{"id":325006,"date":"2023-08-21T13:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T13:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=325006"},"modified":"2023-08-21T14:58:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T14:58:18","slug":"great-calls-for-dogs-to-sack-poor-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=325006","title":{"rendered":"Great calls for Dogs to sack &#039;poor&#039; coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Port Adelaide great <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/kane-cornes\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Kane Cornes\">Kane Cornes<\/a> has blasted embattled <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/western-bulldogs\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Western Bulldogs\">Western Bulldogs<\/a> coach <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/luke-beveridge\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Luke Beveridge\ufeff\">Luke Beveridge\ufeff<\/a> as a &quot;poor ambassador&quot; for the club, calling for him to be sacked.<\/p>\n<p>Beveridge&#x27;s side went down in a nightmare seven point loss to the battling West Coast Eagles\ufeff on Sunday, with Cornes urging the Bulldogs to &quot;make a hard call&quot; on the coach&#x27;s future.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Luke has been a poor ambassador for his football club for a long time now\ufeff,&quot; Cornes said on Nine&#x27;s <em>Footy Classified<\/em> on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\/fifa-womens-world-cup-news-2023-spanish-federation-president-luis-rubiales-kisses-jenni-hermoso-after-final\/dd663fdc-cbe2-4462-a902-3b88b49b6345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Football boss under fire for &#x27;horrific&#x27; act with Spanish star<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/news-2023-eddie-mcguire-believes-adam-simpson-time-is-up-as-west-coast-eagles-release-cryptic-statement\/93891d32-c3de-445f-bb49-8716f65c46ea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Club&#x27;s bizarre statement after Eddie drops sacking news<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\/fifa-womens-world-cup-2023-spain-captain-olga-carmona-father-death-after-beating-england\/b158ff7e-1532-4569-8a08-b0f009b8bc93\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>World Cup hero had no idea of tragedy after thrilling win<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Change is needed now\ufeff, otherwise it will get ugly towards the start of next season.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;They need to make a hard call. He&#x27;s been a great coach for the footy club, put a statue of him up, put a plaque up at the Whitten Oval to celebrate what he has done.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;But 2016 is a long time ago and since then, they&#x27;ve just been an ordinary club.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Cornes believes Beveridge&#x27;s head has been on the chopping block &quot;for a while&quot;\ufeff and the decision to axe him looms large.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"ff539a8c-95f2-4c1d-8998-53fa56cad49b\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/ff539a8c-95f2-4c1d-8998-53fa56cad49b\" alt=\"MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 20: Marcus Bontempelli of the Bulldogs (R) and his players look dejected as they leave the field after the round 23 AFL match between Western Bulldogs and West Coast Eagles at Marvel Stadium, on August 20, 2023, in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Pockett\/Getty Images)\" data-width=\"3661\" data-height=\"2442\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;This has been on the cards for a while\ufeff and unfortunately it takes a loss like yesterday\ufeff to highlight just how poor they&#x27;re going,&quot; Cornes said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Yes they went to a grand final (2021), but their performance was embarrassing on the day, really. Since then, it&#x27;s all been downhill.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>It comes as leading AFL journalist Caroline Wilson\ufeff explained the situation that is unfolding at Whitten Oval.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Just a general dissatisfaction with the lack of cohesion\ufeff and consistency in form and selection,&quot; Wilson said on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"3f430300-ba0e-4575-b1a6-7207b0da87ab\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/3f430300-ba0e-4575-b1a6-7207b0da87ab-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 21: Luke Beveridge, Senior Coach of the Bulldogs is seen during the 2023 AFL Round 19 match between the Essendon Bombers and the Western Bulldogs at Marvel Stadium on July 21, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Dylan Burns\/AFL Photos via Getty Images)\" data-width=\"4376\" data-height=\"2917\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;We know what happened with (Josh) Dunkley last year, we&#x27;re not sure where Bailey Smith&#x27;s future is, we&#x27;re not sure how Adam Treloar&#x27;s feeling at the moment. Will Tim English go an accept a big offer to go an play for West Coast?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Wilson lauded Bulldogs captain Marcus Bontempelli for his unwavering support of the struggling coach, despite the outside noise, but was adamant that the club with make some &quot;corrections&quot; to Beveridge&#x27;s tenure.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Thanks heavens Luke Beveridge has Marcus Bontempelli who has been his great leader and supporter during all of this,&quot; Wilson said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;(There&#x27;s) a definite correction coming over Luke Beveridge&#x27;s authority.&quot;\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"1719673e-c8d8-41a6-876a-2898e5e6ed49\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1719673e-c8d8-41a6-876a-2898e5e6ed49-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The Bulldogs look dejected after losing the round 13 AFL match between Western Bulldogs and Port Adelaide Power at Marvel Stadium, on June 09, 2023, in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney\/Getty Images)\" data-width=\"5864\" data-height=\"3909\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It comes after Bulldogs \ufeffhead of footy Chris Grant spoke on SEN on Monday, backing Beveridge in as coach for 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;No, we&#x27;ve been very bullish about that. As far as we&#x27;re concerned, there&#x27;s no chance that (Beveridge&#x27;s sacking) will happen,&quot; Grant said on SEN.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;But depending on how the end of the season finishes out, we&#x27;ve got be be very open and transparent &#8230; make those hard calls if we need to.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The Bulldogs now must beat Geelong and hope the GWS Giants lose to Carlton, relying on points differential too, to have any chance of qualifying for finals.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes has blasted embattled Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge\ufeff as a &quot;poor ambassador&quot; for the club, calling for him to be <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=325006\" title=\"Great calls for Dogs to sack &#039;poor&#039; coach\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":325008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325006"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=325006"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325011,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325006\/revisions\/325011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/325008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=325006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=325006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=325006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}