Calls grow louder for Dogs to sack 'poor' coach

Port Adelaide large Kane Cornes has blasted embattled Western Bulldogs manager Luke Beveridge arsenic a "poor ambassador" for the club, calling for him to beryllium sacked.

Beveridge's broadside went down successful a nightmare 7 constituent nonaccomplishment to the battling West Coast Eagles connected Sunday, with Cornes urging the Bulldogs to "make a hard call" connected the coach's future.

"Luke has been a mediocre ambassador for his shot nine for a agelong clip now," Cornes said connected Nine's Footy Classified connected Monday night.

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"Change is needed now, different it volition get disfigured towards the commencement of adjacent season.

"They request to marque a hard call. He's been a large manager for the footy club, enactment a statue of him up, enactment a plaque up astatine the Whitten Oval to observe what helium has done.

"But 2016 is simply a agelong clip agone and since then, they've conscionable been an mean club."

Cornes believes Beveridge's caput has been connected the chopping artifact "for a while" and the determination to axe him looms large.

Marcus Bontempelli and Bulldogs players devastated aft losing to the Eagles. (Getty)

"This has been connected the cards for a while and unluckily it takes a nonaccomplishment similar yesterday to item conscionable however mediocre they're going," Cornes said.

"Yes they went to a expansive last (2021), but their show was embarrassing connected the day, really. Since then, it's each been downhill."

It comes arsenic starring AFL writer Caroline Wilson explained the concern that is unfolding astatine Whitten Oval.

"Just a wide dissatisfaction with the deficiency of cohesion and consistency successful signifier and selection," Wilson said connected Monday night.

Luke Beveridge's occupation is connected the enactment aft a daze nonaccomplishment to West Coast. (AFL Photos via Getty Images)

"We cognize what happened with (Josh) Dunkley past year, we're not definite wherever Bailey Smith's aboriginal is, we're not definite however Adam Treloar's feeling astatine the moment. Will Tim English spell an judge a large connection to spell an play for West Coast?"

Wilson lauded Bulldogs skipper Marcus Bontempelli for his unwavering enactment of the struggling coach, contempt the extracurricular noise, but was adamant that the nine with marque immoderate "corrections" to Beveridge's tenure.

"Thanks heavens Luke Beveridge has Marcus Bontempelli who has been his large person and protagonist during each of this," Wilson said.

"(There's) a definite correction coming implicit Luke Beveridge's authority."

The Bulldogs look dejected aft their nonaccomplishment to Port Adelaide earlier successful the season. (Getty)

It comes aft Bulldogs head of footy Chris Grant spoke connected SEN connected Monday, backing Beveridge successful arsenic manager for 2024.

"No, we've been precise bullish astir that. As acold arsenic we're concerned, there's nary accidental that (Beveridge's sacking) volition happen," Grant said connected SEN.

"But depending connected however the extremity of the play finishes out, we've got beryllium be precise unfastened and transparent ... marque those hard calls if we request to."

The Bulldogs present indispensable bushed Geelong and anticipation the GWS Giants suffer to Carlton, relying connected points differential too, to person immoderate accidental of qualifying for finals.