Talking Footy - Simmo Interview and related discussion

[@xSnappa]

Thanks for the memories Simmo! Appreciate the upload.

[@thequartersfooty]

Great interview, Simmo spoke well. He's seems relaxed, no-brainer because he doesn't have that BS hanging over his head anymore. I'll be watching the game, win loss or draw, West Coast fans here's a challenge. Fill up Optus Stadium to the max, go out there and give it a Grand Final atmosphere and show your love and appreciation for the great man and give him the farewell he truly deserves.

[@BigCatinBKK]

Wow, that's massive. Not sure how WC fans could refuse a challenge from an anonymous KZbin commenter. I reckon they'll fire right up in response!

[@mickirving6779]

He couldn't care less. Is finished. He's got his money. It's over.

[@shannonmeredith-ew4bp]

Great interview 👍

[@samwellisloco23]

Lol Who shit i​n your breakfast? @BigCatinBKK

[@thequartersfooty]

@@mickirving6779 Buzzkill

[@shanegolding436]

Will always hold a special place in west coast history. Thank you Simmo

[@Laurie473]

1 word to remember this legend by.... RESPECT !! Thanks Simmo for your integrity, & intelligence & always holding up the importance of us, the Eagles fans behind the team, the Family building culture of the team that you nourished, which led to our 2018 success. We'll always remember how you brought us back to the fold & to have Premiership success again Mate.., good luck in your future endeavours Coach !

[@joshhowie7657]

I'm a massive eagles fans but i loved how he said he was looking forward to sitting back and watching west coast and north. i love how someone can have love for more then 1 club

[@Owen-Innes]

Cracking interview… Most watchable panel with good balance of era’s, experience plus with Mitch Clearly’s honest and trusted news to wrap things up. Chefs kiss in a horrible media landscape.

[@darlineainsworth1460]

Beautiful humble gentleman . Buying freo supporter a cap when at the shop next to him and buying a drink for a guy at the pub next to him , open and honest and deserves so much respect. Will be greatly missed . Hope he stays in WA . Probably not unfortunately. Major contributor to our club and sad to see it end . 💙💛💙💛 wish I could shake your hand Simmo

[@darensavy5014]

As a WC fan , thanks for being a stand up guy Simmo! 🙏💪😎

[@seanchristie7150]

Love the honesty of Simmo, such a champion of the game and club, I feel he has been disrespected by the club and most definitely by the West Australian Newspaper. Bet they loved him when he bought the cup back. Hopefully he stays in WA and remains around the game, who knows could be a future Chairman at West Coast, wouldn't that be poetic. No way should or could Buckley be considered for head coach. 💙💛🏆🦅

[@Kempy772]

We going miss Simmo 🥲

[@KarenSutherland-tg7su]

Love Simmo thanks for everything & I’m gutted 💔💙💛💙💛

[@williamsmith5514]

Well done Adam gather the outpouring of the spirit and it will be just that for ever .

[@morningsky8045]

As a South Aussie, I have long considered Adam Simpson to be the most likeable of all the current AFL coaches. One premiership and two GF appearances is a whole lot better record than most.

[@chinathesideyoudontsee8157]

I was as frustrated as most Eagles supporters , but I am pi55 that he was sacked mid season ! The board backed him in for 24 / 25 so what not at least let him play out the season ? I will tell you why , because the board are trying to save their own scalps as they are as much to blame for the past few years as the head coach ! Thanks Simmo, ya CHAMP !!!!!!!!!!

[@BigCatinBKK]

Obviously there's plenty of blame to go around, but he asked if he would be there next season and they gave him a direct answer. What's the complaint?

[@chinathesideyoudontsee8157]

@@BigCatinBKK That is just the media narrative they are running with, have you heard Simmo say that ? Now if Simmo and the club did actually come to a mutual agreement fine , but I doubt that is the case as he wanted to coach the rebuild, but out of respect for the club is biting his lip. The issue is , the board , team selection committee , line coaches and the weak pricks that refused to play for the team as they were disgruntled all contributed to the decline , but his head has been chopped and they cower away in safety .

