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Coach James Hird - is it time to give him a second chance at coaching an AFL club? Gil says yes!
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There are deluded Essendon flogs everywhere.
Too much baggage for any club to take on. Maybe if he had Clarksons level of success a team could cop it for a guaranteed chance at a flag. But he hadn’t really done much.
Might as well ask Bomber Thompson to coach again.
Might as well ask Bomber Thompson to coach again.
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Let's hit the f*ken road!
Truer words have rarely been spoken.
I mean how else does one explain Adrian Dodoros lengthy career?
I quite liked Hird when he was On the Couch thought he was quite a thoughtful and composed character. It blows my mind that he presided over a club sanctioned systemic doping regime with illegal substances...there's no coming back form that without viewing every other sanctioned regime as forgivable. Dumbest thing ever to happen in footy really.
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I know it’s common to get very sanctimonious on this topic but without engaging in hyperbole there are two simple reasons why he probably won’t:
1) His first stint as coach wasn’t that impressive
2) His complete lack of contrition over the whole situation was unedifying and has probably damaged his reputation more than supplements saga itself.
Then again, if Wayne Carey can come back after all of the s**t he’s done by only giving half apologies and excuses, there’s hope for old Jim-Bob yet. Never underestimate the unlimited free passes doled out in the AFL industry.
1) His first stint as coach wasn’t that impressive
2) His complete lack of contrition over the whole situation was unedifying and has probably damaged his reputation more than supplements saga itself.
Then again, if Wayne Carey can come back after all of the s**t he’s done by only giving half apologies and excuses, there’s hope for old Jim-Bob yet. Never underestimate the unlimited free passes doled out in the AFL industry.
Just think of the montage ch7 will put together, complete with the voice over guy who does all the game day stuff for the grand final and ANZAC medals mentions, Knowing ch7 they'd probably use the last post and actual WW1 footage.
Yaco, Bunk, AndrewB and the rest of the PED apologists will need to double their yearly Kleenex budget
Edit: edited to add Milanista to the list of PED apologists who will need to double their yearly Kleenex budget
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That's amazing. needs to happen.
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I love James "Hirdy" Hird still.
I'll add you to the list.
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No. What Hird did should be reason enough to exclude him from even becoming a member of the hall of fame, and he should be barred from ever holding a paid position within an AFL team for the rest of his life.
Voss and Bucks didn't over see systematic doping programs. No chance
Bit of a difference to being a s**t coach compared to a drug pushing cheat wouldn't you say?
Oh, and he was a pretty s**t coach too who achieved nothing worth writing about in terms of results.
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Another club could go down that path for sure.
But I mean, you can literally hire ANYONE IN THE WORLD that you want as coach. Why would you go for someone who's been charged with bringing the game into disrepute, twice?
But I mean, you can literally hire ANYONE IN THE WORLD that you want as coach. Why would you go for someone who's been charged with bringing the game into disrepute, twice?
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Why would he even want to?
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Give him another chance.
s**t coach.
Drug cheat.
Mr disrepute
Let's keep the Essendon finals losing streak going for another 17 years!
Bring it on!
s**t coach.
Drug cheat.
Mr disrepute
Let's keep the Essendon finals losing streak going for another 17 years!
Bring it on!
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Even if you don't think Essendon were ever technically proven to be using PEDs, Hird oversaw a program that was at the very least incredibly negligent in it's administration and record keeping, and disregarded the health and safety of the players he was responsible for. Those players will never know some of the s**t that was put into their bodies by people they trusted. That alone should be more than enough to prevent any club from ever looking at Hird in any senior role ever again.
Didn’t he already do some work for Freo in an opposition scouting role? So the idea he is barred from working in the AFL is wrong.
He’s never going to coach again though because he’s been out of the industry for so long so I don’t really see the point of bumping this thread.
He’s never going to coach again though because he’s been out of the industry for so long so I don’t really see the point of bumping this thread.
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