Once this is over I don't think Hird could show his face at the club at least whilst the careers of current Essendon players are in progress at the very least.
Hird has lost all credibility from the public and football community. No-one would want to hear anything from him regarding footy. He will just retreat into private life with his JB Weir pals and do something with them to pay the bills.
More recently we saw a doco on RFC and the lost years. As big as GR was for us it showed also that some of his characteristics and vulnerabilities ultimately destroyed us too, something similar can now be said of Hird where his vulnerability in character in wanting to stay ahead of everyone and cheating his way to do this will certainly destroy the fabric of his club for many years to come given there will be a Hird and non Hird camp at board level, parents who will want to absolute assurances from a club that they are doing the right thing by the kids, kids who may want to walk from the club given what has transpired.
Pending the severity of punishments and comings and goings of playing roster based both on players voluntarily seeking to play elsewhere or WADA punishments Essendon may effectively be a GC/GWS scenario minus the money, minus the draft picks, minus the players, minus the board and only having a very tarnished and disgraced reputation of a foundation VFL/AFL member.
Just remember Essendon we were on the dark side of the moon first see you in about 40 years.
Oh and thanks for the memories and the humour you have provided.
See ya malakes.
