suggesting the businessman could pay if the club goes over the tax limit<\/a>.<\/p>\nHird, who previously worked at GWS as an assistant coach under interim coach McVeigh, reportedly told Greene he\u2019d be \u201cthe first man he\u2019d call if he was appointed.\u201d <\/p>\n
It\u2019s a pitch based around the Giants skipper playing in front of big crowds and marquee games at the MCG.<\/p>\n
Greene, 32, is currently weighing up his future including links to Geelong.<\/p>\n
James Hird with Toby Greene. Picture: GWS GiantsSource: Supplied<\/p>\n
Ralph noted that Greene and Neale, who\u2019s expected to land at Collingwood, are unlikely to go to the Bombers. <\/p>\n
But it speaks to the highly ambitious nature of Hird\u2019s plans if he returns to Tullamarine. <\/p>\n
\u201c(Hird) believes (Greene has) that perfect blend of hardness and leadership and that by the end of his career he should be playing 30 big blockbusters at the MCG \u2014 Anzac Day, Dreamtime at the \u2018G and potentially finals,\u201d Ralph continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe believes this club can win finals in the three or four years Toby would be there. <\/p>\n
\u201cToby is less likely to come (to Essendon), more likely to get to a Geelong or stay at GWS. And Lachie Neale is less likely, as well\u201d<\/p>\n
“Best demonstration of interim coaching” | 01:09<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Hird and McVeigh have discussed the possibility of working together as a \u201cdream team\u201d after both ex-Bombers told interim coach Dean Solomon they wouldn\u2019t be an assistant in his team if he were appointed.<\/p>\n
\u201cCertainly Essendon is aware of the weight of this James Hird decision,\u201d Ralph said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey ignore Hird, the next coach is on a hiding to nothing. They appoint him and he doesn\u2019t go well, we know the ramifications there, they are very risky.\u201d <\/p>\n
Tigers champion Jack Riewoldt endorsed Essendon bringing back Hird, arguing the 18th-placed club needs a \u201cgalvaniser\u201d more than anything.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think in terms of contacting other players, this just shows the aura that James Hird has,\u201c Riewoldt said on the program.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think this is what this club is starved of at the moment, they need a galvaniser and it has to be one of their favourite sons.<\/p>\n
\u201c(McVeigh) hasn\u2019t got the star power that James Hird\u2019s got, and I think the Hird factor will sit right behind Mark McVeigh if he is to get the role.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd that\u2019s going to happen for anyone that doesn\u2019t get the role … a club on its knees needs a galvaniser and I think James Hird is the man.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Hird has personally contacted Toby Greene and Lachie Neale as part of his pitch to become Essendon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-850422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850422","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=850422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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