Mark Robinson

For whatever reason, there's a thought that these coaches, it is a bit of a dent in their reputation if they go for these jobs and miss out.

You don't want to be the guy that comes second all the time.

And we've seen that.

I reckon Scotty Burns might have gone through that years and years and years ago.

Then it became a trend to not publicly put your hand up and go because you didn't want to be the guy that comes second all the time.

So whether that's right or wrong, but I think that's a tactic that has come into assistant coaches' thinking.

Yeah, I understand that with maybe Montgomery and Chaplin.

But I don't think that's the case with Simo and Ken Hinkley.

I think it puts enormous pressure on Essendon.

If Ken Hinkley went for the job and said, no, no, I'm going for this.

And you want a good reason to give it to him over and above me.

And this is my presentation and I'm backing myself in.

I think that's a pretty strong case as well.

But they're not just going to walk up and give it to you.

You're going to have to go through a process.

I think it's going to be interesting to see how it unfolds in terms of just the swell of support.

It's a different footy club, we keep saying it, and I wouldn't want to be the person that just puts a line straight through James Hurd.

You don't think that should be him?

I think that's an awkward space to be in.

Really?