h Ben Rutten has been brutally sacked by the club, despit
By Kristy Williams For Daily Mail
Australia
Bombers coach Ben Rutten has been brutally sacked by the
club, despite Essendon’s humiliating attempt to lure former Hawks mentor
Alastair Clarkso
find n failed in a very public fashion.
Rutten, who guided to club to an unlikely finals campaign
last season, was moved to tears by the situation after the Bombers finished
their year with
house a disappointing 66-point thumping at the hands of Richmond.
Essendon coach Ben Rutten has been sacked by the club,
effective immediately
Essendon president David Barham said in a statement that the
club’s Board of Directors made the decision to part ways with Rutten, effective
immediately.
‘The unfortunate reality is, at various stages this season;
we have simply been uncompetitive. And while we acknowledge that we have an
emerging playin
business g list, we were compelled to make the decision,’ Barham said in
a statement released by the club.
‘Our members and supporters do, and should, expect better
from a proud football club. We appreciate this has been a difficult chapter for
our Club.
‘But as I said in my President’s address pre-game yesterday,
we will be a bold and courageous football club again. We need to return to
being a successful football club,’ said Barham
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