Coach Who should be our next coach?

[Lore]

Spoiler: Timeline and reported candidates

15/8 Board toppled (reportedly will pursue Clarkson)
19/8 Alastair Clarkson to join North
21/8 Ben Rutten

Ben Rutten

Age

42

Ht

190cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.4

3star

K

6.3

2star

HB

7.0

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.3

3star

No current season stats available

D

10.6

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

4.4

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.0

3star

sacked
22/8 Coach selection sub-committee to be established to find a replacement
26/8 Committee members announced: Josh Mahoney

Josh Mahoney

Age

48

Ht

180cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

4.5

3star

M

3.5

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.2

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

3.8

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.4

3star

(GM-Footy, chair), Dorothy Hisgrove (Board member), Andrew Thorburn, Simone McKinnis, Robert Walls, Jordan Lewis

Jordan Lewis

Age

39

Ht

186cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.5

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

11.5

5star

M

5.5

5star

T

2.7

4star

MG

310.5

4star

No current season stats available

D

15.0

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

8.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.8

5star

7/9 James Hird, Dean Solomon

Dean Solomon

Age

45

Ht

189cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.8

4star

K

9.4

4star

HB

5.5

4star

M

3.9

4star

T

3.7

5star

No current season stats available

D

17.6

5star

K

13.4

5star

HB

4.2

4star

M

6.2

5star

T

2.8

5star

, Brendon Lade

Brendon Lade

Age

49

Ht

199cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.4

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

4.0

3star

HO

15.1

5star

No current season stats available

D

11.2

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

4.4

4star

HO

9.6

5star

, Adem Yze

Adem Yze

Age

48

Ht

187cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

14.4

5star

HB

3.8

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

5.2

2star

K

3.4

2star

HB

1.8

2star

M

0.6

1star

T

0.6

3star

interviewed at EY
13/9 Daniel Giansiracusa

Daniel Giansiracusa

Age

43

Ht

182cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.6

4star

K

11.0

4star

HB

6.6

4star

M

5.1

5star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

10.2

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

2.8

3star

M

5.2

5star

T

2.0

4star

G

1.0

4star

reportedly interviewed
17/9 Don Pyke “not pursuing that at this stage”
21/9 Brad Scott contacted by the club but won’t make a decision on whether to pursue the role until after the Grand Final
21/9 Adem Yze

Adem Yze

Age

48

Ht

187cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

14.4

5star

HB

3.8

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

5.2

2star

K

3.4

2star

HB

1.8

2star

M

0.6

1star

T

0.6

3star

has second interview and tours the training facilities at Tullamarine
22/9 Blake Caracella

Blake Caracella

Age

48

Ht

186cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.5

4star

K

10.1

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.7

4star

T

1.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.2

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

4.4

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

0.6

3star

will put his hat in the ring
27/9 Brendon Lade

Brendon Lade

Age

49

Ht

199cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.4

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

4.0

3star

HO

15.1

5star

No current season stats available

D

11.2

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

4.4

4star

HO

9.6

5star

appointed as assistant coach at the Western Bulldogs, out of the running for Essendon job
28/9 Brad Scott to be interviewed on Thursday
29/9

 

[tandino]

Imagine Walls getting that phone call.

"...you want me to what!?"

 

[DERO]

Jordan Lewis

Jordan Lewis

Age

39

Ht

186cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.5

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

11.5

5star

M

5.5

5star

T

2.7

4star

MG

310.5

4star

No current season stats available

D

15.0

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

8.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.8

5star

is not a bad candidate as he would have played under two premiership coaches.

 

[RearNaked]

Wallsy gonna give the coaches a run in the ruck before deciding, feel like we assembled a shit panel so we can ignore their suggestions and hire hird

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Trigger warning: many things:

My eyes and ears, they burn.

 

[Call Me Cake]

Um.

After what Lewis said about us?

I know it's different. I know in order to have a proper selection you must have unbiased views. But how are we so sure he and others will work to the best interests of the club rather than seeing it as an opportunity to work to it's detriment?

Surely we could have achieved the same result by appointing those who we know have never had any likely ill feeling towards us.

Let's just hope this extreme turn to mitigate bias works out the way we intend it to.

 

[jmoo wan]

You'd think Mahoney thinks highly of Choco since he saved his career and made him a premiership player.

pleasant change from the Hinkley narrative from you lot

 

[justlookingaround]

Um.

After what Lewis said about us?

I know it's different. I know in order to have a proper selection you must have unbiased views. But how are we so sure he and others will work to the best interests of the club rather than seeing it as an opportunity to work to it's detriment?

Surely we could have achieved the same result by appointing those who we know have never had any likely ill feeling towards us.

Let's just hope this extreme turn to mitigate bias works out the way we intend it to.

It's illogical to assume anyone named on a committee of this sort would knowingly operate in bad faith.
It would be career self-sabotage, whereas it's in their best interests in the industry to achieve strong results.
Whether you think they're the right people to undertake the review is another question.
Thinking over it - Lewis was probably handpicked by Mahoney from their overlapping time at Melbourne.

