Grand Final - Rapid Fire questions to Simmo

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What off‑season questions does Adam Simpson face after the Grand Final?

Gary Lyon 0:02

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Gerard Whateley 0:16

Crunch time for the Fort Everest Triple Stack Deal and Azito brushless power tools built to work, Azito do you. We have the Fremantle president who's gonna join us in our final seg today as he makes his way into the ground. We'll get to that shortly. Simo, I thought we'd just have a little play, half analysis, half crystal ball, a little bit of rapid fire, a little bit of depth. I've got fourteen questions to define the off season that uh will consume us over the next five months from the final siren today. Okay. Are you ready for me? Yep. How does the Sydney V resolve?

Adam Simpson 0:45

Um I think they all get back together and I'm intrigued by the AFL and what they're gonna do. I think that'll play a part but it feels like they're they're gonna get the green light just to continue on depending on the obviously the the the police and the court and all that sort of stuff. But I think it's gonna be somehow business as usual. I

Gerard Whateley 1:03

don't know how. Is the biggest discussion in every coaching group how prominent offense will be next year?

Adam Simpson 1:10

No, no, I I I think uh if you chase the the premiers every year you'll never get there. You've got to create your own identity, um, your own point of difference, and then every now and then you get in front of the game. Brisbane have done that for a couple of years, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be the next thing that happens. Maybe defence is the next thing that that takes over. You never know. Can Collingwood put enough around Nick Dacos to contend next year? I'm not a big one for just keep chopping up, Jeff. So I'm I I I don't see it as well. I I like the Brisbane model.

Adam Simpson 1:50

Will Scott Pendlebury be the biggest addition to Gold Coast since Gary Ablett?

How will the Sydney V and other clubs shape their strategies for the next five months?

Adam Simpson 1:54

No. No, I think he'll just be a contributor. I think his impact's gonna be off field in years to come. Um How many games do you reckon he'll play? Sixteen. Ooh, I reckon he'll play twelve. Okay. Unless the sun, you know, loosens him up a little bit. He looked he struggled this year. So he had three or four really good games and uh overall I think he had a he had a a you know, not a poor season, but it wasn't uh outstanding, so he can't get better. No. He'll be a culture shifter though. He culture shift the locker room will be uh

Gerard Whateley 2:23

Forever grateful for what he can do. What will end up happening with the North Melbourne coaching position? I

Adam Simpson 2:27

don't know. There you go. Fags is gonna come down and not they don't want the second time coaches, but they want the guys over sixty five. Yeah, just the word on the street.

Gerard Whateley 2:38

He's the Messiah and the second time coach. I think that's a two strike policy. Uh who gets the contract extension over the summer, if any? Beverich, Nick's, Ross or McQualter? Well

Adam Simpson 2:49

If Ross wants a extension, he'd just ask himself if he wants it and he probably gets it. Um but I you'd say that's a joke by the way. I I I Bevo with the what's happened with Butters feels like he needs more than one year um to get this right.

Will Scott Pendlebury become the Gold Coast’s biggest signing since Gary Ablett?

Adam Simpson 3:03

Now maybe it is a one and dumb but I feel like he's the one that might get uh an extra year. I wouldn't give him three, I'd give him two.

Gerard Whateley 3:10

You? Yep, I'm the same. Yep. And I wouldn't hesitate to do that. Can Adam Uzay improve Richmond quickly enough to outrun the looming pressure? Yeah. Who's under more pressure? Um Uze or McQualter? So McCall is in the last year of his contract, Uze is not. I think if you were forecasting you would say West Coast are much more likely to improve quickly than Richmond.

Adam Simpson 3:34

Kids well enough, Jared. I I I feel like we heard I think it was David King said the Ferraris at uh at Punt Road and maybe a little bit premature with that, but um they just haven't been on the on the park. So I think the seasons, their development has been stifled by one season because of the injuries. Let's see all the kids play together, let's get the preseason right, let's get this ground right at punt road, let's give a full bill of health, and then we'll judge Adam off the back of that.