Incoming West Coast CEO Don Pyke, who won two AFL flags as a player with the Eagles, says restoring the club's on-field performance across all of its sides is the most pressing issue he faces when he takes over in January.
An emergency warning is in place for a fire burning at Junma Dam and All Nations Mine near Irvinebank in QLD.Incoming West Coast chief executive Don Pyke says restoring the club's on-field performance across all of its sides is the most pressing issue he faces when he takes over in January.He says he wants to restore on-field success to West CoastPyke will replace long-serving CEO Trevor Nisbett in 2024, with the pair to work through a transition period in the new year.
"Across the spectrum — it's our men's program, it's our women's program, it's our WAFL program — how do we get back to providing our members and our fans and our people what they want, which is a highly successful football team? "As much as I consider myself a part of West Coast, I've worked at the footy club for two years in the last 20," he said."As much as I have history at the club I don't see myself as part of the club, so I can bring fresh eyes to the club from that perspective."Pyke has extensive AFL experience beyond West Coast, coaching Adelaide to a grand final in 2017 and more recently serving as an assistant coach at the Sydney Swans.
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