Reason why Simpson remains safe at Eagles

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Adam Simpson's aboriginal astatine the Eagles has go the biggest talking constituent successful the AFL arsenic galore telephone for his contiguous removal from the apical job.

The Eagles are floundering connected the bottommost of the ladder with conscionable 1 triumph and an alarming percent of 47.3.

The club's already catastrophic play besides slumped to an ever greater debased connected Saturday, with the Eagles handed their heaviest decision successful history, a 171-point flogging by the Swans.

Adam Simpson looks connected during the circular 7 AFL lucifer betwixt the West Coast Eagles and Carlton Blues. (Paul Kane via Getty Images)

Discussing West Coast's frightful concern connected Nine's Footy Classified, Kane Cornes believed Simpson was coming to the extremity of his tenure.

"My steadfast content is that he's connected borrowed clip present - whether that's this week, whether that's successful a period oregon whether that's astatine the extremity of the twelvemonth - Adam Simpson can't proceed to beryllium the manager with a grounds similar that," helium said.

"No manager successful satellite athletics would past a grounds [like that].

"Clearly determination is simply a declaration determination successful place. I don't blasted Adam for not walking distant but that is the mode it is going."

The astir intriguing portion of West Coast's headache is proving to beryllium Simpson's contract.

Simpson is contracted with the nine until the extremity of 2025.

Eagles skipper Luke Shuey walks from the tract aft a dense decision from the Swans successful circular 15. (Mark Metcalfe/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

"I'm not sitting present saying West Coast privation him to permission arsenic coach. But erstwhile you're connected much than $800,000 [a season] with nary exit clauses successful it due to the fact that of erstwhile it was done, for 2 much years, which has to beryllium portion of the brushed cap," writer Sam McClure said.

While the Eagles are 1 of the wealthiest clubs successful the AFL, it is chartless whether the nine could spend to fork retired the AFL's luxury taxation to wage retired Simpson.

The taxation is 200 per cent for a breach implicit the brushed headdress of $500,000.

"My sentiment is that [the contract] is the lone crushed helium is staying, and that's from the extracurricular clearly," Cornes said.

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"But if you look astatine what a coach's occupation is - to get the champion retired of your players and maximise their abilities. Is that happening? No.

"Then you look for occupation satisfaction. Are you enjoying the job, are you passionate, are you bouncing retired of bed? The reflection from the extracurricular is good however could you be, and helium looks bushed and helium looks combative.

"So past I think, why's helium staying? And the lone crushed I tin deliberation of is that contract."

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