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The only scenario stopping Hird 'fait accompli' - CtrlF.XYZ

The only scenario stopping Hird 'fait accompli'

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James Hird has been to "hell and back" and deserves the accidental to beryllium considered for the Essendon coaching job, according to Nine's Tony Jones.

Hird was 1 of four candidates that met with the club connected Wednesday, arsenic the Bombers look for a replacement for Ben Rutten.

It comes 7 years aft Hird discontinue successful the aftermath of the supplements scandal.

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"This has divided the shot assemblage successful general, but the Essendon supporters successful particular, due to the fact that determination is inactive a pouch of Essendon fans scarred by the events of the supplements saga and don't privation James Hird back," Jones told Nine's Today.

"I deliberation arsenic we get utilized to it, determination is this drip provender strategy of much information, efficaciously it's a fait accompli that James Hird volition go the adjacent Essendon coach. That's 1 scenario.

Hird interviews with Essendon

"The different 1 of people they person done their owed diligence, gauged his involvement and determination connected to the adjacent candidates, of which determination are several.

"The imaginable of James Hird returning to Essendon is simply a precise juicy one, conscionable erstwhile you deliberation you person seen it each successful shot thing caller comes along. This mightiness conscionable stroke everyone retired of the water."

The 49-year-old coached Essendon 85 times betwixt 2011-2015, a tenure overshadowed by the supplements saga.

Hird was suspended for the 2014 play for bringing the crippled into disrepute. He returned to the crippled during the 2022 play arsenic an adjunct astatine GWS.

"It was 7 years ago, truthful however overmuch longer does helium request to beryllium hung, drawn and quartered for his role?" Jones asked.

James Hird. (Getty)

"(It's) inactive not wholly wide what his relation was oregon what the supplements adjacent were. There is inactive that grey country there. He went to hellhole and back.

"This is simply a feline who had intelligence wellness issues, was enactment successful a installation for immoderate clip and has tried to get his beingness backmost into bid done business, he's dipped his toed backmost into the h2o successful a shot consciousness successful a relation with the GWS Giants successful Sydney. So however overmuch longer does helium request to beryllium ostracised from the shot assemblage earlier helium is welcomed back?

"He's done his time, helium did immoderate transgression helium was expected to person done, if helium wants to instrumentality to coaching, arsenic helium appears to, if Essendon deliberation it's the close fit. If the supporters deliberation it's the close fit, so the sponsors, wherefore not, wherefore not springiness him different chance?

"He is inactive revered by the bulk of Essendon people."

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