Sacked coach Simon Goodwin meets with GWS Giants about new job for 2026 season
7NEWS chief AFL reporter Mitch Cleary has exclusive details of the meeting that is certain to keep the premiership coach in the AFL industry next year.
'Simon Goodwin has met with GWS over a role for next year,' Cleary said on 7NEWS.
'The link ... his wife is based in Sydney and Goodwin is expected to spend extended periods in the Harbour City.'
Goodwin's wife Kristine Brooks is a high-flyer in the Sydney finance world.
And the move makes sense, with both Sydney clubs having long spoken about the challenges in convincing big off-field names to the city.
'There's been a significant increase to the soft cap for football spending for 2026, so the Giants could afford it too,' Cleary said.
Meanwhile, Cleary said Collingwood legend and former coach Nathan Buckley was the raging favourite to replace Goodwin at the Demons.
And premiership hero Dale Thomas (who was coached by Buckley) backed his former mentor to do a great job with Melbourne.
Thomas said the situation Buckley would be walking into was not too similar to the situation he faced when took over Collingwood after Mick Malthouse.
'He certainly ... learnt some lessons in that first part of his year (as coach) ... it ended up being 10 years coaching Collingwood,' Thomas said on Channel 7's The Agenda Setters.
'If he comes in now and he gets his opportunity at Melbourne, he can go, 'Right, this is what we're going to look like from the top down.'.
'There's still enough pieces of that puzzle that I think he (Buckley) can have a real impact.
'If (the Dees) do go and get him, I think he'll be a great fit.'
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