r/EssendonFC • u/el_teriyaki •Make Essendon Great Again• • 6d ago

AFL Make Essendon Great Again

Phase 1: Hire James Hird.

Phase 2: ???

Phase 3: Win Premiership.

6 Upvotes

54% Upvoted

61 comments sorted by

View all comments

50

u/420gramsofbutter 6d ago

I know I may be in the minority here, but I just don't understand how, in good faith, you can re-hire the person responsible for the darkest period in this club's 150-years.

I get that people love Hird; he's a club legend. But he was the person in charge during the supplement saga, and we're still dealing with the repercussions from that period.

It just feels dirty to me, like we're sweeping everything under the rug.

-4

u/el_teriyaki •Make Essendon Great Again• 6d ago

must mean something if all Essendon Supports associate him as one of the reasons for Essendon's dark period but still believe in him. Usually other fan bases are vile when it comes to similar characters.

4

u/420gramsofbutter 6d ago

must mean something if all Essendon Supports [...] still believe in him

I'll always support this club, but I don't believe in him; Hird isn't the right choice.