Fox Footy\u2019s AFL 360 was unwavering in his commitment to Essendon\u2019s long-term plan<\/a> and expected club bosses to see it through with him.<\/p>\nScott defiant on Essendon strategy | 01:29<\/p>\n
However Walsh suggested the club\u2019s damning win-loss record and lack of progress had become too hard to ignore. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhile long-term decisions have been clear and provide great hope for our future, we still need to show progress week to week, and we haven\u2019t seen that this year,\u201d Welsh said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are genuinely difficult decisions, and we do not take them lightly but the cumulative nature of our losses and the key performance indicators set by the Club at the start of the season are not trending in the right direction.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn recent years we have transitioned our playing list, overhauled our high-performance department and enhanced our list and recruiting division and today we made the difficult decision to change our senior coaching structure.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have been extremely clear on the strategy and direction of our football club. We are building the next successful era for Essendon, with a view to playing finals, winning finals and competing for premierships.<\/p>\n
Welsh continued: \u201cThere is a lot to be gained from the second half of the season and we won\u2019t waste the opportunity to develop and improve our performances.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know recent times have been hard for Essendon people, and we feel that deeply. We are confident the best days for this football club are ahead of us and we are excited about the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
I’d describe us as a dormant superpower | 07:22<\/p>\n
Scott, 50, was in his second senior coaching run after leading North Melbourne from 2010 to 2019. <\/p>\n
It marks the second big coaching domino to fall after Michael Voss resigned from Carlton earlier this month. <\/p>\n
Along with the Tasmania Devils, it means there\u2019s now three clubs in the market for a senior coach. <\/p>\n
There\u2019s certain to be a spotlight on Essendon great James Hird\u2019s potential return to the club in what would be a polarising move after Hird was sacked in the fallout from the supplements saga. <\/p>\n
Former Essendon captain Tim Watson believes there\u2019s a strong pull from Essendon people to get Hird back to the Hangar.<\/p>\n
\u201cI get the feeling there\u2019s a very, very strong push from a lot of (Essendon) people out there to get James back at Essendon coaching,\u201d Watson said on SEN radio. <\/p>\n
\u201cI do not know whether or not he wants to put himself through that process, he put himself through the process last time. <\/p>\n
\u201cI believe (Hird was) next in line. It was a choice between Brad and James Hird, James was second based upon that interview process.\u201d<\/p>\n
It comes three games out from Essendon\u2019s mid-season bye, with contests against West Coast (Optus Stadium), Carlton and Melbourne (both MCG) before it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Essendon has sacked Brad Scott after four and a half seasons as season coach. The Bombers on Tuesday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2095,64,63,689,684,338669,696,2105,647,338670,2041,2067,677,28008,6858,180936,22401,85,2614,660,4899],"class_list":["post-694472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-america","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-ben-cotton","tag-bombers-bombshell","tag-brad-scott","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-melbourne","tag-miserable-one-win-season","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-oceania","tag-quinn-rooney","tag-richmond","tag-richmond-football-club","tag-senior-coach","tag-sports","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-victoria","tag-virginia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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