Western Bulldogs boss Chris Grant is ready to stop the AFL membership in December, placing a reported ‘relationship breakdown’ with coach Luke Beveridge again within the highlight.
Having been a member of the Bulldogs government since 2016, Grant revealed that whereas it wasn’t a straightforward determination to stop his put up, the time felt proper to step apart.
The information comes after experiences throughout a number of media retailers of a ‘tense’ relationship between Grant and Beveridge during the last twelve months, doubtless not helped by a disappointing finals exit within the 2024 season.
Nevertheless, earlier this 12 months, Bulldogs chief government Ameet Bains denied there had been an unworkable breakdown within the relationship between the 2.
Grant has spent greater than 30 years on the Bulldogs as a participant, board member and extra just lately because the membership’s government director of soccer.
Chris Grant speaks with media at Yagan Sq. on September 21, 2021 in Perth, Australia. (Photograph by Michael Willson/AFL Pictures by way of Getty Photographs)
The 51-year-old led the membership’s soccer division since 2016, overseeing that 12 months’s drought-breaking flag and in addition the Bulldogs’ grand last return in 2021.
“A person who has bled pink, white and blue for over 30 years. Chris Grant has at present decided to depart the Membership subsequent month. We thank Granty for all the pieces he has given over time,” the official membership assertion mentioned.
In an announcement, Grant, who performed 341 video games for the Bulldogs between 1990 and 2007, felt the time was proper to maneuver on.
“I’ve spent over half of my life with the membership as a participant and administrator and can cherish the various recollections we now have created collectively on the Western Bulldogs,” he mentioned.
“Whereas the choice to pause and map out the subsequent stage of my skilled profession has not been a straightforward one, I depart figuring out the membership is in an amazing place to succeed and write the subsequent chapter within the wonderful historical past of the pink, white and blue.”
Throughout his adorned enjoying profession, Grant received three All-Australian blazers, two Charles Sutton Medals because the membership’s best-and-fairest, and was inducted into the Australian Soccer Corridor of Fame.
“Chris has been an excellent Bulldogs individual for greater than three a long time, characterised by nice integrity, care and compassion for the membership and our individuals,” Bains mentioned.
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