Adam Simpson conceded “what will be will be” about his future as West Coast coach after Fremantle handed the Eagles their fifth triple-figure belting for the season.
The Dockers claimed their biggest-ever western derby victory and thru one stretch booted a outstanding 17 unanswered objectives on the way in which to a 20.14 (134) to 4.9 (33) win at Optus Stadium on Saturday evening.
It provides much more strain on an under-siege Simpson regardless of the premiership coach having two years to run on a water-tight contract.
When requested if one other 100-point plus loss frightened him that it’d be the tipping level in his 10-year tenure on the powerhouse membership, Simpson merely mentioned: “I can’t control that”.
“So what will be will be, but we definitely took a step backwards today.”
Simpson lamented his group’s incapability to deal with the Dockers’ strain and mentioned they acquired what they deserved consequently.
“The danger signs after the 15-minute mark was probably the ease of which they scored,” Simpson mentioned.
“We bordered the deck in our back half and we’ve been holding up alright recently but it was too easy and the floodgates opened really for the next two and a half quarters and you get what you deserve.
“We weren’t strong enough around the ball, we coughed it up and we didn’t manage it at all.”
Simpson mentioned the Dockers taught his Eagles a lesson across the ball.
“Their method and the way they handled it was first class and it taught us a lesson,” he mentioned.
“We took a step backwards … they were too tough for us tonight and it was not good enough.
“We had 51,000 fans and they’ve just turned up every week so to let them down as well as each other, I think they’re really disappointing.
“There’s a couple of weeks to go and we’ve got a choice with how we want to handle it. We’d like to finish off the year as well as we can.
“Some of our younger guys are getting tired, you can clearly see it’s been a long year for them and even our leaders look a bit spent but that’s no excuse for tonight.”
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