Club called out for awkward move after axing

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The Fremantle Dockers' AFL Women's squad is inactive without a manager aft axing Trent Cooper past month, with the nine present trying a astonishing method to capable the void.

On Monday, the nine posted an advertisement for its elder coaching presumption connected Seek, casting a wide nett to name its adjacent mentor.

In the listing, Fremantle said they are looking for idiosyncratic who is "a passionate advocator of advancing women successful athletics and leadership" and "has the skills and acquisition to pb our AFL Women's squad to success".

Cooper departed the Dockers successful November aft helium was not offered a declaration extension.

In 5 seasons astatine the helm astatine Fremantle, the 48-year-old helped the squad to 4 consecutive finals appearances. However, aft missing the finals successful play seven, Cooper was told his services were nary longer needed.

"I disagree with the decision. I deliberation a batch of radical bash disagree with the decision. So it's an unpopular determination – doesn't mean it's the incorrect decision, clip volition archer that," Cooper told SEN WA of his daze sacking.

It was reported that erstwhile AFL subordinate and Collingwood adjunct Jordan Roughead was expected to instrumentality implicit the relation from Cooper, but turned down the club's offer.

With nary different wide contenders, Fremantle has present taken its hunt to nationalist employment marketplace Seek wherever coaches from extracurricular the AFL strategy volition person an accidental to apply.

According to the advertisement, these are the requirements for the palmy candidate:

An 'All of Club' mindset wherever collaboration comes naturally
Minimum of Level 2 AFL Coaching Accreditation – ideally has oregon is moving towards, Level 3.
Demonstrated coaching acquisition with palmy Australian rules shot teams.
Strong leadership, communication, and radical absorption skills.
Knowledgeable astir the modern AFL Women's contention and environment.
Capable of maintaining a moving with children cheque and nationalist constabulary clearance.

The advertisement besides provides a uncommon penetration into the benefits of an AFLW coaching job.

While the method is not custom, this is not the archetypal clip an AFLW nine has utilised Seek, with Carlton searching for inaugural manager Damien Keeping's replacement connected the employment website successful 2018.

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