Sam Edmund

vocal minority, vocal majority, you work out your own mind.

But that was kind of where the narrative was going.

And then I kept reading over the weekend, this has been in place for, you know, a year that Kevin Sheedy's been behind this and blah, blah, blah.

I think it's nearly safe to say that's not the case from what I understand.

No, I think you're right.

I think you're 100% right.

We'll just quickly take a call.

Paul's in North Ballin.

Good morning.

Sorry, Pete's in North Ballin.

Good morning, Pete.

I know that Stephen King had gone for jobs and he got that job, so that clearly didn't count against him.

Yeah, I think it comes a time, Pete, and this is where managers jump into it and they say, look, if you've been for four or five, then you start to get tarred with the brush of the perennial runner-up or the perennial third-place getter, whatever.

So they're a bit careful and cautious about how many they go for.

But look, I think if...

If that is your passion and that is your whole want and desire in life and there's an opportunity to go for an excellent coaching job, then jump in, jump at it.

Now, I understand that this is a very unique situation too because this herd, you know, the supporter base that is there for Jimmy is real.

So there is fallout.

When they appoint James or whether they don't appoint James, there's going to be fallout one way or the other.

It's going to be a tough couple of years anyway for the Eastern Footy Club in terms of where they're at and how they're committed to going back down this path that Brad Scott started them on.