He was at Essendon in 2000 also took the allies to a national title and has worked his way through to being a defensive coach at one of the best clubs in the comp it’s actually a very impressive resume and good story
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Huh? as a player? he was literally at the club when we won in 2000.
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I think Jaymie Graham is the man for the job.
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Graham being in our process felt like a somewhat significant moment to me. My gut feel is it’s going to be him. And Fraser will get the Bloos gig.
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I was there as a member at every home game, every final and including grand final too. Lol. What’s the point… you have to contribute towards it.
McVeigh also played with Rama, JJ, Milne, and Denham amongst others in the 1999 Essendon Reserves Premiership.
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Other than the GWS gig in 2022, has McVeigh been in the running for any other senior roles?
McVeigh and Rama were drafted in the 1999 draft. how would they have played in the 1999 reserves premiership?
McVeigh was drafted in 1998 edit both where drafted in 98.
McVeigh at 9 Rama at 12
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I stand corrected !
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you said he hasnt been in “premiership winning environment”
being on the list and training every week with the 2000 flag winners is literally the definition of a premiership winning environment.
and is a metric fucktonne different than sitting in the stands.
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All applicants should be asked, if a player kicks a goal do you take him straight off?
Anyone that answers Yes, should be immediately eliminated from the process.
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So now you need to have played in a premiership to be a worthy coach? My goodness, the goal posts just keep shifting.
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Next it will be initials of the next coach must be between G and K
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He was an Assistant coach when GWS got to a Grand Final, and multiple prelims.
after the last 25 years of disaster, we’re really sh*tting on clubs who have played in a grand final?
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Justin Leppitsch played in 3 of them and he was abysmal.
The whole thing is a crapshoot.
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i don’t think its too outlandish to expect candidates to have been a servant of god, lived a life of heroic virtue, and have at least one verified miracle attributed to prayers made to them after their death.
any less than that just shows that they’re not at the commitment level needed and they should gracefully withdraw from the process so as not to waste our time
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Tbone ?
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How’s our soft-cap? These prospects know they’l be paid peanuts? moving families setting up shop in Vic?
I agree, you need to be a premiership winning, browlow medalist and norm smith medalist in a winning GF to be a good coach for the bombers….. and an essendon man… wonder whom that might be 
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