Coach David Noble and North Melbourne part company after 14 consecutive losses

North Melbourne and coach David Noble are parting ways after a run of 14 successive AFL losses.

Key points:

  • Noble’s tenure delivered just five wins from 38 matches
  • Assistant Leigh Adams is expected to fill in as interim coach for the remainder of the season
  • Pressure on Noble had intensified after a football department review led by former administrator Geoff Walsh

Noble had held the post for less than two seasons — a period which delivered just five wins from 38 matches.

Assistant coach Leigh Adams is expected to fill in as interim coach for the remainder of the 2022 campaign for the bottom-placed Kangaroos.

Adams’ first game in the hot seat will be against Richmond on Saturday.

An official statement from the club is expected later on Tuesday.

Noble’s tenure was increasingly insecure given the string of poor results and the pressure intensified when North brought in former administrator Geoff Walsh to review the football department late last month.

But Noble remained steadfast that he was the man for the job despite a widespread expectation that he would be removed.

“I believe in what I’m doing. I believe in the group that we have got,” Noble said after Saturday’s loss to Collingwood.

“We’re resolute on where the direction needs to go.

Posted 38m ago38 minutes agoMon 11 Jul 2022 at 10:23pm, updated 14m ago14 minutes agoMon 11 Jul 2022 at 10:47pm

Source: AFL NEWS ABC

    

Author: Ivan Robinson