Review by Roos has Noble unrattled
NORTH Melbourne coach David Noble says he has not sought any assurances regarding his future and declared he does not feel threatened by the club’s newly announced review under former Kangaroos boss Geoff Walsh.
The Kangaroos sit on the bottom of the ladder after just one win from 14 games.
They’ve lost their past 12 straight matches – in which they’ve conceded 100-plus points in all but one game – by an average margin of 59 points.
Kangaroos president Sonja Hood this week described reports chief executive Ben Amarfio had not been informed about Walsh’s advisory role as “categorically untrue”.
Hood said in a letter to members Walsh would spend the next month embedded in the football department after “no discernible improvement” from the early stages of the Roos’ season.
When asked if he had sought any assurances about his future or if he intended to given his unique rolling contract, Noble said on Wednesday: “No, I don’t believe I need any to be honest with you.
“I’m really comfortable, I’ve got ongoing conversations with the board. I’ve spoken to Sonja and I meet with Ben regularly. I’m not comfortable with where we’re at as a footy team, but I’ve said all along we have a clear direction we want to take.”
Noble said he did not feel blindsided when the review was announced.
“Being around for a while you understand that the circumstances of where we are brings with it additional interest,” he said.
“So from that side of things it wasn’t overly surprising.’“i certainly didn’t feel threatened and welcomed the opportunity to continue to make us get better, to be honest.”
Noble said he’d met Walsh for only ’10 minutes’ to ‘said g’day’ since the arrival this week of the man who was previously chief executive of the Roos.
“All reviews should have some outcomes, shouldn’t they?” Noble said. “They should have an ability for you to assess where you’re at.”