Former AFL coach Danielle Laidley has detailed what her potential return to football might look like.
Former AFL coach Danielle Laidley is interested in a coaching return, but in the AFLW, rather than in the men’s competition.
was in the works, Laidley was unable to discuss it publicly due to contract obligations. But now she’s ready to explore her next chapter. “I love the rawness of the girls and that’s what attracted me to it initially … they’ll just be head-first into everything, they’ll be a contest, and in the men’s there might have been some argy-bargy, in the girls, they’re just helping each other get up and off they go again. It’s still super competitive,” said Laidley.Laidley with the now-retired Jack Ziebell, a player Laidley recruited when North Melbourne coach.“I think it’s brilliant, it really is.
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