Brad Scott on the Brink, Merrett's Future & Dreamtime Looms | Essendon Clubcast

Let's get onto Tom Morris now, the Agenda Setters owner, who joins us.

Tom, as we welcome you in, you've been following the Essendon story, and specifically the narrowing in on Brad Scott's future.

Can you... what can you tell us tonight?

Yeah, evening to you, Hutchy.

This has been developing for a few weeks now.

What we can tell you tonight on the Agenda Setters is it's make or break over the next two or three weeks for Brad Scott.

Now, there's two people on the board aside from the president who are really crucial here.

One is Anthony Di Pietro, who was the chairman of Melbourne Victory, and the other is Ted Richards.

Now, neither is afraid to make a hard call, and I've spoken to several people close to Andrew Welsh in the business world today, and they believe he's categorically a ruthless leader as well, who would also make the hard call if required.

The next three games are Richmond, West Coast, and Carlton.

We will know a lot more potentially after the end of tho- that three-game block.

So Tom, on paper it seems that they couldn't lose to the Richmond Football Club with all of their injuries and their form this year.

If the unthinkable was to happen, could Brad Scott's future be in jeopardy next week?

Yeah, I think so.

A bad loss to Richmond would mean it's in jeopardy next week, but, uh, I think more likely this is a conversation for two to three weeks' time.

And just remember, Peter Wright is out this weekend as well, injured.

So d- i- so he's coaching for his future in the next three games?

A- absolutely, categorically.

So that's, that's at odds with what we keep hearing out of Brad Scott's mouth about the future-

They say they're stable

... and we've, we've done, we've been down this path.

Well, to be-

And speak to people at Essendon and they say, "No, we're, we're, we're, we're locked in.

We know the path we're on.

We're playing the kids.