A defiant Adam Simpson says West Coast are nonetheless on the suitable path regardless of by some means sinking to a brand new rock-bottom in a 171-point humiliation on the SCG on Saturday.
The final coach to concede greater than 200 factors was Melbourne’s Dean Bailey in 2011 and he was not lengthy after sacked, however Simpson remained adamant he was the suitable man for the job.
The 31.19 (205) to five.4 (34) defeat equalled the fourth largest shedding margin in VFL/AFL historical past and smashed their earlier largest below Simpson by 49 factors — set only a fortnight in the past in opposition to Adelaide.
Simpson labelled the efficiency “unacceptable” and “embarrassing” however once more re-iterated they had been on a journey.
“We’ve just got to keep fronting up, turning up … (a) disappointing day today,” Simpson mentioned.
“We exposed some kids who just probably aren’t quite ready for AFL and some of our senior players were below their best.
“When you get that combination, plus a couple more injuries, you get a game like today so we’ve got to regroup and get on with it.”
Asked in the event that they had been on the suitable path Simpson bluntly replied: “yes”.
Simpson gave the identical reply when requested if he was nonetheless the suitable man for the rebuild job.
He additionally revealed he was but to talk to the gamers earlier than the press convention and wouldn’t reveal what the message can be.
“Not that I’ll share publicly but obviously, pretty embarrassed about today,” Simpson mentioned.
He gave an identical reply when requested how he would tackle his senior gamers within the midfield after they had been smashed all through the competition.
“We’ll talk about it during the week,” he mentioned.
The Eagles are set to take care of extra harm carnage out of the competition.
Second-game ahead Jack Williams was in a moon boot being subbed out of the sport within the second time period with a left ankle harm, whereas Samo Petrevski-Seton performed out the match with a quad harm.
Vice-captain Tom Barrass additionally went by two concussion exams, one within the first time period and a second within the third, after getting an early knock to the pinnacle.
“He (Barrass) passed both times and unfortunately lost him probably for the first half pretty much,” Simpson mentioned
“And young Jack Williams has rolled an ankle to what extent I don’t know.
“And it looks like Petrevski-Seton played with quady for most of the day, which put us under the pump a little bit.”
Simpson mentioned personnel points meant they couldn’t make too many modifications, with simply three gamers — Harry Barnett, Tyrell Dewar and Zane Trew — performed within the WAFL.
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