Mark 'Bomber' Thompson to be James Hird's boss at Essendon (Fatprick Smith article)

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ESSENDON appears poised to leave Geelong in turmoil, after pulling off a massive coup by poaching dual Cats premiership coach Mark Thompson back to Windy Hill.

Thompson, a past Essendon captain, dual best-and-fairest winner and multiple premiership player, has agreed to work as James Hird's boss in what is an extraordinary boost for the flagging Bombers, which have lost their way since Kevin Sheedy was axed three years ago.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...boss-at-essendon/story-e6frg7mf-1225930260349
 

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Love how he mentions that only a last minute turn of face will prevent him going...basically covering up his fat steps. Its amazing he is payed to do what he does.
 

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God I hope it true the last part of this fairy tale apart from a premiership
would be for lloydy to come out of retirement and get to 1000 goals. Very unlikely we can dream cant we.
 

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this guy wouldn't get a job writing a school newsletter. how the **** does the australian continue to pay this fat son of a bitch.
 

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So if the fat fool is right which i have severe doubts. We will have Bomber, Hirdy, possibly Williams or Laidley as senior assistants, Goodwin, Wellman, O'Donnell, Wallis and Richardson...we are going to need a bigger coaches box and wheres Adrian Hickmott going to sit???
 

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Love how he mentions that only a last minute turn of face will prevent him going...basically covering up his fat steps. Its amazing he is payed to do what he does.
Why would Hird bring him up if he wasn't part of his team? I'm pretty sure Jimi has his team assembled already so if Bomber isn't part of the plan he would have simply dismissed it.
 

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So instead of spending the bigs bucks on a star midfielder, where spending it in the coaches box. Interesting move. We'll have to wait and see if it pays off.
 
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"which have lost their way since Kevin Sheedy was axed three years ago."

Sheeds was partly to blame for our demise which finds us in the state we are in currently. He really should've have walked away after the 2004 season.
 

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There is a saying

' Dont shoot the messenger '.

This is fantastic news if it all comes too fruition.

What is means is that EFC is a powerful club again - Recruiting high profile people to join the Coaching Panel.

Poaching a coach of Thompson's calibre, whilst contracted is a boon for EFC.

At least we have a building block to ensure success on the field.
 
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There is a saying

' Dont shoot the messenger '.

This is fantastic news if it all comes too fruition.

What is means is that EFC is a powerful club again - Recruiting high profile people to join the Coaching Panel.

Poaching a coach of Thompson's calibre, whilst contracted is a boon for EFC.

At least we have a building block to ensure success on the field.

It will require HUGE dollars if this is to happen. We desperately need to poach an elite mid-fielder which would also require some serious coin. And paying out most of or even half of Knights contract is another financial burden the club could do without. Great if all of the above happens but do we have enough $$$?
 
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Now dont kill me here or anything but i play basketball with bombers son Michael, he wont say it straight out but he is definatley indicating to me that his old man is on the move to essendon.

I hope this is all true.
 
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It will require HUGE dollars if this is to happen. We desperately need to poach an elite mid-fielder which would also require some serious coin. And paying out most of or even half of Knights contract is another financial burden the club could do without. Great if all of the above happens but do we have enough $$$?
Mate this is Essendon we are talking about we have heaps of cash :p
 

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Good if true. At least they are thinking about the coaching structures to put in place this time. Last time felt like a shambles.

Campo... What where they thinking?[/quote]


Blame Sheeds. Justin Murphey, Matthew Allen, Ty Zantuck...the list goes on.
haha I was actually meaning as an assistant coach, but yeah recruiting him as a player wasn't such a great idea either.
 

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Forget about the money issues. His recruitment would add a lot of value to the club anyway, similar to soccer signings bringing in the cash through shirt sales.

Yes it's different, but the signings of Hird and Thompson would definitely increase memberships next year and will go a long way to securing some more lucrative sponsorships if the club wants to go down that route.

I think even financially they would have done a lot of work in making sure it was a viable and stable option - not just through random speculation either.

I'd say it's a massive, massive gain for the EFC if they were to get Bomber.
 
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