A pair of West Coast powerbrokers have backed Adam Simpson, saying that the Eagles should retain the embattled senior coach for 2024.
While Simpson’s position is under serious threat, as the club board prepares to decide whether to pay out his contract and part company, long-serving former club chairman Murray McHenry and club benefactor and wealthy property magnate Nigel Satterley have called for Simpson to remain as coach next year.McHenry is one of the club’s founding fathers, shareholder, board member and then chairman, a role in which he served in the late 1990s.
McHenry said injuries were the major reason behind West Coast’s terrible performances and suggested that the Eagles had prospered when Sam Mitchell was Simpson’s assistant in 2017 and 2018 .The Eagles would face a payout of more than $1.6 million - considerably more if they greatly exceed the soft cap on football and pay a hefty tax - if Simpson was removed with two years left on his contract.
“I’m in the Adam’s camp to stay,” said Satterley, who has been an influential figure in business and politics in Perth and a supporter of ex-premier Mark McGowan despite Liberal Party membership. “I rate Adam as a person and family man and he’s been great for our football club.”But Satterley also called for the West Coast club board to take ownership of the club in its predicament. “The board needs to take control of the football club.
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