"It is a massive recruitment for Essendon" - Cam and Picks discuss John Longmire's recruitment to Essendon - Tuesday 29th September
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How will John Longmire's appointment impact Essendon?
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And a good afternoon wherever you might be right around Australia. AFL.com.au. Continental Tires. AFL Trade Radio. Day 2. for Trade Radio as we inch our way towards free agency on Friday. The trade period opens next Monday and so much to get into. We are the trade feed for Trojan Tools and MEGT. Liam Pickering has engineered the biggest news of day one of the off-season with the John Longmire heading to the hangar. We're going to get to that very shortly. How are you doing, Pix?
Going well, Cam. Hello, everyone. It's good to be here. Beautiful day in Melbourne.
I like to
give a little weather update. Yeah,
you do. A
little bit windy, but nice. Beautiful 24 degrees.
You know what I like to do? Give an update of breaking news. What have you got? What's breaking? Nothing currently, but yesterday in the ad break, when you looked at your phone, at around quarter to three, And you gave a little fist pump and you said, oh, good
news. And I said,
what's that? He's like, nah, nah, nah. I said, what happened? And you had a big smile on your face. And I thought, what's going on here? And then we leave. We leave. And then about an hour and a half, two hours later, Essendon break the news that John Lohmeyer is heading to the Essendon Football Club as a general manager of performance, a senior leadership position, a newly created role. for John Longmire to head back to Melbourne and go to the Bombers. I'll give you the floor, Pix. Take it away. What do you need to know? Well, I need to know how it's happened, how it's worked out. He's messaging
me as we speak, so I'm a little bit tricky. It's a bit tricky to do too much.
Okay. First question I've got, the first question about this, and I want to actually open the floor to Essendon fans to kickstart the show. 1-300-2355-48. 1-300-2355-48. And the IMA insurance text line 0426-3075-1 for IMA insurance. I just want to get your feelings on how your football club is right now. So if you're a Bombers fan... Upheaval in the year. We both work on SEN Pickers, so a lot of pro Let's Get James Heard back. They went with Mark McVay. John Longmire is in. Mummy's coming in. How do you feel about the Merritt and Ridley possible exit? So Essendon fans, 1-300-2355-48. That's where I want to start the show today, on your emotions and how you feel about your football club going into an off-season.
I'm going to ask you though, Piggies, the first question I have for you, the first question that I thought of when I seen this news was, did North Melbourne offer somewhat of a similar role?
How did Essendon recruit John Longmire for its new football role?
No, they didn't. We only spoke to North, John spoke to North and I did a couple of times, just about the senior role, but not this particular role. It was orchestrated by the Bombers.
So in that- I think
it's due to John's relationship with-
No doubt. No doubt. So has it just bubbled along for a week or two? And has it been one that popped up when there was a mini conversation about a possible throw your hat into the ring for the coach? Like, how did it all play out? Is it quick or has it been a long
process? No, it's been reasonably quick. Yeah. The last couple of weeks, it's- I think initially the conversation, I think Spike might have had it with Horse, that, you know, he needs some help. He's a young coach.
No doubt. They're trying to
get their panel, their coaching panel in their football department, you know, in a really good shape. And then it was initial conversation there. Then it was CEO Tim Roberts, who's done a great job, who contacted John and then Horse and I were speaking and, And it went around to the stage where it's sort of over the weekend. It was like, I reckon
it's starting to
look like it's a pretty good role because it's a split role. It's not
the footy manager's role. No,
it's not. So it's more in the performance area of the club. So I think he's a perfect fit for it.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How will John Longmire's appointment impact Essendon?
0:00–2:46
2
How did Essendon recruit John Longmire for its new football role?
2:46–4:59
3
How will John Longmire support coach Mark McVeigh at Essendon?
4:59–6:15
4
Why are Essendon fans optimistic about the club's rebuild?
6:15–9:17
5
Why is Essendon's upcoming AFL draft crucial to its rebuild?
9:17–12:01
6
How could Zach Merrett and Jordan Ridley trades affect Essendon's draft picks?
12:01–13:19
7
Should Essendon trade or split the No. 1 pick in an even draft?
13:19–16:36
8
Should Essendon keep Zach Merrett or trade him for draft picks?
16:36–18:17
Speakers
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