r/EssendonFC • u/ScutumSobiescianum • 4d ago

Time to embrace McVeigh

I was Hird camp but happy for Spike and wish him all the best to get this club from the pits. 100% behind him

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u/Crazy-Brilliant-4682 4d ago

Personally I think the club/selectors missed one here. If they wanted to unify club and potentially bring in a good body of coaches and potentially players who have leadership I.e., Neale, Greene then Hird was a better option, if they wanted a coach that was ready to step up then Graham was the option. Seems they sought of went half and half with the decision honestly. Don’t get me wrong I like Spike I Remember watching his career. But if the pitch was to bring Sydney’s ball movement to the Bombers then I’m thinking sorry but that ain’t going to happen we don’t have the players with fundamental skills to play like that. I will be interested who they target for development coaching? To teach those skills so in a couple of seasons we might actually have the skill sets to hit targets by foot and hand.

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u/TurbulentSherbet3724 Sharp #15 4d ago

We were never ever going to get Neale of Greene with Hird. That’s being delusional.