Meanwhile in the Essendon rooms after the round 23 Sydney game the coach is holding court with his most experienced assistant coach.
BS: Well that was *smile*.
Blake Caracella, VFL Senior Coach, (BC): Yep. *smile*.
BS: Total *smile*.
BC: Yep.
BS: What am I going to tell the board?
BC: Dunno, you're the Senior Coach, figure it out.
BS: I know! I can dust off some of my excuses from my time at North.
BC: What? You mean "we need a priority pick"?
BS: No! Mind you a priority pick would be nice. I'll call Dillon later on and get it sorted. I've still go the photo of the AFL HQ Christmas Party back in 2019.
BC: You can't keep going back to that well, Brad. Sooner or later they'll call your bluff. After all, weren't you at AFL HQ at the same Christmas Party?
BS: Shut the *smile* up. Never speak of that to anyone. The goat was a willing participant, I tell you. Not that the media would see it that way.
BC: Well what are you going to do.
BS: No idea, Blake.
BC: Well the board will be asking questions in about 20 minutes so you better some up with a plan.
BS: Wait... *screws up his face and thinks really, really hard" I'll be speaking to the board in 20 minutes so I need a plan.
BC: I just said...
BS: Shut up, shut up.
BC: Bu...
BS: We had a plan. Some dumb *smile* called it the Essendon Edge.
BC: That was you, Brad...
BS: Shut up. And it hasn't worked, so we need another plan.
BC: A plan B.
BS: Shut up. We need ... A Plan B. Yes that's what I'll call it.
BC: I just said...
BS: Shut up. Yes I'll tell the board we are implementing Plan B.
BC: What are the details of this Plan B?
BS: Shut up. Details, schmetails. I'll make up some *smile*, the Board will never know.
BC: Oh just like with the Essendon Edge.
BS: Shut up, shut-up, this is gonna be great.
BC: *smile* me...
BS: Shut up and hand me that crayon *begins chewing on the end*. I'm a genius!
BC: *smile* hell. *pauses* Brad, I'm off back to Richmond. Good luck with your Plan B.