“Brendon Gale concedes he’s out of a job if Tasmania Devils stadium vote doesn’t pass, reveals senior coach shortlist, Nathan Buckley, Chris Scott”
Tasmania Devils chief govt Brendon Gale has conceded his workforce will likely be “out of a job” if the upcoming vote on the Macquarie Level stadium fails.
Gale, who spoke in Southbank on Friday, additionally revealed his five-man shortlist for Tasmania’s senior teaching emptiness — with a sixth reportedly additionally being eyed.
The Devils’ provisional AFL licence depends on a roofed stadium in Hobart, and a failed authorities vote would put an enormous dent within the membership’s hopes of getting into the AFL in 2028.
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A vote by the Tasmanian government on the legislation is expected by early July.
“We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it, but that’s a risk,” Gale said of the looming call.
“There’s a view down there that we’ll have an opportunity to renegotiate — and I guess our response to that is I wouldn’t be running that risk, because the AFL has its own politics and its own constituents.
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“And as we’ve all come to appreciate over the years, clubs have little power.
“If one of those conditions (the stadium) aren’t met, if the AFL can’t prove that the club can meet its financial needs, I reckon the (AFL club) presidents would be hanging on to that power and say, ‘Well, you know, I’m not that enthusiastic about changing our minds’.”
Gale on Friday revealed that former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley, Geelong’s Chris Scott, former Sydney coach John Longmire, former West Coast coach Adam Simpson and outgoing Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley were five candidates for Tasmania’s inaugural coaching job.
The Age’s Sam McClure reports Gale later confirmed to him that Brisbane’s Chris Fagan was additionally of “significant interest”, ‘whether as senior coach or in an overseeing role’.
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The Devils in early Might confirmed a pair of key soccer division hires, with former Collingwood record supervisor Derek Hine becoming a member of as recruiting boss and former Melbourne AFLW record boss Todd Patterson signing on as its head of record administration and technique.
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