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Wysłany: Śro 22:00, 11 Gru 2013 Temat postu: Lloyd backs Hird's right to keep job |
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Lloyd backs Hird's right to keep job
Former Essendon great Matthew Lloyd has staunchly defended James Hird's right to keep his job as the Bombers coach prepares to confront antidoping investigators on Tuesday.
Hird has resisted pressure to stand aside in the meantime, and led the Bombers to a stirring fourpoint victory over Fremantle on Friday night to maintain their unbeaten start to the season.
Lloyd, a former premiership teammate of Hird's, says the Bombers coach has every right to stay in his job while the investigation is under way.
"James Hird's been a sitting duck," Lloyd told the Nine Network's AFL Sunday Footy Show.
"He can't say anything because of the investigation (and) waiting to be interviewed.
"Everyone's having their say through media outlets. James Hird isn't allowed to say anything. He's got cameras queuing up for him,[url=http://www.sport.fr/smartphones/moncler.asp]moncler homme[/url]. He just wants his say on Tuesday."
While saying if Hird was proven to have done something wrong, he should be punished, Lloyd was critical of comments by AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou that Hird should consider standing down while the ASADA investigation runs its course.
"If he's done the wrong thing, hang him out there. But the guy has not had an opportunity (to speak), yet we have the boss of our competition saying James Hird should step down," Lloyd said.
"James showed on Friday night what he can do it's not affecting his coaching.
"Until he's (found) guilty, he should keep coaching."
Hird will be able to answer the allegations on Tuesday when ASADA interview him over the the supplements program Essendon used under Dank especially the extent of the coach's knowledge and involvement. |
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