Hird whacks critics after Bombers application

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James Hird says it would beryllium "amazing" to manager Essendon again, declaring that helium would "rather person a go" astatine the vacant coaching relation than "die wondering".

News of Hird's application sent the AFL satellite into a frenzy past week, and the erstwhile Essendon skipper addressed his imaginable instrumentality to his beloved nine publically for the archetypal clip since interviewing with the coaching sub-committee past week.

The 49-year-old is considered improbable to beryllium palmy successful his application, with Melbourne adjunct Adem Yze looming arsenic the favourite, but believes interviewing for the occupation was a large measurement careless of the outcome.

"I'd emotion to get the job," Hird said portion speaking astatine a Norm Smith expansive last luncheon.

"I cognize there's been a batch of speculation astir whether I've done the clip oregon I've done the work, but I'm passionate astir the club.

"I've spent a batch of the past 12 months moving successful shot and fundamentally dedicating myself backmost to the game, backmost coaching, backmost watching the job, backmost training, spending clip overseas with immoderate of the top coaches successful the world.

"So if I get the opportunity, it would beryllium amazing. Redemption is simply a large thing, but for maine I conscionable emotion the Essendon Football Club, it's been portion of my beingness everlastingly and I deliberation I tin marque it better.

"For me, to beryllium 100 per cent honest, it was conscionable large to bash the interview. Maybe it was closure, but if I bash get the occupation oregon I don't get the job, past that's a afloat halt connected a saga that's been beauteous mean for each of us."

Many person questioned wherefore Hird would adjacent use for the role, fixed the idiosyncratic torment helium and his household endured during Essendon's supplements scandal. To Hird, the reply is simple.

"Because I really truly similar coaching and I deliberation I'm really not atrocious astatine it. I cognize that's egotistical to accidental that," helium said erstwhile asked wherefore helium applied.

"The Essendon Football Club to me, I grew up with it, my grandfather, my father, it was portion of who I was and I've near it successful a spot that is unfinished and I genuinely deliberation I tin marque it better.

"Courage successful beingness is really having a spell astatine things, nary substance if you get them oregon you don't. And radical are going to sound you down and radical are going to smack you but if you don't person courageousness successful life, what bash you have?

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"If I don't get (the job), they'll laughter astatine me. But I'd alternatively person a spell than dice wondering."

Hird is 1 of 4 known candidates to person met with the Essendon coaching sub-committee, a database which includes Yze, Dean Solomon and Brendon Lade.

According to The Age's Caroline Wilson, Bombers adjunct and Hird's ex-teammate, Blake Caracella, has besides signalled his involvement successful the vacant role.

Hird, Caracella and Solomon each played successful the club's astir caller premiership successful 2000, with Hird winning the Norm Smith Medal for a best-on-ground show successful the expansive last triumph implicit Melbourne.

Essendon is expected to denote its adjacent elder manager and caller nine CEO adjacent week.

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