{"id":410587,"date":"2024-07-09T03:21:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T03:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=410587"},"modified":"2024-07-09T04:05:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T04:05:50","slug":"west-coast-axe-coach-after-tumultuous-post-flag-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=410587","title":{"rendered":"West Coast axe coach after tumultuous post-flag run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>T\ufeffhe West Coast Eagles have &quot;mutually agreed&quot; to part ways with senior coach Adam Simpson, effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Simpson \ufeffcame under fire after his side&#x27;s dismal 54-point loss to Melbourne in round 17, with the club&#x27;s key stakeholders meeting on Tuesday to make the decision.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles confirmed the news on Tuesday afternoon via a club statement.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>West Coast have lost 56 of their past 65 matches under Simpson.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Simpson coached the Eagles for 11 years, and led them to their famous 2018 premiership win over Collingwood.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>The club will be required to name an interim coach for the rest of the season, with only seven home-and-away games left in 2024.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles sit in 16th on the ladder with a 3-13 record.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE TO COME.\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"888b3d9a-69c6-4e60-9b15-51d8d4650b2d\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/888b3d9a-69c6-4e60-9b15-51d8d4650b2d\" alt=\"Adam Simpson.\" data-width=\"4032\" data-height=\"2693\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>T\ufeffhe West Coast Eagles have &quot;mutually agreed&quot; to part ways with senior coach Adam Simpson, effective immediately. Simpson \ufeffcame under fire after his side&#x27;s dismal <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=410587\" title=\"West Coast axe coach after tumultuous post-flag run\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":410407,"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\/410587"}],"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=410587"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410591,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410587\/revisions\/410591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/410407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=410587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=410587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=410587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}