[@BigCatinBKK]

@@chinathesideyoudontsee8157 Like I said, there's plenty of blame to go around, but the results since the start of 2022 meant that he wasn't going to be there next season. Once that became clear, Simpson preferred to finish up immediately, which is also entirely reasonable. Also, there's already been a bunch of changes before this, so who is cowering away in safety? Should we have sacked more senior players last year already? I really don't see the cause for complaint about Simpson's exit.

[@chinathesideyoudontsee8157]

@@BigCatinBKK The complaint is the boards hypocrisy because they came under pressure. They resigned him until 2025 even after 2022/ 2023 without at least letting him get to the end of the season, for what gain ? Ok , lets see what pans out, maybe a bounce this week from emotion , but if they get smashed for the rest of the season, now who is to blame , still Simmo ? The board and the assistant / line coaches need to come under scrutiny as they play just as much of a role as the senior coach, he is just the face of the club. The club had huge respect in the comp as they had never overcome to outside pressure and fired a coach mid season , now that is out the window. P.S I think he had to go if no bounce by seasons end, just not in this fashion ! They should of backed him in publicly and behind closed doors said " you need to play more kids and if no turn around you are in real trouble for next season "

[@BigCatinBKK]

@@chinathesideyoudontsee8157 What's the hypocrisy? Coaches get moved on while contracted all the time. When you look at the results since the start of 2022, is it really so outrageous that he didn't survive until the end of next season? I find that entirely unsurprising. He was told that he wouldn't be there next season, so that brought everything to a head this week. What's the problem with that? The idea that there was "huge respect in the comp for not sacking a coach midseason" is a figment of your imagination. No one cares about that. Why would they? Some of your concerns make no sense.

[@mrboogang]

Thank you Simmo for everything. Now - whoever is next needs to reset, reboot and refocus the entire collective West Coast Eagles family. Marketing, advertising, media and focus. We CAN and WILL rebuild into another great team and win another flag by the time the decade is out. It's happened before, and it WILL happen again, if we have the right people in place. Take no prisoners. Perform consistently onfield, show advances in development and performance and give us, the paying public a reason to clutch on to our passion and beliefs. Let's all reboot this revolution.

[@mattyey]

Anyone who doesn’t respect Simmo is someone I have no respect for. He got 2 kangas flags 1996, 1999 (runner up 1998). B & F, All Australian, North Melbourne captain for 4 years. 306 games He was assistant coach at Hawthorn when they won their 2013 flag (runner up 2012) He made the 2015 granny in his 2nd year of coaching our team We won the flag in 2018 (Simmos greatest year), All Australian coach The constructive criticism: disappointing last 3 years… I can accept that criticism. But Simmo gutsed it out like a trooper and he should be honoured for his legacy. Sometimes there are hardships in footy, it’s not always roses and sunshine… but I have no tolerance for people kicking premiership coaches while they are down. I adore what Adam Simpson did for us 1995-2024 Simmo has been involved in footy for 30 years, has been involved in 7 grand finals (4 wins, 3 losses…). So I have no idea where people get off cheap-shotting after this 😂. It’s an incredible resume so yeh… the trolls who are taking the piss haven’t got a leg to stand on

[@jerryfelitios8398]

The West Australian Newspaper is a blight upon humanity.

[@Collingwoodfan420]

Hope he go's to north next year

[@amennamaste9173]

The fish bowl of argument of wa footy, the argument falls at the feet of "The west Australian" newspaper and they need to he held accountable

[@BigCatinBKK]

Looking forward to your protest!

[@jerryfelitios8398]

They are anathema to us.

[@bloodshot3697]

Mitchell Woodcock of "The West"

[@RamoneCricket-fq3ue]

Interesting that he mentioned he’ll be sitting back and watching eagles games, and North Melbourne games. Seems like he still cares deeply about the kangas. Could definitely see him as an assistant there next year.

[@BigCatinBKK]

He played 300 games for the Kangas, so I'm not sure too much detective work was required to deduce that he'd still have a soft spot for them. He'll be getting paid handsomely to not coach next year, so no reason to go rushing into his next gig.

