Not relevant to my question about assistant coach selection.
To be fair, Hird was following the advice of his senior mentor. I agree that Hird on his own would probably not be very well prepared for the role, but the crucial part is the people he would bring with him. As many industry people have been saying recently, it is the team of coaches that is vital to success.
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Apart from Bomba that brought Robinson in from Geelong, he was considered well credentialed.The other assistants that you are referring to, got us right up to the pointy end of the ladder in 2013. So the assistant coach selection must have been OK.
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Skipworth, Goodwin and Egan have all done well after Essendon.
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These threads are getting hilarious.
Successful coaches tenures all have asterisk marks because reasons.
But Hirdās abysmal failure as a coach also should be discounted because other reasons.
Just admit that the thought of seeing your childhood heroās golden locks back in the coaching booth makes you feel all giddy and leave it at that.
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One thing that stood out in my mind towards the end of the Worsfold era was when someone asked him why he was going on about learnings in every post match after a loss, and not trying to instil passion and will to win. He said that those attributes had to come from the players themselves.
There are numerous sources of stimulant for passion in players. The fans at games, the players themselves, the leadership group and the coaching group.
All these ducks must be in a row. Appoint a coach who is at the end of his career yeh/nah we saw it with Worsfold. Longmire might be in the same catogory. I would go for a younger first time coach or Hird.
But while we all hope for miracles, like with Richmond it took a long time for Dimma to get to the first of 3 flags we thought our peak years would be 2025, now we are thinking 2030.
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Just ignore how the actual game after that went, though.
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Not confident the Longmire option would be the right fit for the EFC. Yes, he has history of rebuilding teams BUT the Bloods culture re established by Roos, competent administration, a highly functioning environment, Academy benefits, big name forwards, all lend themselves to support the coach to be the best version of himself. At Essendon, heās walking into a broken, self sabotaging organisation with fractured groups that inevitably works against coaches not aligned to EFC values, at least values/identity set up by Sheeds over the journey
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HA, Iāve been following EFC since the days of Colman. I donāt think Hird is my childhood hero.
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And until we fix that up, it doesnāt matter who coaches, weāll be stuck in a perpetual loop of failure.
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If James loves the club so much, why doesnāt he marry it!
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One observation. Over the next 3 years there will be a massive talent drain from the draft pool to start up the Tassie team. The average new talent in the top teams over that period will come down a notch. The teams who should rise will be those who stock up on the best young talent before the drafts when Tassie enters the comp. Assuming that those teams with young talented players like Essendon, WCE and Norf can hold onto them, and the Geelongs of the comp cannot poach them. The new coach needs to inspire the young players to stay.
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Again. Did Hird choose Bomba as his assistant?
Yes, he did. But if Bomba was available right now today without his past history, we would select him again as coach.
Thatās all I needed.
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So all of Thompsonās wrong doings are Hirdās fault? Such a ridiculous roundabout of arguments.
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I hold them all in someway responsible.
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Too much Hird, not enough HORSE.
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We are going from Big ā ā ā ā Brad to Horse. Whatās next, Clone_Hirdy!
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