If Hird can get the right people around him then he will do alright, if one of those people ends up being Mark Thompson (which is not out of the question) then i'm positive he will make it as a coach. Hird has said he is looking at a slow build, he hasn't mentioned finals at all, he's taken a similar line as Hardwick (develop the list). We can all dream and salivate over the hopeful demise of one James Hird and we really should, but i'm not convinced this story is going to be a disaster for the essendon football club.