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AFL boss Gillon McLachlan has described as “significant” the appointment of troubled former nice Mark Thompson to current the Jock McHale Medal to this yr’s premiership coach.
Thompson, a three-time premiership participant with Essendon and twin flag-winning coach of Geelong, was convicted for drug possession in 2019.
He was fined $3000 and ordered to bear rehabilitation, whereas a drug trafficking cost in opposition to him was dismissed.
Separately, Thompson was fined $30,000 for his half within the Bombers’ notorious 2012 dietary supplements program.
The 59-year-old, who left the AFL after teaching Essendon by the 2014 season, has labored to rebuild his life lately away from soccer.
