Ken Hinkley

And so he's kept his mind in footy, clearly.

He's kept his mind in Essendon.

There's no doubt about that.

So, you know...

The art of coaching is not one person, Gerard.

So it's the art of coaching is as a team and a collective of people and getting the very, very best people.

I think that's the, you know, if that's your starting point, the coach can be successful whether he's been in it for five minutes or whether he hasn't been in it for 10 years or he's been in it,

Like me for the last 13 years and like a John Longmire or like Adam Simpson.

So, you know, there's plenty of options that you can do it different ways.

But the reality of all those people is they need a group of people surrounding them to make sure it's a really strong team because it's not just a coach.

Unfortunately, that's what happens in our game.

The coach is the one who...

whose head is on the line and he gets replaced.

You know, that's just what footy is always and will always be is because that's the only way we can do it.

So, you know, coaching in a different format may come about at some stage.

I don't know whether I'll be around to see it or not see it, but will it always be just one head coach?

Will it be the potential to be more than that at some point?

I'm sure it will be because everything grows in a different way.

um peculiar um well yeah it's it's certainly got some difference about it but there's no there's no doubt about that but i think it's not you i don't think it's that different to any other club i mean most clubs um they get to a point where they're just unhappy with their direction they're not clearly it all comes down to winning like it's not it's nothing else let's not mess this around and unless the you know john long my hands it over and says i've i've had enough and

You know, it's time for someone else to have a go.