'Exodus coming': Grim forecast for under-fire Eagles coach

Senior manager Adam Simpson could beryllium 1 of a fig of casualties, with the West Coast Eagles acceptable to embark connected a wide exodus, according to seasoned The Age's Caroline Wilson.

The Eagles person won conscionable 1 lucifer truthful acold this season, and Wilson said Saturday's 71-point nonaccomplishment to Carlton whitethorn person enactment Simpson successful information of losing his occupation this year.

Speaking connected Nine's Footy Classified, Wilson expected long-time Eagles CEO Trevor Nisbett to beryllium the "first casualty", but suggested Simpson whitethorn not beryllium acold behind.

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"The communicative each twelvemonth has been that it'll beryllium either the manager oregon the CEO, determination has to beryllium 1 large scalp, I'm present not definite Adam Simpson volition survive," she said.

Caroline Wilson believes West Coast manager Adam Simpson whitethorn beryllium shown the doorway astatine the extremity of the play (Mark Metcalfe via Getty Images)

"I thought helium mightiness due to the fact that of his immense declaration and the information that they'd person to wage him retired for 2 years. Although they're a precise affluent club, they look unwilling to spell implicit their brushed headdress successful immoderate extremist way.

"The Carlton effect astir made the minds of immoderate committee members judge that this has conscionable got to change."

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Wilson believes a fig of elder players, "several" adjunct coaches and the fittingness unit could each beryllium shown the exit doorway successful a monolithic off-season overhaul.

Port Adelaide large Kane Cornes backed up Wilson's report, forecasting an "exodus coming".

Simpson chats to Eagles young weapon Oscar Allen aft the team's latest nonaccomplishment against Carlton astatine the play (AFL Photos via Getty Images)

"When you're comparing who they're playing against, they're not young either. This isn't the Giants successful their archetypal year," helium told Footy Classified.

"I deliberation there's an exodus coming. The mode that he's been carrying himself, he's been a mediocre ambassador for this club.

"This is wherefore I deliberation they request a circuit-breaker (because) he's starting to dainty journalists beauteous disrespectfully."

Simpson's bottom-placed Eagles person their champion accidental astatine securing a triumph successful months connected Sunday erstwhile they big the 17th-placed Kangaroos astatine home.

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