EMERGENCY POD: Brad Scott Gets Sacked
5/26/202622 min
Huge news this morning as Essendon pull the trigger sacking Brad Scott after a 1-10 start this year & only recording 1 win in the last year.
Dan + Joey are in the studio to react to the breaking news and unpack what it means for Essendon moving forward.
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First 90 secondsDan Gorringe· Host0:00
Emergency pod. A second coach has been sacked. Essendon fans, wake up. Christmas. Oh, you've been begging. You're asking for it. You're begging for it. You got it. You got what you want. Woke up to another Mitch Cleary bomb. At 7:30 this morning, Essendon have just done it again. Found the big red button and said, "You know what? Brad Scott, you are out of here." That's the line. Also, 7:30 on a weekday now the new time slot to get sacked.
Joey· Host0:28
Yeah, I think if you survive 7:30 on a Tuesday morning, you're sweet.
Dan Gorringe· Host0:31
Mm.
Joey· Host0:31
But after that, you're out of here.
Dan Gorringe· Host0:33
Yeah, I think... Well, I think what would happen is, uh, this would've come out yesterday, but rest in peace Neil Danaher, which we'll be on the pod a lot more, um, our thoughts with his family. That would've happened yesterday I think, and then been delayed to today to get it out and then get ready for the round of football that's coming. But I mean, it's pretty big. It's massive news. The fans have definitely, as I said at the start, got what they wanted to hear. After the weekend, it felt like that was definitely the end of the road. They were all out. They were throwing the scarves in. As we know, they lost to Richmond's VFL team. The... I mean, the team they lost to was literally one injury away from asking someone in the crowd, "Hey, lace them up. Let's go here."
Joey· Host1:11
Do you think that, um, the Essendon board sort of circled this game on the calendar and went, "You know what? If you don't win this, if you don't win against a VFL team, you're out"?
Dan Gorringe· Host1:19
That massive part to do with it. I think after, yeah, losing to a VFL team, after weird move of selection, like a lot, lot of starters all year,