{"id":10157,"date":"2018-08-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/west-coast-eagles-coach-stunned-during-awkward-tv-interview\/"},"modified":"2018-08-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T00:00:00","slug":"west-coast-eagles-coach-stunned-during-awkward-tv-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/west-coast-eagles-coach-stunned-during-awkward-tv-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"West Coast Eagles Coach STUNNED During Awkward TV Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Eagles coach Adam Simpson was left scratching his head when he was asked whether the club had an \u201carrogance issue\u201d following Andrew Gaff\u2019s shocking punch on Fremantle opponent Andrew Brayshaw.<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cYou&#8217;ve heard it said that there are cultural issues at West Coast. What do you say to that?\u201d Channel 7\u2019s Basil Zempilas asked Simpson on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Simpson: \u201cNo, I haven&#8217;t heard that mate. So you can elaborate a little bit if you like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zempilas: \u201cWell it&#8217;s been written about and it&#8217;s been said, it was said after the incident with the camera operator at the airport with Nic Naitanui&#8217;s arrival. Is there a cultural issue with the club?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simpson: \u201cI don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s a cultural issue at the football club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zempilas: \u201cAn arrogance issue, perhaps?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simpson: \u201cAn arrogance issue? Look I don&#8217;t know what that&#8217;s got to do with Andrew Gaff getting reported and taken to the Tribunal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zempilas: \u201cI guess what I&#8217;m saying is there a perception at the club that players can do what they want to do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simpson: \u201cI think you&#8217;re getting caught up in the media storm today mate, so I think we need to leave it at that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"> | West Coast coach Adam Simpson was not the least bit impressed with Basil Zempilas&#39; line of questioning last night. Here&#39;s why: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jycTwyL8OU\">https:\/\/t.co\/jycTwyL8OU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFLDaily?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFLDaily<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Aey2ICkiPw\">pic.twitter.com\/Aey2ICkiPw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SuperFooty (AFL) (@superfooty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/superfooty\/status\/1026577384978276352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eagles coach Adam Simpson was left scratching his head when he was asked whether the club had an \u201carrogance issue\u201d following Andrew Gaff\u2019s shocking punch on Fremantle opponent Andrew Brayshaw. \u201cYou&#8217;ve heard it said that there are cultural issues at West Coast. What do you say to that?\u201d Channel 7\u2019s Basil Zempilas asked Simpson on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-10157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>West Coast Eagles Coach STUNNED During Awkward TV Interview - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/west-coast-eagles-coach-stunned-during-awkward-tv-interview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"West Coast Eagles Coach STUNNED During Awkward TV Interview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Eagles coach Adam Simpson was left scratching his head when he was asked whether the club had an \u201carrogance issue\u201d following Andrew Gaff\u2019s shocking punch on Fremantle opponent Andrew Brayshaw. \u201cYou&#8217;ve heard it said that there are cultural issues at West Coast. 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