Scott unveiled as Dons coach on long-term deal

Essendon has unveiled Brad Scott arsenic its caller elder manager aft interviewing the erstwhile Kangaroos manager connected Thursday.

Scott, who led North Melbourne to 2 preliminary finals successful 2014 and 2015, was chosen implicit erstwhile Essendon manager James Hird arsenic good arsenic highly-credentialed Melbourne adjunct Adem Yze for the relation aft throwing his chapeau successful the ringing pursuing the completion of the AFL season.

According to The Age, Scott volition articulation the Bombers connected a four-year deal.

Scott's assignment was made authoritative by Essendon with a missive to the club's members from Bombers president David Barham connected Thursday evening.

"This is simply a important assignment and different important measurement guardant successful the advancement of our club," Barham wrote.

"The coaching process was diligent successful its attack and elaborate successful its execution. It begun with a shortlist of implicit 22 candidates and included a demanding interrogation process, crippled benignant presentations and outer property profiling to guarantee we had the afloat representation of the palmy candidate.

Brad Scott (AAP)

"We judge Brad has each the attributes to beryllium the semipermanent manager of the Essendon Football Club. He's a beardown person who volition thrust standards and found a winning culture. We look guardant to Brad getting started with america and moving intimately with the broader nine and the shot section for what volition beryllium an important pre-season.

"This is simply a intelligibly a important time and different affirmative measurement guardant for the club. We are nether nary illusions astir the hard enactment up of us. By the aforesaid token, we are excited astir the situation of gathering a nine that our members are arrogant of and 1 that delivers sustained on-field success."

Barham indicated that the nine wanted an experienced manager to regenerate Ben Rutten erstwhile the erstwhile was sacked past month, and Scott fits the measure with nine-and-a-half years astatine the helm astatine North Melbourne.

Scott coached the Kangaroos to a 106-105 grounds successful 211 games earlier parting ways with the nine midway done the 2019 season.

Following his coaching career, Scott assumed a relation successful the AFL successful a elder shot operations role.

While Scott lone officially interviewed with Essendon connected Thursday, it is understood that his assignment came aft weeks of conversations with the club.

Scott was recommended to Essendon's committee by the coaching sub-committee which featured nine shot brag Josh Mahoney, committee subordinate Dorothy Hisgrove, four-time Hawthorn premiership subordinate Jordan Lewis, ex-Carlton premiership manager Robert Walls, ex-NAB CEO Andrew Thorburn, and Melbourne Vixens netball manager Simone McKinnis.

The coaching sub-committee's gathering with Scott followed interviews with Yze, Hird, erstwhile Essendon premiership subordinate Dean Solomon and former Port Adelaide premiership subordinate Brendon Lade, who has since accepted an adjunct relation astatine the Western Bulldogs nether Luke Beveridge.

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