RECAP: Newly-announced West Coast Eagles coach Andrew McQualter’s press conference

For all the latest on the appointment of Andrew McQualter as West Coast’s new coach, head to thewest.com.au/afl.

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A round of applause as McQualter departs, here’s a recap of the highlights.

“I’m just a simple country boy who works hard.”

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“From day one we need to improve, there’s no doubt about that,” he says.

“I don’t live in the realm of expectations we just need to be getting better everyday.”

“Matt’s a great freind of mind, and a great person to understand the list,” he said.

“Dimma’s been enormous in my journey, I’ve learned a lot from him, the biggest one being it’s probably ok to say ‘I don’t have all the answers.

“It’s ok to be vunerable.”

“That works starts now with Andrew and Gavin (Bell),”

“We’ll get to work pretty quickly,” he said.

“This process allowed us to sit back and look at what we want in a seior coach and the chance to get a fresh start.”

“Like with the AFLW program the opportunity to bring fresh eyes and fresh ideas can work wonders.”

“It’s been a big 24 hours, I’m sure the guys have done a power of work on those guys,” he says.

“I’ll meet with those guys in the coming days and we’ll go from there.”

He’s asked when he first thought about being a senior coach.

“Probably the three times I got delisted before 25,” he jokes.

“I’ve had a lot of leadership roles in my footy and it’s something that’s probably been in the back of mind.”

“Andrew ticked more boxes thatn the other candidates and also his experience as an interim to sit in the chair is an added bonus.”