 

[tandino]

I know it's different. I know in order to have a proper selection you must have unbiased views. But how are we so sure he and others will work to the best interests of the club rather than seeing it as an opportunity to work to it's detriment?

If not for his personal ethics, then at the least there's an ongoing professional financial imperative for him to work in the club's best interests.

 

[Alfi]

Andrew Thornburn, you’ve got to be absolutely kidding me. What a joke of a selection. Gotta question the due diligence once again. Can we not avoid conflicting decision making for just two bloody seconds. FFS. This club.

Thornburn clearly hasn’t learnt a bloody thing, as he’s migrated over to the world leaders of leaving economic destruction in their wake in Boston Consulting Group.

Woe betide we let Hirdy anywhere near the club yet this muppet is welcomed with open arms into the heart of our operations and have a say on our future. If my head could explode, it sure as hell would over this new development.

 

[Chambo]

Walls aligned with Ross the Boss
Lewis has publicly backed Yze and Hird

 

[JT_the_Man]

I'm actually really happy with the panel, mainly because of the lack of Essendon people.

 

[Lore]

Andrew Thornburn, you’ve got to be absolutely kidding me. What a joke of a selection. Gotta question the due diligence once again. Can we not avoid conflicting decision making for just two bloody seconds. FFS. This club.

Thornburn clearly hasn’t learnt a bloody thing, as he’s migrated over to the world leaders of leaving economic destruction in their wake in Boston Consulting Group.

Woe betide we let Hirdy anywhere near the club yet this muppet is welcomed with open arms into the heart of our operations and have a say on our future. If my head could explode, it sure as hell would over this new development.

He's involved in both the coach search and the external review sub-committees.

Did your head actually explode this time?

 

[Lore]

I'm actually really happy with the panel, mainly because of the lack of Essendon people.

I think they all balance each other out with their various priorities.

 

[frodos gardener]

Um.

After what Lewis said about us?

I know it's different. I know in order to have a proper selection you must have unbiased views. But how are we so sure he and others will work to the best interests of the club rather than seeing it as an opportunity to work to it's detriment?

Surely we could have achieved the same result by appointing those who we know have never had any likely ill feeling towards us.

Let's just hope this extreme turn to mitigate bias works out the way we intend it to.

It’s actually fairly simple. Doing jobs like this is good for anyone’s career. You get the experience, new connections and the credibility that comes with it. Do a good job and people will remember it. Deliberately undermining a process is a sure fire way not to get gigs anymore. There’s no way someone like Jordan wouldn’t want to nail it because there’s so much upside for him.

 

[Inspecta Gadget]

Thank goodness we got Robert Walls - His knowledge of the modern game & how clubs should be run is second to none.................if this was 1990 and we're beating up players at training.......

I refuse to believe Warwick Capper was not available!

 

[Jager bombers]

"if anybody's gonna get it, it'll be James" - Robert Walls

 

[Vander18]

It's illogical to assume anyone named on a committee of this sort would knowingly operate in bad faith.
It would be career self-sabotage, whereas it's in their best interests in the industry to achieve strong results.
Whether you think they're the right people to undertake the review is another question.
Thinking over it - Lewis was probably handpicked by Mahoney from their overlapping time at Melbourne.

You’re 100% right but for Wallsy this may be his change to go out swinging.

The equivalent of playing in a GF and knowing it’s your last game….so why not do some damage?

 

[Vander18]

On the plus side - Walls appointment would shit Sheedy no end and could even be considered a shot across his bow from Barham.

I imagine Sheedy would have expected to be appointed to the sub-committee.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Walls a big Ross Lyon fan

 

[DonsRule]

"if anybody's gonna get it, it'll be James" - Robert Walls

"I don't think I've seen a player control a quarter of football like this I think hes has 15 disposals, kicked a freaking goal, got the importance clearance. hes has 6 clearances in this final quarter"

 

[Lore]

On the plus side - Walls appointment would s**t Sheedy no end and could even be considered a shot across his bow from Barham.

I imagine Sheedy would have expected to be appointed to the sub-committee.

The fact that only one board member is involved in either the external review or the coach selection sub-committee and both times it's Dorothy Hisgrove – the board member who was a paid up Collingwood supporter only 3 years ago and seemingly a colleague of Brasher from PWC – says a lot I think.

Barham has put something in motion here that is as far from the incestuous, cloistered Essendon of old as he could possibly get. This club is going to be dragged into the 21st century by its bootstraps, kicking and screaming if necessary.

 

[DallasCrane316]

Have to agree with this tweet

 

[TheGrizz]

One factor, Robert Walls was at channel 10 for years whilst they had the footy coverage and so Barham would have had a lot to do with him.

It was obviously a while ago (2011) but Barham would have a good relationship with him from that then and would trust his judgement.

 

[Howard Moon]

At least Lyon isn't on the panel, more chance he's coaching

 

[CBombers17]

So Barham put the panel together by the sound of it. Does anyone know how the process will work?