On Footy Classified tonight, Caroline Wilson in her "Arrow" segment had a crack at North Melbourne for disrupting other clubs seasons after they had stuffed up the handling of Brad Scott. She pointed out Glenn Archer went over to WA & poached his mate Brad Rawlings from the West Coast list manager position, without even seeking West Coast's permission to interview him! She also had a go at North for attempting to poach premiership coach John Longmire from the Swans whilst he was still under contract. She doesn't believe North have the right to conduct themselves like this after stuffing up themselves internally.
Caro also mentioned that North haven't bothered interviewing anyone for the coaching role other than Rhyce Shaw, even though they had requested to interview Brett Kirk who declined the invitation because he could see that it was just window dressing because Rhyce is over the line in getting appointed. But I was then confused when Hutchy said without elaborating further, that John Blakey is on North's Radar. In what role if Rhyce has the coaching job in the bag? If it's for a assistant role, I can't see Blakey leaving who is Horse's right hand man, after he just committed for another 4 years with us. Is it just another sneaky tactic by North (if there's any substance to Hutchy's throw away line) in the hope they may able to lure Nick at his next contract?
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