Adam Simpson didn’t coach West Coast against Western Bulldogs for family reasons
WEST Coast coach Adam Simpson is proud of his players for notching up their first win of the season without him after he rushed home on Sunday morning to be with his sick daughter and didn’t coach against the Bulldogs.
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ADAM Simpson did not coach West Coast against Western Bulldogs on Sunday after rushing back to Perth to be will his ill daughter but stand-in Jaymie Graham said Simpson was proud of his team’s victory.
Simpson made the decision to be by his youngest child’s bedside on Sunday morning after she was admitted to hospital on Saturday night.
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Graham, the club’s forward coach, assumed the senior coaching role and guided the Eagles to a thumping win over the Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium.
“I did give him a quick call. He was at the bedside watching ‘Minions’ or something,” Graham said post-match.
“He’s very proud of the performance of the players ... I’d say he watched the match.
“I haven’t got an update on Elsa but he seemed pretty happy so hopefully everything’s fine.”
Before the game Graham said there wasn’t much disruption for the players despite the late changed and that proved correct as the Eagles were dominant against a disappointing Bulldogs team.
“We have tried to keep it as normal as possible,” he told Channel 7. “A slight shuffle but we are all there to play the role.
“All the prep has been done throughout the week so it is really over to the players.
We are all thinking of his daughter and his family and he has done the right thing.
“He is a family first man and he has had to get home and support them.
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