Eagles want coach, participant clean-out: Cummings

Rock-bottom West Coast want a full clean-out of coaches and a senior core enjoying for money moderately than the membership, Eagles nice Scott Cummings says.

Cummings, who led the Eagles’ goalkicking in 1999, says sweeping change is required because the membership reels from a report 171-point loss to Sydney.

Coach Adam Simpson has been backed by West Coast chairman Paul Fitzpatrick however Cummings says a clean-out is required.

“I typically detest seeing a coach get eliminated midway by a season or late in a season,” Cummings instructed SEN radio on Monday.

“Or supporters screaming out ‘we would like heads’ and ‘heads should roll’, stability might be the primary factor.

“However with the West Coast Eagles, stability is out the window.

“They want a full clean-out. They want new voices, they want new faces.

“They usually want gamers that give a toss as a result of there’s too many there proper now, I am solely speaking senior gamers, that simply do not care and it exhibits.”

Cummings labelled the Eagles’ effort as “putrid” within the loss to the Swans which extends the club-record shedding streak to 12 video games – 4 of the previous eight defeats have been by greater than 100 factors.

“What I noticed on the weekend was simply putrid from senior gamers who’ve been there an extended, very long time who preserve saying how a lot they love the membership,” Cummings stated.

“In the mean time I’m seeing gamers play for money, not for his or her membership, they’re enjoying for contracts.

“There is a handful of gamers that in the event that they determine to go on on the finish of the 12 months, they’re enjoying for cash.

“As a result of there is no such thing as a method on the planet you possibly can watch what we noticed on Saturday and say that they care or have any pleasure of their jumper in the mean time.

“For that cause alone, to me, says there wants be change.”

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