"Why would you have a closed mind?" | Garry & Tim on North Melbourne coaching role (24.09.26)
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What’s the opening banter and why does it matter for the North Melbourne coaching talk?
Breakfast with Gary
and
Tim.
Great to have you with us. A lot of messages coming through. Got your message, Ash. I read it. Don't agree with it. When you start talking about drip feeding and fake news and Radio SEN being a stooge. I read it, so I didn't take much notice of it. He said, oh, you won't read this. We read it. We read everything. Conspiracy theory. Yeah. There's no conspiracy theory here, Ash. Billy's in Ascot Vale. Go, Bill.
Yeah, morning, Jake. Yeah, just quickly, Tim, I was just a bit curious on that comment you just made about the rumours about Mikey being unhappy with the club. Was that before or after the incident that he's unhappy about?
No, he was – I think he was – and this is only secondhand. I've just picked this up through media reports about it and the fact that he thought that the club didn't support him enough. I'm not saying the other players. It's specific to him, and I believe that his family hasn't been particularly happy around this either.
We'll find out, Billy, won't we, with whatever happens in the coming weeks.
How do Garry and Tim assess the rumours about Mikey’s unhappiness with the club?
If he does request a trade, then you'll get a pretty good indication of that.
I'm really keen to explore your views about the North Melbourne situation because this is what John Longmire had to say. We learnt yesterday that he is not in the race to be the next North Melbourne coach.
I'm not sure that Simo and I, you know, we had a couple of discussions, the both of us, through the period. I didn't actually sit down with Jen and Todd. I guess just looking at the whole situation, weighing it all up, and I think they might be going down another path, Gerard. So good luck to them. They've got to appoint the best coaches that they can for their football club. We were both invited to be a part of the process, Gary. So we both declined that, I guess. And that's, I don't want to speak on Simo's behalf, but that's certainly what happened with me. You know, this time, as you said, two years ago, we were lining up for, I think, our second grand final in three years. So it was, we felt like we were at the top there.
You know, the team made a preliminary final again this year. So, I mean, we don't think we've been too far away from the mark. But once again, it's not about us and what we think. It's about people elsewhere. So that's just life. You move on.
It appears from the outside that North Melbourne are after a modern coach, whatever that means, and they're after a first-time coach. Do you support that? If that is the case, it appears to be the case, do you believe that that is the right way to go about this?
I would have been having deep, long conversations with both of these blokes just to ascertain. Horst said he hadn't even spoken to the footy club.
Why did John Longmire say he’s not in the race for the North Melbourne job?
No. So who was he
talking to then?
Well, I don't know. We hadn't sat down, but he said he's not going to be a candidate now. Let's have a listen to Adam Simpson, because he was... He was interested. He was interested, and this is what piqued my interest last night.
This is the first time I've actually gone, oh, hang on, this is exciting. The interest is there because of, obviously, our history and where North's at. So this is the first time my ears pricked a little bit. So not to say it's going to happen again.
That would have been enough for me, for Simmo. To push through? Oh, 100%. I don't know how that didn't... So when you've got one of the North Melbourne's favourite sons as a premiership coach who says he's excited about the process, then I would think, oh, that is... That's enough to go through and make sure we have to have him in our... And so what happened from that point on that led him to go, oh, well, they mustn't want me. And then Horse, who suddenly pointed out that he was in a grand final two years ago and the year before. So, but anyway,
they
are both not bitter. That is the thing. They both said, hey, it's within the football club's right to work out which way they want to go. But having spoken to them last night and it clearly, they didn't feel like they were in any way, shape or some sort of a priority for the football club.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What’s the opening banter and why does it matter for the North Melbourne coaching talk?
0:00–1:05
2
How do Garry and Tim assess the rumours about Mikey’s unhappiness with the club?
1:05–2:31
3
Why did John Longmire say he’s not in the race for the North Melbourne job?
2:31–4:23
4
What arguments are made for hiring a modern, first‑time coach versus an experienced premiership coach?
4:23–5:41
5
Why do the hosts question a ‘closed mind’ on Adam Simpson and John Longmire’s potential involvement?
5:41–6:48
6
Could a joint coaching or football‑manager model with Simpson and Longmire work for North Melbourne?
6:48–7:36
7
How do Garry and Tim suggest clubs should recruit coaches and win over players?
7:36–9:16
8
What are the final takeaways on North Melbourne’s coaching search and next steps?
9:16–10:32
Speakers
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