Tom Morris

And I think you are the coach is the least likely option.

You can apply and be the coach or you are not going to be the coach.

They're the three options for Andrew Welsh.

And how does he get that sorted before a process is in place, e.g.

a panel to select the next coach?

No, and I disagree.

I disagree with the word desperate.

I think he was forthright and honest.

He was desperate.

You can have that opinion, but I don't... Why was he desperate?

feel the need to put their hand up as publicly as what he did why did he have to do that when no one else does ever do something similar with Tassie I think it looks Cain it looks more silly if Eddie asks him the question and he goes oh I'll think about it like he dances around it be honest be forthright and see where it gets you and if he doesn't get the job and goes through the process then someone better will I think that's all he said he's not getting the job without going through a process yeah I agree who do you think will blink first Tom you've brought it up uh

I think Welsh needs to contact James Heard and work out exactly where Heard sits and how – not the word desperate – how keen he is to go through that full process, the exhaustive process of the next 10 weeks.

Have you changed your mind on this a bit, Cain, since we spoke on that emergency pod last –

Tuesday.

Do you feel like Heard could be a better option than what you thought six days ago?

No.

And just another thing, and this is something that an assistant coach who isn't keen to have the Essendon job pointed out to me.

He thinks it's actually a good thing now for an assistant coach to put up his hand and go against Hurd.

It'll make the assistant coach look really good.

No, no, I back myself.