Eade regrets Suns job

SACKED Gold Coast coach Rodney Eade says he would never have taken the job if he’d known the extent of the AFL club’s issues.

The Suns had managed just 16 wins and a draw from the 63 games coached by Eade since the beginning of 2015.

Eade yesterday said a combination of a poor club culture, issues within the football department and a high rate of injuries had denied him the opportunity to build success.

Asked whether, in retrospect, he would still have taken the job, Eade’s response was emphatic.

“No, no, no. Not at all,” Eade told ABC Grandstand.

“There was a lot of things that surprised me and then kept happening, I suppose. You hit another rock, and then it’s June or July and you think you’re on top of it ... no I wouldn’t have done it.”