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Bombers blow as players' coach pick declines - CtrlF.XYZ

Bombers blow as players' coach pick declines

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Former St Kilda and Fremantle manager Ross Lyon has declined an attack to use for Essendon's vacant coaching job, admitting determination was "no vibe" astatine the club.

As an experienced coach, Lyon has been heavy favoured to instrumentality the apical occupation aft the club's botched efforts to lure Alastair Clarkson and consequent sacking of Ben Rutten.

Speaking connected Triple M's Midweek Rub connected Wednesday, Lyon revealed that helium had spoken with Bombers wide manager of shot Josh Mahoney connected Monday nighttime earlier declaring helium had "no desire" to spell done the process of applying for the coaching gig.

"There was a missed telephone connected Sunday night, I checked the connection bank, [and it's from] Josh Mahoney," helium said.

"So I rang him 6:30 Monday nighttime and we had a treatment – disconnected the bat I conscionable said, 'Look I don't consciousness it's the close acceptable for me, but tin you conscionable explicate what it is?'.

"And helium was truly bully – truly simply, they're gonna person 5 oregon six candidates, astatine slightest 2 steps, possibly three, but the archetypal measurement I wouldn't beryllium in.

"I deliberation that's for guys who hadn't coached before, there's immoderate hurdles for them to jump, and I deliberation they constrictive it down from them.

"The 2nd circular would beryllium a mates of hours, 2 hours with a presumption connected however you link with players, benignant of physique that narration and what your archetypal 30 days would look like.

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"I said: 'Oh look, nonstop maine done the steps'. It was an NDA."

After taking immoderate clip to contemplate the information, Lyon said helium decided against undertaking the exertion process.

"I thought astir it for an hr and a fractional and past I conscionable emailed him backmost and said, 'Thanks for the call, I person nary tendency to instrumentality it immoderate further'," helium said.

The 55-year-old said helium couldn't explicit wherefore helium decided to propulsion the pin, but confessed the concern didn't springiness disconnected the close "vibe".

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"I can't articulate the why," helium said.

"Sometimes it's just… it wasn't vibing.

"There was nary vibe."

With the doorway inactive unfastened to making a instrumentality to elder coaching, Lyon said helium appreciated the enactment helium had received from radical connected to the nine but was wary that helium whitethorn not person the backing needed to win successful the role.

"People reached out, they mightiness person had Essendon connections. People that were supportive with Essendon backgrounds of maine applying, they conscionable tried to soothe those waters a small bit. I deliberation it's analyzable but yet … you request implicit backing," helium said.

"Really, connected the surface, I didn't deliberation that was astir apt imaginable truthful so what's the point?

"I'm out. I'm a cardinal per cent out."

A study past week claimed that the Essendon players had asked for Lyon to beryllium hired arsenic the club's adjacent elder coach.

Lyon was heavy favoured for the caput coaching presumption astatine Carlton past year, but similarly withdrew erstwhile helium was told helium would person to spell done a ceremonial interrogation process to get the job.

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