Hird commented on entering coaching at the same time as fellow legends of the game Voss and Buckley that “They were having a crack at it and going back to their clubs and saying, ‘I will stand by my club’ and putting their club at the forefront,”. With the speculation on the team of people that Hird will have around him he has said “I want the best coaching team. Any club would be mad not to try to put ‘Bomber’ on that, but he’s contracted at Geelong Hotels and Geelong Hotels have made it really clear he’s a required coach and you have to pay respect to that.”
