goodbye Hird

[Jay]

"Resigned" ::)

[powersuperkents]

Best coaching decision he has ever made

Until he left the Dons would never get back on track. Really put the players and the club in a difficult position and I think he did resign - Don's fan and the club are incredibly loyal to their heroes.

It's for the best and he has now selflessly allowed the Dons to move on. The WADA investigation is still underway, however the aftermath won't be as intense (in contrast to if Hird continued coaching).

Besides poor rucks, the list is quite strong and as Bomber Thompson, and Hird in 2013, showed, quite capable of making finals. For Hird, coaching would have been tough after serving his suspension and that would have consequently impacted the playing group.

He got them into this mess, however he has shown great leadership by taking the initial steps to getting them out of it (rather than stubbornly staying and watching the team plummet).

I just read he has resigned, if he was actually fired, then best decision the board has ever made and none of the above applies (stubborn for him to stay this long and not leave after 2013, putting his team through a year of progress under a competent coach before tearing that progress down over the course of 20 games and absolutely destroying the playing group in the process through emotional strain, anxiety, and ridicule at the hands of other clubs :P )

[powersuperkents]

Personally, I think Mark Harvey should replace him. All the Dockers recruiting success was under him and was basically fired because the club had the chance to recruit a premier coach. Hopefully he gets the job

[Big Mac]

And now we wait for "ASADA: The Truth - James Hird"

[frenzy]

dust off Sheeds, but I reckon Choco Williams is their man.

[kilbluff1985]

i want Bolton personally

[nrich102]

‪#‎putyourpeptidesout‬

[Grazz]

I honestly think this is the only way for Essendon to move on. Rightly or wrongly forever associated with the scandal

+1.
I don't agree with him going and getting any money, I feel he's already cost the club far to much but that's really not for me to judge that's for Essendon people to sit in judgement on.

[Big Mac]

Did Hird also get paid for sitting out last year?

[ossie85]

Did Hird also get paid for sitting out last year?

yep hugely embarrassing for Andy Demetriou

[Holz]

Best coaching decision he has ever made

It's for the best and he has now selflessly allowed the Dons to move on.

he didnt make any decision, he was fired and they let him save face by resigning.

[GCSkiwi]

Agree it's the best thing for the club moving forward.

I'm not really upset that he got a payout, ok fair enough some people might feel like he deserved to be pushed and brought it all on himself, but looking at this holistically, I'd say this is calling time on his entire coaching career... I struggle to see another club picking him up after all this. He was contracted until the end of next year, which was a bizarre call, it's easier for the Dons to just pay him out then try and wrangle some uncompensated dismissal - that just becomes another protracted legal battle.

Little basically said he wants to get to the end of the WADA case and then he'll go too, though whether that happens remains to be seen.

Hindsight is 20/20 but I'll be the club wishes it could turn back the clock and take the backdated suspension offer!

[silloc]

Hindsight is 20/20 but I'll be the club wishes it could turn back the clock and take the backdated suspension offer!

Even if they WADA doesn't suspend them, they'd have been better off taking the backdated suspensions.

Did anyone actually watch the press conference?? I got a bit teary when he started talking about the players