[@JasondenHollander-qj5hp]

This guy reeks integrity

[@MyCaptainPugwash]

Do the WA newspapers think that acting like they do will help them to retain Harley Reid, he must looking at the blood stirred up in the water and thinking to himself, do I want to be part of this.

[@BigCatinBKK]

The WA newspapers are not the ones with the objective of retaining Harley Reid. That's for WC to handle. And when you say "blood stirred up in the water", the local media is not responsible for the results since the start of 2022. That's what led to Simpson's exit, not some trashy local tabloid coverage. I don't care for the coverage of Simpson's exit, but do you really think they should tailor their day-to-day coverage with Reid's contract negotiations in mind? How do you imagine these editorial meetings should play out? Editor: "We've got this front page graphic showing Simpson's recent win-loss record." Everyone: "Nah, that's no good - Harley Reid won't extend his contract if we do that!"

[@Gholzigal]

No better in Victoria

[@ENDDIVISIVEDEI]

@@Gholzigal crap. Simpson just said himself it goes to another level in WA.

[@ilikegamesandtech6712]

Sports editor at the west is a rabid Freo supporter, so he doesn't give a shit about Harley Reid staying

[@nevvanclarke9225]

People don't realise that the Western Australia is owned by channel 7 so these people sitting on this channel 7 show are actually employees of the same company that criticised Adam Simpson so no wonder they can't say anything

[@amennamaste9173]

All corporate money making media

[@BigCatinBKK]

@@amennamaste9173 Should media seek to lose money? Maybe you'd prefer we have only state media?

[@amennamaste9173]

@@BigCatinBKK maybe there needs to be a public funded audit and stop corporations influencing the media ...who knows

[@amennamaste9173]

@@BigCatinBKK essentially whoever pays the media bills, runs the narrative

[@BigCatinBKK]

@@amennamaste9173 So who would own the TV networks? Who would buy the ads?

[@Xchardtop]

Come back to Arden St. Simmo.

[@Laurie473]

Oh god - Whatever you do.., don't let Bucks get on that plane !! We'd drop about 30% of the membership ! lol

[@robdowsing3361]

Gets a years payout and have no stress ;he will coach again after he’s had a break

[@Andy-o2f]

Come home to Arden Street Simmo!

[@kevinrice4887]

Class act...

[@dakidd729]

Good onya Simmo!! Thanks for not dead naming Dani too!❤

[@terencestella]

Lmao shut up.

[@Realn1gg4-ez4jf]

You mean that bloke dean??

[@dakidd729]

@@Realn1gg4-ez4jf Oh no!!!!

[@mrfivelive]

What an amazing coaching experience - the highest of high's, the lowest of low's.

[@TONY_FEZ]

Can anyone tell me why Brayshaw is yelling?

[@Person_On_Youtube_1]

Still active? Did foxtel ask you to stop uploading?

[@BigCatinBKK]

When they talk about Tom Barrass, why do they frame it like WC have no say in whether he stays or goes? OMG, will he have his head turned by interest from the Bulldogs? There are 3 parties involved here. He's not a free agent. He can't just take the best offer and walk. A trade would need to be agreed for a contracted player. Let's say he does "have his head turned"... the real question is what kind of deal would persuade WC to let him leave when he's got multiple years to run on his contract. Bear in mind, if Barrass had decided against signing a new deal and had exercised his rights as a free agent, WC would have received a Band 1 pick as compensation. So why would WC now roll over and accept something unsatisfactory for him when he's contracted and still a top-liner?

[@biggi3st3v3]

Don't worry, the only way they trade him is if they get an amazing offer they can't refuse, not only is he contracted but he's made it pretty clear he won't go unless, and I quote, the rug gets pulled out from under him

[@BigCatinBKK]

@@biggi3st3v3 I'm not worried - I just think it's weird to omit that detail completely when talking about whether a contracted player stays or goes. It would be like talking about buying a house without mentioning the price.

