Brad Scott - New Essendon Coach

[WAbulldog]

Wait that’s not how you spell James Hird.

 

[BIRDBRAIN]

So wonderful to hear that there's a coach for that new team Essendon men's.

 

[Percel]

On ya bombers, congrats on getting ready for 2023. Reckon he’ll go alright with you guys, not a fool at all.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Welp. He sure will have a lot of info on AFL wide salaries, contracts and the like

 

[Hazardinho]

I can’t lie this tickled me!

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Welp. He sure will have a lot of info on AFL wide salaries, contracts and the like

Not going to lie me likey.

 

[La Dispute]

Other than age those listed players weren't the issue.

It was playing spuds like Atley, Garner, Macmillain and others who had no business at senior level. Wouldn't get a game anywhere else yet we hung onto them for years.

I don’t think many of those best North players were playing at their absolute peak.

Would have been awesome to have a couple more top tier stars, a Petracca, Martin, top 5 in the league player, which would have opened up a bigger window and a higher ceiling for the squad.

Dal Santo was pretty close in 2011, by 2015 he wouldn’t have been in the Top 30 midfielders in the league.

Cunnington was probably the closest and could have made an argument as one of the best in the league for a couple of years.

Ben Brown was effective, but one dimensional.

Shaun Higgins had a pretty good revival.

Boomer was still good, but getting on.

Defense was fairly strong.

Just not littered with top end talent, lots of guys who are B-graders but can play to an A-grade level for a brief period of time

 

[La Dispute]

Welp. He sure will have a lot of info on AFL wide salaries, contracts and the like

Being intensely involved at AFL level in another area is a really good thing and he’s certainly going to bring back some ideas about the game he might not have if he stayed coaching at whichever level.

 

[Ry009]

Nah think it was the best bet for the Bombers actually. Needed a psycho

In the box maybe? Never happened when it came to selection though where it matters.

Maybe he's reflected on his short comings but having players own their performances was one of the most frustrating aspects of his tenure. Forward planning and adjusting to things not going right on game day being the other.

The amount of matches where we should gone for the jugular and won by 60-80+ and ended up with regulation 3-5 goal wins happened way too often.

He won't be terrible for them, but on all available knowledge he hasn't demonstrated he has it in him to take a team regularly to the top 4 and compete for a flag.

That being said, at least there's one positive thing in the AFL at the moment we have a few sacked coaches that are getting gigs again.

 

[dmc333]

A sad day for those of us who wanted James Albert coronated again.

 

[TerryWallet]

A sad day for those of us who wanted James Albert coronated again.

All the dollars Sheeds spent on the smoke machines and fireworks at the 150th Albert homecoming....wasted.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

How is it right that Steven Hocking and now Brad Scott, can go straight from working with the AFL to joining a club.
Scott has all the inside information on salary caps and what every player is getting paid.
They should be made to wait a year.
Steven Hocking went from Geelong to the AFL, where he changed the rules that just happened to favour Geelong, then straight back to Geelong.

 

[citizen-erased]

A sad day for those of us who wanted James Albert coronated again.

You may yet need a coach next year. Still hope

On a serious note this seems like the sensible appointment.
The experienced hand willing to go through a process and not be annointed.

Will have a good idea on what works across AFL clubs too with his time at HQ

Time for the board and coteries to fall in line now and back this to the end.
4 years is good too.

 

[hoianbulldog]

But he’s a stubborn bastard who repeatedly showed an inability to stop opposition momentum, led questionable development of young players, and had a knack of playing his favourites to the detriment of the team.

You talking about Luke Bevridge?

 

[Elite Master]

I fear Hird will be an assistant.

Silent succession plan in 3-4 years all but guaranteed if Hird is assistant and Sheedy remains on the board.

 

[Duskfire]

I always felt Brad Scott did a pretty good at North, so he should do decent at Essendon.

 

[Bad Seed]

No one is pretending. We've been the worst team over the last 3 years and we know it. What has happened at North after Scott left though, is not relevant to what happened while he was there as coach. Towards the end of his tenure, it is common knowledge that standards slipped, our results reflected that, so he had to go.

If he was any good, he would have been secured as a coach elsewhere over the last 3 years, and there have been ample opportunities. That didn't happen, because he just ain't that good.

If Essendon wanted an experienced coach, they should have gone after blokes like Williams or Leppa or Hinkley. Scott is an inferior choice. But I'm not complaining.

You think Williams or Leppa were better options. Tell us you have NFI without telling us you have NFI.

 

[Engimal v3]

A sad day for those of us who wanted James Albert coronated again.

Sheedy isn't dead yet

 

[ABSOLUTE MADMAN]

Hird must be getting flashbacks of the 2001 Grand Final with this decision.

 

[Rod Stroker]

You think Williams or Leppa were better options. Tell us you have NFI without telling us you have NFI.

Of course they are. They've been involved in several flags each in a coaching capacity. They know what it takes.

Wouldn't expect the Essendon board to make a logical appointment though. Scott is evidence of that.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Im generally surprised as i thought he would never coach again because he didn't wanna put himself and his family through the scrutiny and pressure.

He had a comfy job in the AFL as well.

 

[nipst@r]

The never has a plan b comments are a bit hard to believe.

Scotts north side beat ess in a final in 2014 after they were trailing by 5 goals.

Pretty easy to remember as a bombers supporter and our inability to win a final in close to twenty years.

I'm confident that we will at least break our finals hoodoo under scott. it's a low standard but I'll take it as a start. Also shows how cooked the club has been. If Sheedy and dodo go then I'll start getting super excited and believe 20 years of crap is coming to a end.

 

[Ginnieboy]

Worked out pretty well for the Bombers in the end I guess, Scott did pretty well with what he had to work with at North.

 

[Falconista]

My bold prediction is Essendon will end their streak of no finals wins under Scott's coaching.

 

[kozi]

So if Brad Scott repeats the dosage from his time at North, Essendon will go another decade without a flag and end up rooted at the bottom after that.