One-Eyed Richmond Forum
Football => View from the Outer => Topic started by: taztiger4 on August 18, 2015, 01:30:46 PM
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On SEN
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Age reporting it as well
From Twitter
@theage: It's over: James Hird has parted ways with #Essendon. http://t.co/oFBKrWCx7y #AFL #DonTheSash
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age story saying he's "resigned"
Story not by Caro either, by Jake Niall ;D
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The Essendon crisis: Club and senior coach James Hird part ways
Date August 18, 2015 - 1:28PM
Jake Niall
EXCLUSIVE
Essendon are expected to announce they have parted company with senior coach James Hird, effective immediately.
The resignation of Hird follows discussions by the Essendon board after the club's massive 112-point loss to Adelaide. But the move has been in the wind for some time, with the board increasingly of the view that Hird should move on.
The Essendon players were told of Hird's fate at about lunchtime on Tuesday. The club will hold a press conference on Tuesday afternoon.
Hird, who had a year to run on his contract, will be replaced by an interim coach, who will be one of the current assistants, such as Matthew Egan or Hayden Skipworth. Club great and ex-Fremantle coach Mark Harvey will not be the replacement.
Hird's exit involves a negotiated settlement on the remainder of his contract - speculation is that he was due to be paid close to $750,000 for 2016.
Fairfax Media believes the Essendon board held discussions on Monday evening.
Hird's exit has been seen as inevitable following a succession of heavy defeats by the Bombers, who have won only five matches this season, with the only question the extent to which the players' slump has been caused by the draining impact of the WADA appeal - which will be heard be the Court of Arbritration for Sport in November.
The coach appeared resigned to his fate in the aftermath of Saturday's heavy defeat.
Hird's exit means the Bombers will be one of three clubs in the market for a new coach, along with Carlton and Adelaide, and his departure makes it easier for the club to compete for candidates.
His exit also marks one of the most turbulent episodes in AFL history,in which ASADA launched an investigation into Essendon's 2012 supplements program that eventually saw the players acquitted by an AFL tribunal of taking banned substances, only to see the World Anti-Doping Agency appeal the verdict. Hird was suspended by the AFL for 12 months for bringing the game into disrepute late in 2013 when he also negotiated a three year contract extension, including the 12 months of his suspension for his role in the supplements program, which also saw the Dons removed from the finals, some draft picks removed and heavily fined.
Hird coached Essendon in to the finals in his first season, 2011, missed the eight in 2012 following a soft-tissue injury plague and coached the Dons to seventh in 2013 before he was replaced by Mark Thompson for the 2014 season.
MORE TO COME
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/the-essendon-crisis-club-and-senior-coach-james-hird-part-ways-20150818-gj1noe.html#ixzz3j8QIraOW
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Great news hird is on the verge of getting the bullet at least they will play flat out against the GC and not next week against Richmond hahaha great work mister little must like richmond :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup
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Great news hird is on the verge of getting the bullet at least they will play flat out against the GC and not next week against Richmond hahaha great work mister little must like richmond :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup
My thoughts exactly.
Glad this didn't happen next week.
:thumbsup
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Great news hird is on the verge of getting the bullet at least they will play flat out against the GC and not next week against Richmond hahaha great work mister little must like richmond :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup
My thoughts exactly.
Glad this didn't happen next week.
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Actually, I've read in the past...
That when a coach gets sacked it's not the week of it happening that they perform well but generally the week after
So I guess once again we have a nice little challenge to overcome
Personally I wanted to clap our lads off after burying a Hird led bombers :shh
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Interesting job this "Coach of Essendon".
They seem to keep paying people big sums to NOT coach them! From Sheedy to Knights to Hird to Bomber & then back to Hird again - all with big pay outs to NOT coach them ever again!
I'd just like to put my hand up to NOT coach Essendon too! I could do that!
Plus, I could do with the money! ;D
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Pass me a bucket after that press conference :chuck. A club still in denial and blaming everyone else for Hird going :nopity.
Good riddance!
By the way Jimmy, if you wanted to give the players and your club air to "just play footy" then why did you involve yourself in such a dodgy "supplement" program and why didn't you resign 2.5 years ago when the proverbial hit the fan! ::)
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If Jimmy loved this club as much as he constantly claimed
He wouldn't have negotiated for the final year of his contract out be paid out
For once it would great if actually put the club first but that's not his way
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If Jimmy loved this club as much as he constantly claimed
He wouldn't have negotiated for the final year of his contract out be paid out
For once it would great if actually put the club first but that's not his way
Not surprising though. Narcissistic to end.
The whole Essendon Board should join him by the way. They've been an utter gutless shambles and giving Jimmy a new two contract after his suspension was the cherry on top of their cake of incompetence. Their inept decision making has cost Essendon millions of dollars in Hird's two payouts and legal costs for nothing but 3-4 years of this mess.
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In the land of delusion called the Windy Hill cult though, Bomber fans are angry with their Board sacking their cult leader.
http://www.bomberblitz.com/discussion/discussion/2975/james-hird-sacked-resigned-announcement-3-15pm/p7
Reality hurts! :yep
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If Jimmy loved this club as much as he constantly claimed
He wouldn't have negotiated for the final year of his contract out be paid out
For once it would great if actually put the club first but that's not his way
That's it isn't it, guys loaded but will still bleed that extra from the club and people he loves sooo much. What a stuffing crock of poo!
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If Jimmy loved this club as much as he constantly claimed
He wouldn't have negotiated for the final year of his contract out be paid out
For once it would great if actually put the club first but that's not his way
:lol exactly my thoughts when I heard he was getting a golden handshake. They've paid this bloke millions to not do anything. Between their coach payouts and fines they must not be far from rattling some tins. Rat boy on MMM was saying even the sponsors have been making noises prior to this.
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According to Barrett, Essendon has paid $2.7 million to both Knights and now Hird to NOT coach Essendon :snidegrin.
Knights sacked end of 2010; Hird appointed coach.
2011 Knights $550k pay out
2012 Knights $550k pay out
2013 ------------------------
Hird suspended for a year; Thompson caretaker coach for 2014
2014 Hird $800k 'sabbatical'
Hird returns and is re-signed as coach for two years.
2015 -----------------------
Hird sacked after one year into his new contract.
2016 Hird $800k pay out
This all ignores the millions in legal fees paid out by Essendon.
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If Jimmy loved this club as much as he constantly claimed
He wouldn't have negotiated for the final year of his contract out be paid out
For once it would great if actually put the club first but that's not his way
Not surprising though. Narcissistic to end.
The whole Essendon Board should join him by the way. They've been an utter gutless shambles and giving Jimmy a new two contract after his suspension was the cherry on top of their cake of incompetence. Their inept decision making has cost Essendon millions of dollars in Hird's two payouts and legal costs for nothing but 3-4 years of this mess.
Gave him the extension to spite people and boy oh boy did it bite them in the bum :lol :lol
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On SEN earlier, they said there's some rival ticket apparently run by Ron Gauci that wants to overthrow the Essendon board and get Hird back as coach.
Just proves they're still a basketcase of a club :yep.
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On SEN earlier, they said there's some rival ticket apparently run by Ron Gauci that wants to overthrow the Essendon board and get Hird back as coach.
Just proves they're still a basketcase of a club :yep.
:stupid
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Culture. Long may it live.