I still would argue strongly that the Nix have not appointed the best person for the assistant coaches job. (2nd best Advertising the job would probably been a legal requirement under employment law). I am sure that if they had wanted someone of the calibre of Emblen or Trani then something could have been worked out. Trani had been on the outer at Adelaide for some time and it was obvious that he was going to be demoted sooner or later. I'm sure Emblen, knowing that there were difficulties at Waitak, would have jumped at a full time assistant/academy coach job at the Nix. Especially if he knew that the head coach job was a possibility when Ricki stood down. He could have reduced his AW role until later in his career.
What really bugs me is the "jobs for the boys " nature of this. We have given an important full time coaching position to a complete novice while an excellent local coach with 3 national titles and extensive knowledge of the local game is left coaching 5 year olds.
1) There is no law to say that jobs must be advertised.
2) your 'jobs for the boys' argument is ridiculous. Emblen is an assistant for the AWs so you'd think Ricki likes him. Trani has been his assistant too. Surely they are just as much as one of Ricki's boys as Greenacre.
3) The reason Trani left was to be close to his ill father. I assume that is still the case.
4) Do you even know of those two applied?
5) How do you know Trani was on the outer?
6) When exactly did the Emblen/Waitak issue blow up?
7) That will do for now.