Howie

It's all going to come down to Andrew Welsh's desire to have or not have James Hurd as to whether he's going to be part of that particular selection process.

You think Essendon should go down the James Hurd path, yes?

You wrote that.

I have written that only because I feel Brownie, they and he cannot move on now without having one more go at it.

And Brad Scott lived with James Hurd, living in the background that whole time.

He...

Look, Andrew Welsh is wrestling with this at the moment.

He hasn't said anything publicly yet.

He doesn't need to, apart from the day he announced Brad Scott had been moved on.

But he's working out what he wants and what the club needs from the next coach.

If he wants to establish a criteria that actually precludes James Hurd, he could have that.

He might be able to say, we need a coach who has worked in the system as a senior assistant for the past six or seven years.

James Hurd hasn't done that.

I did footy classified with Hurdy on Tuesday night, and he said...

I must be doing something right because Damien Barrett's on board with me now.

No, there's a bit of history there as we discovered pretty hostilely way back in 2013, 14, 15, and maybe up until recently.

But he's doing a really good job on your show.

Should I jump in there, Howie?

Because our man Nathan Brown has been filling in on 40 Classifieds, seeing he mentions James Heard.

And doing a nice job.