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Photo: Michael Dodge/AAP Image.John Worsfold speaks with Dylan Shiel after the club’s loss to West Coast. Photo: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images. 1 focus was assisting in stabilising this club. This is also known as Online Behavioural Advertising. I am indebted to the club for the opportunity, but also ‘Woosh’ too for his investment and belief in me,” Rutten said.“There is a clear strategy in place for entering our next phase as a football program. The Bombers will reveal this plan today.“Woosha will serve the final year of his contract in 2020 and assistant coach Ben Rutten will resume his assistant role as normal, but he will take on more and more responsibilities as 2020 goes on, and then he will take the reins for 2021.“He (Rutten) will be Essendon’s next senior coach.”Rutten, the former Adelaide defender, will take on a bigger role in 2020, as he prepares to take the senior position for the 2021 season.After retiring at the end of 2014, Rutten became an assistant coach at Richmond, then joining Essendon at the end of 2018.The Bombers have also secured the services of one of the best assistant coaches across the country, with Blake Caracella to call Tullamarine home once Richmond’s 2019 campaign comes to an end.Essendon has not won a final since 2004, with the club’s September drought continuing this year after they were thumped by 55-points at the hands of the West Coast Eagles in an elimination final.Club legend Tim Watson suggested Worsfold’s buy-in to the succession plan is vital, following a botched plan at Collingwood with Mick Malthouse handing the reigns to Nathan Buckley.
AFL 2019: Essendon coach 2020, Ben Rutten Essendon, John Worsfold contract, succession plan. “True to his nature, John was honest and upfront about the position he was in with his family located back in his hometown of Perth. Worsfold took over as senior coach in 2016, leading from the front, as the club attempted to rebuild following the club’s drugs saga.But Essendon has made a call on Worsfold’s future, with the West Coast premiership coach to be replaced by the highly-regarded assistant Rutten.“Essendon is about to announce a succession plan for their senior coach John Worsfold,” Edmund told “My understanding is, and we’re just seeking absolute confirmation, this will happen today. Joint Statement. John Worsfold’s coaching tenure at Essendon will come to an end at the conclusion of the 2020 season, with the club set to announce a succession plan for the future. I think it would be just foolhardy of any football club to embark upon something like that if you don't have everybody on the same page," he said. After the work we’ve collectively done, this team now has a really strong window to get themselves in a position to challenge for success.“By the end of the next year, it will be five seasons leading this group, which has been the right period to embed strong foundations in our program.“Now, the next 12 months will mean we will have that stability for a seamless transition between Ben and I. Essendon has unveiled a bold coaching succession plan, confirming 2020 will be John Worsfold’s last season as Bombers senior coach.That move was confirmed at a press conference at the club’s Tullamarine headquarters on Tuesday.At the press conference, Worsfold paid tribute to the support of his family, who recently moved back to the Perth.“I know they (family) have given up a lot (for me),” Worsfold told reporters.“When Xavier first approached me about considering if I’d be interested in coaching Essendon, it struck a chord. “It is our responsibility as a board to consider the short, medium and long-term, and we believe this succession format will give the club an opportunity to enter this next phase seamlessly,” Tanner said.