Danni
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Danni
@Miss__Danni
Mumma to 2 gals, a Stepson, Pies fanatic, Storm thru and thru, Cheesehead! Sports mad!
Port Kennedy, Perth (WA) Katılım Mart 2009
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And we still have people badmouthing women’s games of footy and here we have a professional men’s AFL team who up til half time who have kicked 0.5!! 5 points in a half!!!
WTAF?!?!
@aflwomens
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@Nick56412479 My kiddo works casual and gets $40 pocket money a fortnight.. but she doesn’t really go out she’s normally either school, working or footy
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Big freeze @MCG should be DEESvsDONS in honour of the great man Neale Daniher.
#fightmnd
@essendonfc 🔴⚫️
@melbournefc 🔵🔴
MAKE IT HAPPEN
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PONGA SENT OFF.
A brutal shoulder, right to the head, and he has to go!
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@FC_Tasmania Well done Jax!! Worked your ass off to get another opportunity!
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Feels strange to watch this unfold.
On one hand, James Hird was my footy idol growing up. There would absolutely be a sense of romance in seeing the prodigal son return and lead Essendon back to greatness.
But on the other hand, what has Hird actually done since leaving Essendon to prove he is committed to becoming an elite AFL head coach?
Since departing in 2015, he spent six years entirely out of the sport to focus on his health. He then took on a part-time 'leadership mentoring' role at GWS, unsuccessfully applied for the Essendon coaching job in 2022, and later accepted a Director of Coaching role at Port Melbourne in 2024.
That is not the CV of someone relentlessly committed to honing their craft. If he truly wanted to build his coaching credentials, I am sure there would have been ample opportunity to do so. A state league club or a private school program im sure would have gladly taken him.
But those jobs are not glamorous. They are hard work, low profile, and miles away from the spotlight. It is far easier to carve out a comfortable career in television and then reappear when the Essendon job becomes available.
There is a significant element of entitlement in all of this.
Hird’s pitch seems to rest heavily on sentiment: Essendon is in his blood, he understands the club, he loves the club, his family legacy runs deep etc etc.
It feels as though Hird wants access to one of the biggest coaching jobs in the country without having done the unglamorous apprenticeship that almost everyone else is expected to do. He should not get to bypass the queue because of nostalgia.
Essendon must run a rigorous process to find the best available head coach. Past playing history at the club should be irrelevant. The only thing that should matter is coaching quality. The idea that the best available candidate could be someone who has not held an on field coaching role for 11 years is laughable.
If, after missing out in 2022, Hird had gone away, coached his own team, developed his craft, and built a compelling body of work, I would have no issue with his application.
But simply putting your hand up every four or five years when the Essendon job becomes available, while spending the intervening years working in TV is not it.
Footy on Nine@FootyonNine
"If I'm the best man for the job, yes, I would love to do that job." James Hird responds to whether he wants to coach Essendon again, advocating for the club to undergo the most 'exhaustive process possible'. #9FootyClassified | Watch on 9 & 9Now 🖥️
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@PatrickRyen Guess that’s why it’s your view… 🤦🏼♀️🙄
You do realise that watching training and talking to others there doesn’t mean you actually know what’s going on right?
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@Miss__Danni Ill stick to my view on how he treated Elijah Tsatas and why he treated him like that.
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How about you tell the truth, Brad, about a kid you gave barely 20 games to across three years and most of that time was spent out of position!
A top-five pick!
The club was considering other options, but you pushed hard for Elijah Tsatas. Then after meeting him, it was obvious you never really took to him. From that point on, you held him to standards no other player has faced during your entire tenure.
You’ve essentially humiliated the kid.
Enough with the fluff and spin. You’re no longer the coach. This is one of many reasons why! Stop re writing history. If you’re going to speak publicly, at least be honest!
♥️🖤👊
#godons
AFL@AFL
"I still believe he (Elijah Tsatas) can become a really good player." Speaking to @CalTwomey, former Essendon coach Brad Scott shares his thoughts on the Don's development as a player: afl.com.au/video/1528489
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@AFL @CalTwomey Perhaps Tastas isn’t as good as people hoped he’d be??
But that couldn’t possibly be it could it?? 🤦🏼♀️🤔
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"I still believe he (Elijah Tsatas) can become a really good player."
Speaking to @CalTwomey, former Essendon coach Brad Scott shares his thoughts on the Don's development as a player: afl.com.au/video/1528489
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Sheedy on Hird: “To coach Essendon, you’ve got to love Essendon”.
But Sheeds says he's not canvassing for Hirdy | bit.ly/3RnoFCd
@SENBreakfast | #AFL

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@Miss__Danni I don’t agree on that
We would simply be choosing an option we feel is better for the club
Only one person gets the job, hiring someone else also rules out Hird as a possible option and all the others
Only time will tell if it’s backwards or forwards, right or wrong
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@SilverTopHurls Of course unknowns, but you are essentially ruling out any opportunity to know this by going backwards
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@Miss__Danni Potential and possible are unknowns
There is equal potential and possible that Hird is successful
No one knows that
One man (Hird or otherwise) won’t be the sole reason Essendon succeed or fail either
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@Miss__Danni @Mattlevy74 The insiders don’t really know as much as they claim
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Somebody tell Sheedy he needs to retire. All he’s doing is causing more damage to the club. He never backed Scott from the start. Club needs to grow a spin and move him on
SuperFooty (AFL)@superfooty
Kevin Sheedy would love to see James Hird apply for the vacant Essendon coaching role. READ 👉 bit.ly/3PAcdyl
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@SilverTopHurls And the idea of losing out on a potential premiership winning coach to satisfy these said people is ludicrous.. but I guess that’s why you guys are where you are…
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@SilverTopHurls Terrible solution… Welsh literally said yesterday they weren’t going backwards… now it seems they are happy to go backwards to appease the masses who think Hirds the answer.. could potentially set you back another 20 years… but hey! Good luck to ya
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