...strong suit.

Er . . . In a lot of card games, long suits are strong suits (ie they are one and the same).

Er . . . In a lot of card games, long suits are strong suits (ie they are one and the same).

Funny, I've always referred to them as strong suits during poker. Never heard long suits. I'll be sure to use it next time. I'll take your word for it.

(I don't play much, that's probably why..)

Essendon do love their favourite sons....

Still heres hoping to more years languishing in the doldrums. Sorry Ash.. lol

Like Sheedy??

It will be 30 years of coaching by ex Richmond players. The last favourite son was Barry Davis.

What about James Hird as assistant and ND as coach...with a view for hirdy to take over...?

like buckley/malthouse...

Disaster. ND would be walking around feeling a knife never too far from his back. I think the Micky/ Bucks situation is different.

Anyway Hird counted himself out of the race on Fox earlier this week and was grilled about his intentions.

I dont think so.

I reckon he'd want to coach. He would have learned a lot at WC and he would go to a well resourced club.

He probably missed the gig at Essendon because he said it as it was - that they were miles away from genuine contenders. Knights got the job because he told them what they wanted to hear.

I doubt there will be a better resourced club than WCE.

Any chance he missed the job at Essendon because there was a feeling from the observations of his time at MFC that he had missed the boat on where footy was heading?

I think he has a use by date like a number of coaches get. And its been and gone.

He's a leader of men and he would have learned a lot at WC. I think he'd be better than many think, but recycling coaches like Daniher is not popular. Melbourne, North and Richmond have most recently done very well with "youth" coaches and I expect Essendon to follow this path. But they need to get it right this time.

I don't agree - I think they'll go all out for an experienced coach.

Who?

Bomber Thompson - it's not impossible.

Roos but there's probably no chance even though they could pay him $1M+

Choco?

Has Mark Harvey re-signed at Freo?

Wonder if the Dogs and Eade will split?

Daniher?

Laidley?

Malthouse and Matthews are just too far fetched.

Neale Daniher will give them a real roller-coaster ride and get them damn close, but at the end of the day he wasn't a visionary and chose to use the same players year in, year out, without developing the youngsters.

I'm sick of hearing that crud about ND.

He had his faults but he was battling an inept administration (12 CEO's in 10 years!) poor marketing, poor facilities etc. What he did was nothing short of stunning. We could not afford to 'bottom out', rebuild etc. He realised we wouldn't win a flag with Robbo at CHF and Bizzell at CHB both circa 6ft 2in triers. Our recruiting key position players struck some poor luck with Smith, Molan etc.

With limited armoury he did a terrific job spruiking the Dees. Yep, he played White and Yze when they didn't deserve games but aside from that it's about time he was recognised for his great achievements.

I'm sick of hearing that crud about ND.

He had his faults but he was battling an inept administration (12 CEO's in 10 years!) poor marketing, poor facilities etc. What he did was nothing short of stunning. We could not afford to 'bottom out', rebuild etc. He realised we wouldn't win a flag with Robbo at CHF and Bizzell at CHB both circa 6ft 2in triers. Our recruiting key position players struck some poor luck with Smith, Molan etc.

With limited armoury he did a terrific job spruiking the Dees. Yep, he played White and Yze when they didn't deserve games but aside from that it's about time he was recognised for his great achievements.

Agree ND did a fabulous job with what he had & was Given by the MFC. I hope the Reverend is always welcomed back at Melbourne. B)