Buckley believes he has \u201cfair bit to offer\u201d<\/a> after he returned to the coaching caper as an assistant at Geelong this year.<\/p>\n\u201cWell, I think nothing ventured, nothing gained,\u201d Buckley said on Kayo Sports\u2019 On the Couch.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, I\u2019ve determined 12 months ago that I\u2019d love to senior coach again, and I love the role at Geelong.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really respect the way North have handled this and they\u2019ve kept things really tight.\u201d<\/p>\n
LONGMIRE ON MERRETT, VINEY AS DONS EYE MORE COACHES<\/p>\n
New Essendon General Manager of AFL performance John Longmire says he won\u2019t play a role in trying to convince Zach Merrett to stay at the club as it looks to beef up its coaching team around Mark McVeigh. <\/p>\n
Longmire has already began the newly-created role at the Bombers that will see him support McVeigh in the same way Don Pyke helped him at Sydney. <\/p>\n
But Longmire says he won\u2019t try and talk Merrett around his looming trade move to Hawthorn.<\/p>\n
\u201cNah, that\u2019s not my brief. I\u2019m sure if I was asked from \u2018Spike\u2019 (McVeigh), I\u2019d have a chat about it. But no, that\u2019s not my role,\u201d Longmire said on SEN radio.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe guys in the recruiting department have already got their teeth into that and they\u2019ll be right into it. That\u2019s not part of my role.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Meanwhile, Longmire suggested Melbourne trade target Jack Viney was a player that could offer plenty for the Bombers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know that\u2019s something \u2018Spike\u2019 has had thoughts about, he\u2019s been active in that space. Players that can help the club now but also help and drive standards,\u201d Longmire said. <\/p>\n
\u201cFrom what we\u2019ve both seen over the years, the most successful teams are able to have players really drive those standards. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s one of those players, I\u2019m sure that\u2019s a consideration for \u2018Spike\u2019 going forward.\u201d <\/p>\n
Essendon is still looking to build out its coaching team around McVeigh after adding ex-Swan Shane Mumford, with Longmire set to hold talks with some prospective options.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m there to support \u2018Spike\u2019 and try and mould a new coaching group and get that coaching group together and hopefully be able to support the players as best we can,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need a few (more coaches). That\u2019s what we\u2019re working through at the moment, the roles and specifics of it, we\u2019re working through as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re speaking to a couple of coaches. \u2018Spike\u2019 has some great contacts in the industry as well, we\u2019ll be talking to a few as the days go by.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Melbourne\u2019s coaching search has been narrowed down to a maximum of five candidates. Plus John Longmire has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":911792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-911791","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\/911791","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=911791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/911792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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