[@BigCatinBKK]

Jesus, this show is pretty tepid. At 11.38, we have to pretend that WC might hire a lady as the next senior coach? Yeah sure... whoever it might be! Man or woman!

[@wilyinfidel1091]

What utter nonsense! It’s not the sentiment it’s the blatant falsehood that they would hire a woman to coach afl men- ever.

[@BigCatinBKK]

@@wilyinfidel1091 Gee, I don't know. It could be Dean Cox. But it could be Daisy Pearce. Who can say? Maybe my cat will get the job. Be open-minded!

[@jerryfelitios8398]

It is an unwanted marker of contemporary society.

[@biggi3st3v3]

I find it hilarious about the daisy comments, she literally just got hired as the head coach of the women's team, hasn't actually coached a game yet, and what, they just gonna immediately promote her to the men's team senior coach role? Woke insanity bleeding into the afl here. I expect a woman coaching the men will happen one day, but its not gonna be for a while yet.

[@PlayOnFooty]

Bailey Williams 💪

[@jackwitcombe765]

Glad he’s gone, for his own wellbeing. It was getting Brutal over here in the west. I don’t know how these coaches can do it to themselves. This job would send you insane. Him clipping that journo on his way out was 🔥

[@apeacefulnature]

You wait, 29 next grand final

[@jazactane]

Timmy was my favourite player growing up so I mean this with respect...... wtf..... is he kidding himself with those questions, not Sam McClure level but not that far off, how hard is it to show some respect

[@SealAngel]

Good Riddance!!!!!! should of got rid of him years ago.

[@TroppoSalato]

Simmo is lying through his teeth when they brought up the passing comment at 13:25. Body language changes, starts nervous fidgeting, and stutters. It definitely seems as obvious damage control. 4 words that sounded like “You had your say” compared to “Mate, you need to get rid of that mustache” which he supposedly directed to Williams directed who doesn’t even crack a smile is quite telling, Harley Reid proceeds to smile and Daisy Pierce seemed confused. I suspect Harley and Williams may have been involved in the messages, but it will never come to light until they’re no longer playing at the club. Nonetheless, Simmo was an absolute servant of the club and he didn’t deserve to be sacked during the season. The performances during the 22 and 23 seasons shouldn’t really be taken into account, the real question is whether anyone else would have done any better with an injury ridden team in a rebuild phase and I’m not entirely sure they would have, Richmond this season are a perfect example. Yes, West Coast have played atrociously over the last few years but with the cards he was dealt I don’t necessarily think Eagles would have been better off without him. It’s truly sad to see him go, by far one of my favourite coaches in the competition, the man was all class. - Boris the Chicken Fan

[@Bthjjjjjjjj]

I don’t think he meant he said that word for word, he may have said “you need a shave” or something like that and also what’s not brought up about the video is after simmo and pyke walk past Bailey and Harley Bailey and Harley are laughing. But each to there own opinion

[@ilikegamesandtech6712]

He's in a room full of media, if you're correct it will come out. There's no need to look for a conspiracy, that kind of reporting (be first before being accurate) is the largest problem with AFL media and media at large. "you need to shave" vs your "you've had your say". The shave makes a lot more sense.

[@TroppoSalato]

@@ilikegamesandtech6712 I agree, but it’s the body language of Williams, Reid and Daisy after that passing comment that makes me sceptical. Seems a bit odd to be saying that as he walks past him from behind, and then not even a smirk or smile from the man it was targeted at? It’s just really odd

[@wilyinfidel1091]

Laidly is not a lady. He’s a 56 yo man who wears makeup and women’s clothing.

[@ilikegamesandtech6712]

whatever

[@wilyinfidel1091]

@@ilikegamesandtech6712 is that your preferred pronoun?

[@Rb-fp7mw]

All very nice but the past 3 years has been disgraceful. Not all Simmos fault but the performances were off the charts.

[@Dodgeprlk]

"Shave your moustache mate" hahahahah get out of here. I mean why lie????????? Why. Anyone that believes thats what he said... i dunno what to tell you. Why in the hell would you say that on the way to your official sacking.......its just irritating to hear the lies. Just be honest for once in your life simpson.