{"id":448433,"date":"2025-04-28T21:52:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T21:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=448433"},"modified":"2025-04-28T23:12:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T23:12:29","slug":"buddy-urges-bulldogs-to-avoid-worst-decision-on-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=448433","title":{"rendered":"Buddy urges Bulldogs to avoid 'worst decision' on coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Soon to be out of contract Western Bulldogs<\/a> coach \ufeffLuke Beveridge<\/a> has found an enormous ally in AFL<\/a> great Lance Franklin.<\/p>\n

Beveridge has the Bulldogs in great shape early in the 2025 season, sitting at 4-3 despite significant injuries across the board.<\/p>\n

The 2016 premiership-winning coach is in the final year of his deal with the Dogs, with the club wishing to take their time after recent struggles.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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\"Luke<\/p>\n

Franklin believes Beveridge is far too good a coach for the club to let go and has called on the Bulldogs to extend his deal.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"I rate Beveridge as one of the best coaches in the business," he told the Buddy and Shane Podcast<\/em> on Monday.<\/p>\n

"I think what he's been able to do for that club, and obviously winning the premiership, but I just think he's a genius, I really do. I think he's a bloody good coach.<\/p>\n

"If I was the Bulldogs, I would be locking him away for sure."<\/p>\n

Franklin was on the other side of the 2016 grand final – with the Swans – and knows first hand what Beveridge and the Bulldogs are capable of accomplishing.<\/p>\n

He \ufeffbelieves the Dogs would be mad to allow him to walk elsewhere.<\/p>\n

"If he doesn't get a contract, I think that's the worst decision a club could ever make. Unless there's something else we don't know about behind close doors," he said.<\/p>\n

"He's one of the best coaches in the competition. I'd be giving him a three or four year deal and saying 'there you go, you deserve that'.<\/p>\n

\"Hawthorn<\/p>\n

"They've had injuries and they're humming. They're playing well. And give Marcus Bontempelli a 10-year deal too, stuff it."<\/p>\n

Beveridge has already stated<\/a> that if he is not coaching at the Western Bulldogs in 2026, he won't be coaching anywhere.<\/p>\n

This came after Melbourne's<\/a> interest in his services were reported in the media. \ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Soon to be out of contract Western Bulldogs coach \ufeffLuke Beveridge has found an enormous ally in AFL great Lance Franklin. Beveridge has the Bulldogs […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":448437,"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\/448433"}],"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=448433"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":448442,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448433\/revisions\/448442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/448437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=448433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=448433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=448433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}