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Rodney Eade wants out, Troy Lerana comes in
Rodney Eade announced his shock retirement from coaching just this afternoon.
'I`ve been coaching for awhile, I believe I`ve done enough for the club and i need a break from everything,' announced Eade during his press conference.
The Manager of the Bulldogs announced to the media that Rodney had made his decision earlier in the week and that they have already found a suitable replacement for the senior coaching job. Unexperienced, young Troy Lerana will be the Bulldog`s coach for 2009 at the young age of 29.
'I dont think it matters how old or how young you are, its how you do the job. I`m very confident to lead the club to September glory this year, and I`m looking forward to coaching this very talented side.' said Lerana when being interviewed by afl.com.au.
Bulldogs fans are very excited about Lerana, and heres what some of them had to say about him.
'Yeah mate, he may be young, but i reckon he`s capable of doing the job and i cant wait to see how he goes, who knows, we might achieve our 2nd premiership!' said an excited fan from Footscray.
'He`s not gonna do as good of a job as Rodney, but i reckon he can still do the job, and hey Lerana, give us a premiership or get out mate.' said a fan from Flemington.
2009 Western Bulldogs Player List
1. Addison, Dylan
2. Akermanis, Jason
3. Boumann, Jarrad
4. Boyd, Matthew
5. Callan, Tim
6. Cooney, Adam
7. Cordy, Ayce
8. Cross, Daniel
9. Eagleton, Nathan
10. Everitt, Andrejs
11. Giansiracusa, Daniel
12. Gilbee, Lindsay
13. Grant, Jarrad
14. Griffen, Ryan
15. Hahn, Mitchell
16. Harbrow, Jarrod
17. Hargrave, Ryan
18. Higgins, Shaun
19. Hill, Josh
20. Hudson, Ben
21. Johnson, Brad
22. Jones, Liam
23. Lake, Brian
24. Lynch, Malcolm
25. Minson, Will
26. Morris, Dale
27. Murphy, Robert
28. O'Keefe, Guy
29. O'Shea, Paul
30. Reid, Sam
31. Roughead, Jordan
32. Skipper, Wayde
33. Stack, Brennan
34. Tiller, Stephen
35. Ward, Callan
36. Welsh, Scott
37. Wight, Cameron
38. Williams, Tom
39. Wood, Easton
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Coach-Troy Lerana
Captain-Brad Johnson