Sam Edmund

Do you think that there will be people out there, Essendon people out there, that won't accept John Longmire as the coach of the Essendon Football Club?

Yeah, there will be.

Yeah, and there were people that didn't accept, in some way, didn't accept Brad Scott, but that didn't stop the club from going and appointing Brad Scott at the time.

And I think that there are, mostly there's some people I know that around that time were hoping and praying that Brad Scott was going to be the right person.

Yeah, a Brad Scott would be a harder sell this time around, though.

Like, John Lomai is an easier sell than a Brad Scott.

Right.

John Longmire is for sure.

John Longmire is a premiership coach, and John Longmire has had success with the Sydney Swans, and anybody that follows football knows that they've got a very good program, a very good program, a very good football program up there that John was instrumental in actually building over a long period of time under Paul Roos and then in his own right.

Zook's joined us from Craigieburn.

Go, Zook.

I think your opinion is fair, Zouk.

As we always say on this program, everyone's entitled to it.

I have worked with Gerard now long enough to know that he's not holding any grudge against the Eastern Footy Club.

But I get accused of this at times with Melbourne or whatever.

It's how we interpret it.

on the basis of your own emotional attachment to something.

I've never thought that there's been some sort of an anti-James Heard take from Gerard.

But as I say, always on this program, you are entitled to your opinion.

It just means that we don't always agree with it.