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STAND-in Essendon coach Mark Thompson has declared James Hird will have no input into how the team is coached next season.
Thompson will replace Hird for the duration of 2014 and says the Bombers will comply with the AFL's strict suspension rules.
"I'm the coach for a year," Thompson said.
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"We're not going to break any rules here, we're going to play by the rules, and James is OK with that.
"We're allowed to be friends but he won't have any active involvement in how the team is going."
Under the terms of Hird's 12-month suspension from the AFL he is not permitted to be involved in any coaching activity, including player preparation, tactics, planning or sports science.
He is allowed to attend games and speak to Essendon players and coaches.
Essendon chairman Paul Little yesterday revealed Hird would not be reinstalled as senior coach next season even if the Bombers made the finals.
His suspension runs out on August 25.
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Little said Hird had indicated early in the coaching selection process that it would be "unwise" for him to come back so late in the season.
He said Hird was not involved in the process that saw Thompson appointed.
"While James is now taking his holiday he will not be in a formal role for the club during the season of 2014 — I want to make that clear," Little said.
"Bomber (Thompson) is clearly the best person for the job and he's been through a very competitive process ... that's why he's been appointed."
Former Adelaide and Melbourne coach Neil Craig will support Thompson in the new role of head of coaching development and strategy.
Simon Goodwin, who missed out on the top job, will be senior assistant.
Thompson, 49, was fined $30,000 for his role in the supplements saga and has been angry and frustrated by the aspects of the AFL investigation.
He admitted yesterday that he struggled with deciding if he was motivated enough to take the job, but resolved to do it in recent weeks.
"I was flat after the year, like any season, but a bit more so this time," Thompson said.
"In freshening up it's a natural part of the process ... but you get asked a million times and I wasn't in the frame of mind to make the decision, and a couple of weeks later, well, I thought about the football club and how I was looking and I'm happy to be part of it."
But he said he wasn't taking the job as a selfless gesture.
"I wouldn't do it if it was just for the club," he said.
Asked about the prospect of Hird missing out on coaching in the finals next year, Thompson said: "Well, I am going to be coaching. I am really excited.
"And if we make the finals and win the grand final, well we have spoken to James and if I do make the finals I will be there, and James will be there too, but I will be senior coach."
Little said 2014 would not be "a gap year" for Essendon, despite the upheaval over the club's 2012 supplements program.
The Bombers will shift permanently to the club's new headquarters at Melbourne Airport next month.
Hird anointed Thompson as the man to replace him the day after his 12-month suspension was handed down by the AFL in August.
"We'd all like to see Mark Thompson do it," Hird said.
"He's the obvious choice but that will be a decision for the club and for Mark."
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