Re-signed Essendon star Mason Redman admits there’s a robust likelihood he would’ve made a unique determination on his AFL future a 12 months in the past.
Redman this week knocked again free-agency presents and inked a brand new five-year contract with the Bombers.
The 25-year-old defender, from regional South Australia, attracted robust curiosity from Adelaide and Port Adelaide.
He rigorously thought of his choices within the wake of Essendon’s troubled interval on and off the sector final 12 months.
But Redman stated he was finally swayed by the membership’s new constructive course below the contemporary management of coach Brad Scott and chief govt Craig Vozzo.
“The club’s in a very different place to what it was last year and it’s lucky I wasn’t in a position to make a decision (then),” Redman instructed reporters on Wednesday.
“I’m glad that I wasn’t because the direction that the club’s going in now is something that I really believe in.”
Essendon sacked Ben Rutten as coach after lacking the finals final 12 months and botched the preliminary appointment of a brand new chief govt, with Andrew Thorburn lasting simply in the future within the position.
But Redman stated Scott and Vozzo had put the Bombers again on observe because the membership seeks to finish a finals win-drought that dates again to 2004.
“Everything from the top down now feels like it’s focused towards football … and that filters down to the playing group,” Redman stated.
“It doesn’t seem like there’s as many distractions this year and our sole focus is to play footy and win footy games.
“That interprets on the sector, so it is a actually good surroundings and I’m positive it is solely going to develop with these guys on the forefront.”
Scott was thrilled to have Redman commit his future to Essendon but insisted he didn’t put pressure on the All-Australian candidate to stay in red and black.
The coach is taking the same approach with out-of-contract midfield star Darcy Parish, who has been heavily linked with a switch to Geelong.
“He’s received a very huge determination to make,” Scott stated.
“He’s entitled, and I consider he ought to, assess all his choices and make the choice that is greatest for him.
“We’ll hold up our end of the bargain as a club and I hope we get the right result for us.
“But one of the simplest ways to go about this stuff, in my view, is to evaluate all of your choices and decide with out being coerced or blackmailed.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
