) was good, they sort of struggled early but the trade period they should get a couple good players now,” he said.
“No one gives you anything, you’ve got to be able to do it all so I think they’ll have a wonderful year in 2019.
“They’ve got a really good list of players, the coach has been there long enough to have his game plan in place, I think the season is really set up for them.”
He said being part of the 1993 premiership side, which was referred to as the Baby Bombers because of the young team, was a career highlight.
“It was great, we had a lot of fun and it was a different era back in the early 90s where you could probably enjoy your football a lot more,” he said.
“There was a lot less pressure and there wasn’t social media intrusion on your life like there is now, so it was great.
“We were 18 and 19 year old kids just loving life, playing AFL football and winning grand finals, it was pretty special actually.”
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But he’s an evil person and should never be near the AFL again they say rofl.
What a legend
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Nothing like a spot of Bunburying
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Yeah, the bullish_t opposition supporters go on about is heartbreaking in the extreme. During the SAGA, Hird was many things, but a calculated / deliberate cheat? No. Naive? Yes. Could he have done more? Probably, despite others charged with overseeing the program, who failed in their duty. Did he say sorry, take responsibility? On numerous occasions, despite the mindless dribble the haters continually feast on. James Hird is, and has always been, a man of great integrity who didn’t deserve the hell that rained down on him. His life and blood is Essendon. That, and the fact there’s unfinished business, hopefully sees him back at the club as senior coach. I dream… but wouldn’t it be great if Hird was back for the 150th celebrations in 2022. Now that would be something special.
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James Hird for President - Alan and James Hird stand…if it’s still there!
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Much as I dont want to see Hird in another club’s colours, if he was to take up a position with a big club, it would help bury the saga once and for all. That club and its fans will be forced to be supportive of him. The bigger the club, the better.
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He says he’s looking forward to going to Bunbury.
Clearly delusional.
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