Axe hangs over coach after 'total humiliation'

AFL property Eddie McGuire believes the West Coast Eagles are connected the brink of axing struggling manager Adam Simpson, aft the side's "total humiliation" against cross-town rivals Fremantle connected Saturday.

Simpson has battled extended injuries and deficiency of unit successful 2023, winning conscionable 2 games truthful acold arsenic a dismal play comes to a close.

But McGuire says the hardships are not an excuse the Eagles committee are funny in, with a determination connected the coach's aboriginal imminent.

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"... I tin archer you that the committee is contemplating whether to sack Adam Simpson," McGuire said connected Nine's Footy Classified connected Wednesday night.

"That is the situation. Things seemed to beryllium going on alright aft the Essendon game, they thought everything was hanging together, but the full humiliation of what happened connected the play against the Fremantle Dockers has present got this earlier the board."

McGuire besides confirmed that Simpson wants a "quick" exit if it is determined that his tenure is to beryllium ended aft their 101 constituent nonaccomplishment to Fremantle.

"Adam Simpson knows this, due to the fact that he's really said 'I privation to cognize sooner alternatively than later'," McGuire said.

Eagles manager Adam Simpson is connected the brink of being axed, says Eddie McGuire. (Getty)

"He's a arrogant man, he's a large coach, he's a fantastic idiosyncratic and helium deserves to get a speedy answer."

Despite kicking the archetypal 2 majors against Fremantle successful Sunday's Derby, the Dockers went connected to footwear the adjacent 17, which McGuire is convinced sealed Simpson's fate. He praised the premiership manager for holding the nine unneurotic arsenic champion arsenic helium could during a hard play successful the club's history.

"Adam Simpson tin locomotion distant with his caput held high, adjacent the caller disaster, due to the fact that it each collapsed. A gallant effort against the Bombers," McGuire said.

"They had a truly hard COVID and 12 months afterwards and to their credit, they've dug in."

The ex-Collingwood president hinted the manager whitethorn not beryllium the lone Eagles unit to beryllium axed successful the coming weeks.

"The broom is going done the West Coast Eagles. They've got much wealth than God and they're prepared to walk it," McGuire said.

"They looked to get escaped of a batch of their apical extremity players to merchandise millions, quote, millions of dollars successful their wage headdress for adjacent year. And successful the past 3 weeks we've seen Shannon Hurn, Luke Shuey and Nic Naitanui denote their retirements.

"I deliberation the Eagles are putting the close things successful place."

Adam Simpson looks dejected aft an Eagles loss. (via Getty Images)

Essendon champion Matthew Lloyd agreed that the clip is present for the Eagles to wide retired successful bid to go the powerhouse they erstwhile were.

"Everyone needs to get backmost connected borderline again, beryllium walking connected ovum shells (with) the champion young coach," Lloyd said connected Wednesday night.

West Coast present look the eighth-placed Bulldogs and 12th-placed Crows successful their finals 2 matches, with some oppositions inactive warring for a spot successful the finals.