Gold Coast have sacked coach Stuart Dew because the Suns seem destined for a thirteenth straight season with out enjoying AFL finals.
Dew has been let go together with a 12 months to go on his contract as Gold Coast virtually definitely put together to make a play for three-time Richmond premiership coach Damien Hardwick.
The 43-year-old’s axing comes simply six days after Suns chief govt Mark Evans stepped in to face alongside Dew at his weekly press convention.
Evans provided a certified defence of the under-fire coach following Gold Coast’s horror 78-point loss in a sold-out house recreation towards Collingwood on July 1.
He additionally denied any approached had been made to Hardwick following the previous Tigers coach’s exit from Punt Rd in May.
“I’ve said time and time again, Stuey’s our coach, contracted for this year and next year. If he does a good job, he’ll be contracted well into the future,” Evans stated.
“All I can say is that he’s got my support to get on with the job, manage our players and staff as well as we can.”
Dew led the Suns to a club-best, 10-win season in 2022 and issues regarded promising once they entered the bye at 6-6.
But heavy losses to Carlton and the Magpies, cut up by a win over Hawthorn, halted any momentum they’d following memorable wins over Adelaide and the Western Bulldogs in Darwin.
Dew was Gold Coast’s third full-time coach following Guy McKenna and Rodney Eade’s stints with the membership that entered the AFL in 2011.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
