{
  "id": 1391656,
  "title": "Spruiker or the best coach? Essendon’s coaching decision looms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/spruiker-or-the-best-coach-essendons-coaching-decision-looms-1391656",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-17T01:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/spruiker-or-the-best-coach-essendon-s-coaching-decision-looms-20260816-p60osi.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President Andrew Welsh is due to return from an overseas business trip this week, with a decision on the club’s new senior coach imminent. Whoever wins the gig will need to reclaim the faith of a frustrated group of supporters, who have not seen a win at the MCG since the middle of last season.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Spruiker or the best coach? Essendon’s coaching decision looms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/spruiker-or-the-best-coach-essendons-coaching-decision-looms",
        "published": "2026-08-17T01:30:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}