David King believes it's only a matter of time before we see Brad Scott coaching St Kilda.
With Alan Richardson's future at the Saints in doubt, King believes Scott - who left North Melbourne a month ago - would be the perfect replacement.
โI think itโs incredibly difficult for him to keep the faith of the group. As a player, you know when his message has lost total 100 per cent support from the football club and it has, thereโs no other way of looking at it,โ he told SENโsย Whateley.
โYou can pick apart players, you can pick apart styles and all those sorts of things, but all the talk is about winning a final. Itโs an incredibly difficult trigger for the next year of contract.
โI think the trigger really is for Alan to win 12 games or less and for Brad Scott to reach his trigger and come and take control and come and be the coach.
โI think that was likely to happen the moment he walked from North Melbourne. They said they were going down a different path and a different direction to the Kangaroos, thatโs the way you walk. Thereโs no other option but to move the coach on at that point.
โNow thereโs Carlton and thereโs St Kilda on the radar. Iโd be staggered if he wasnโt coaching St Kilda next year.
โThatโs where I sit and I think itโs a really difficult position for Alan Richardson to be in. I think itโs an unfair position. I think theyโve made their mind up, itโs just a matter of the weeks ticking by.
โThe players would know that. This is going to get a lot worse before it gets better.โ
