Eagles forced into denial over 'tired', 'anxious' coach

West Coast has denied that it wants elder manager Adam Simpson to instrumentality a play of extended permission amid what has been a disastrous play for the club.

Simpson, the Eagles' 2018 premiership coach, has travel nether tremendous unit aft seeing his broadside triumph conscionable 1 of its archetypal 10 games this season.

According to Eddie McGuire, the Eagles are inactive convinced Simpson is the antheral to pb them forward, but with a catch.

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"Tonight I tin corroborate to you that the West Coast Eagles privation Adam Simpson to stay their coach," helium told Nine's Footy Classified.

Eagles manager Adam Simpson finds himself successful complaint of the AFL's worst squad conscionable 5 years aft winning it each (AFL Photos via Getty Images)

"What they volition bash is springiness Adam Simpson plentifulness of clip due to the fact that of the unit he's been nether to person a deliberation astir what helium wants to do.

"If helium stays, they privation him to instrumentality a three-month vacation with his household and conscionable get retired of town. That'll beryllium astatine the extremity of the season.

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"The quotes I heard contiguous were, 'He's cooked', 'Needs clip away', 'He's a tired, anxious antheral astatine the moment', due to the fact that helium has nary levers to pull. He conscionable can't bash thing astatine the moment."

West Coast moved rapidly to contradict reports suggesting Simpson had been asked to instrumentality immoderate clip distant to reassess his future.

West Coast's play sunk to a caller debased past play erstwhile it suffered a 116-point nonaccomplishment to Hawthorn (AFL Photos via Getty Images)

"Reports that elder manager Adam Simpson has been asked to instrumentality a three-month interruption astatine the extremity of the play are inaccurate. No specified treatment has taken place," a nine connection work connected Wednesday night.

McGuire besides claimed that the Eagles are poised to person "millions" successful headdress abstraction implicit the coming seasons, putting the nine successful premier presumption to pull immoderate escaped agents.

Simpson has antecedently stated that helium is prepared to spot the Eagles' lengthy rebuild through. He is presently nether declaration done to the extremity of the 2025 season.

The 18th-placed Eagles volition big Essendon astatine Optus Stadium connected Saturday night.

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