An open and sincere Adam Simpson says he’s teaching for the longer term and never his job when West Coast face fellow strugglers North Melbourne at Optus Stadium on Sunday.
Pressure has mounted on Simpson and the membership’s hierarchy this week forward of the sport in opposition to the Kangaroos, with each side on a 16-game shedding streak.
Simpson is signed till the tip for an extra two seasons on a water-tight contract, however some consider change is inevitable and an enormous loss to the Kangaroos might fast-track it.
However, the premiership coach wasn’t viewing this weekend’s recreation as something apart from a possibility for a victory and to develop the facet.
“I’m not coaching for my job this week. I’m coaching for the future and I’m coaching to win,” Simpson mentioned.
“If I was to pull out all the stops and play every player that’s ready and start players in different positions just to try to get a win to save my job – I’m not doing that.
“Whatever we’re doing now is for the future and it’s the same as last week, last month, next week, next month it won’t change. It’s a long road we’re on.
“I know there’s some tension at the moment and I get that, that’s all part of the job, but it doesn’t affect the way I go about it.”
When requested in regards to the strain impacted him, Simpson mentioned he knew what he was signing up for and the Eagles knew the dip of their outcomes was coming however “maybe not to this level”.
“I think the availability piece has hurt us as much as the rebuild,” Simpson mentioned.
“It is what it is. I’m pretty resilient in that space. And I’ve got a lot of support as well.
Simpson also opened up on what has led to what he has previously described as a “unique” record which has a variety of older gamers and youthful ones however bereft of gamers within the center bracket.
“Some players haven’t worked out, some players have had career-ending injuries, some players have been moved on. There’s that combination and we just haven’t had our best players available,” Simpson mentioned.
Simpson mentioned the difficulty may very well be “rectified pretty quickly just not tomorrow”.
“There’s the draft and the trade, there’s often seven to 10 changes in the list every year,” Simpson mentioned.
“Give us two years and half your list has almost changed. It does happen pretty quickly.”
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