Suspended coach James Hird joins The Hangar for a candid discussion on the support from Essendon fans, his relationship with Mark Bomber Thompson and how he will spend the next few months on the sidelines from the AFL.
Suspended Essendon coach James Hird is looking forward to returning to the club. Source: HeraldSun
THE AFL gave permission for Essendon to interview their suspended coach James Hird on their in-house TV show.
League chief Andrew Demetriou, who has received widespread criticism in the media and from the Hird camp over his handling of Essendon's supplements saga, said on Wednesday he had no problems with the interview on FoxFooty's ``The Hangar''.
Demetriou said league officials were contacted several weeks ago regarding the interview, which was broadcast on Tuesday night.
``They said, would it be OK to do that interview, and I advised Essendon chairman Paul Little ... that there was no issue about breaching the agreement,'' Demetriou told reporters.
``He conducted a pretty straight up and down interview that appeared on The Hangar last night and we saw no issue with it.''
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Hird was banned by the AFL from having any formal contact with his club for a year, but used Essendon's TV program to reassure supporters of his return when his suspension ends in August.
"I can't wait to come back," he said when commenting on his "passion for coaching".
"I'm counting down the days.
"I think it's less than six months now to come back and I can't wait to come back and coach this football club again and coach the players and reward the supporters for the faith they have put in our football club."
For the first time Hird defined both his role at the club when he comes back before the season's end and that of his stand-in replacement Mark "Bomber" Thompson.
Suspended coach James Hird is itching to return to his post at Essendon, telling The Hangar that he is keen to repay the faith shown in him by the club.
He said that there should be no confusion about his and Thompson's roles because they had been quite clearly outlined.
"I think Bomber and I are really clear on what our roles are going to be," he said.
"Bomber will be the head coach in 2014 and I will be the head coach in 2015.
"So I can't see there'll be any distraction in that."
He said that he would be on hand to give Thompson any help he required when he came back in August, but he believed he would spend more time on preparing the club for next season.
"One of the advantages is that it really gives me a head start on 2015," he said.
"More than any other club, I'll put the list together, make sure we're ready for the trade period, the draft period."
Hird, who accepted a 12-month suspension from the AFL over his role in the club's peptides supplements scandal after a long-running dispute, has gone overseas with his family and will spend the next few months in Paris where he will attend one of the world's most prestigious business schools.
With AAP.
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