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ESSENDON game performance manager Mark Neeld has confirmed he wont ever consider another tilt at a senior coaching gig.Neeld endured a rocky ride as coach of Melbourne when he joined the Demons for the 2012 season; he was sacked midway through the following year with a 5-28 win-loss record.The former Geelong and Richmond player then walked away from the AFL scene in 2014, joining TAC Cup club Eastern Ranges as talent manager, before stepping back into AFL clubland under former Dons coach James Hird as head of player development.Dons will blossom after struggles, says NeeldNow in his second season at the club, Neeld is enjoying a wide-ranging new role under first-year Bombers coach John Worsfold.Worsfold, the 2006 West Coast premiership coach, created Neelds new position at Essendon after benefiting from a similar role during his time at the Eagles.The role sees Neeld working across all areas of the football department - he helps plan what to focus on at training in the short-term as well as developing a long-term vision of how the Bombers want to play. Neeld also spends a lot of time with the sports science department making sure coaches are interpreting the data in the correct way.Neeld told ESPN the position suited his strengths, and stated he would not be interested in ever considering a senior coaching position in the future.No, he said definitively when asked if the fire still burned within him to become a senior coach again.Im really enjoying my role for a whole heap of reasons - one is, its a new role here, and with that, theres a lot of learning for me and the club as to how it works.Part of the role is making sure the footy department operates as one - footy clubs and footy departments in particular have evolved so quickly, so this is a horizontal role to make sure everyones connected.My goal is to make a huge success of this role - thats my absolute priority and Im very much enjoying it.Neeld -- who said the step up from being an assistant to a senior coach was enormous, absolutely enormous -- said he had never worked closely with Worsfold, but said the ex-Eagle had implemented a heavy emphasis on education.I hadnt worked with him before and [now] I see him every day, which means you get a different perspective, Neeld said. [He is] really clear, very concise with how he wants things done - [he is] very much a visionary person with how the game should be played and how players and coaches should conduct themselves.Worsfolds intense workload was also a key focus for Neeld and the clubs experienced assistant coaching panel.Theres a few of us [former senior coaches] here - Bluey [Guy] McKenna, Mark Harvey, Matthew Egan, Neeld said. Having sat in that chair, part of this role is to prevent things that dont need to get to John from getting to him: the requests on his time from sponsors, the board, the leadership group, particularly this year - its significant and enormously time-consuming, so Im able to shield him from some of that, which I do enjoy.[We need] to ensure John [sticks to] the core of being a senior coach and develop relationships with the 43 players - plus the 12 [suspended players] that we hope come back - and part of having an experienced broad coaching group is to make sure he can do that. 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Gregg Popovich spoke for about 15 minutes, sometimes unable to hide his emotions, all the while wearing a T-shirt that had Tim Duncans face printed on the front. When the last question was answered, the coach turned, put his hands in his pockets and silently walked into a new era for the San Antonio Spurs.Its a day Popovich knew was coming.That clearly didnt make it any easier.Hes irreplaceable, Popovich said.Choking up at times and making wisecracks at others, Popovich bade a public farewell to Duncans playing career on Tuesday. The five-time NBA champion announced his retirement on Monday in a statement released through the team, ending a 19-year career that was spent entirely in San Antonio.I figured I better come out here and do this and somehow say goodbye to him, Popovich said. Which is an impossibility, for a lot of reasons.Popovich spoke in a corner of the Spurs practice facility in San Antonio, the spot where he holds court with reporters after workouts during the season. There was no news conference, no elaborate setup, not even any live coverage permitted. Even for something that will have so much impact on the team, the league and the sport, the Spurs kept things as simple as possible.Duncan is leaving. In some respects, everything is changing. In others, nothing will.I think it will be a seamless transition for the team, former NBA coach and current television analyst Jeff Van Gundy said. I think who its going to be hard on is Gregg Popovich.Popovich gave no indications otherwise Tuesday.All in one answer -- the premise being picking one person in history to have dinner with -- Popovich made mention of Mother Teresa, Jesus, the Dalai Lama, William F. Buckley, Gore Vidal and actor John Cleese. But given the choice between any of those people, or anyone else, Popovich said he would choose to dine with Duncan.I can honestly tell you my dinner would be with Timmy, Popovich said. And it would be because hes the most real, consistent, true person that Ive ever met in my life.I can be on him in a game and ask him why hes not rebounding in a relatively stern way and really get on him in front of everybody, Popovich continued. And on his way back to the court, hell say, `TThanks for the motivation, Pop.dddddddddddd Thanks for the support, Pop. Then hell turn away with his eyes up in the air and well both start laughing. And people dont see those things. But his teammates have and thats why his teammates love him.Duncan will go down as one of the best to ever play the game, and Popovich said he was the best teammate any Spurs player could have had.There were moments of humor, too, like Popovich saying Duncan made him wear the clothes he gave him -- including the shirt he donned Tuesday -- or else he wouldnt play.I remember a pretty neat summer league game when he first came in and (Greg) Ostertag blocked his shot, Popovich said when asked what moment of Duncans career he enjoyed most. That was pretty cool.Mostly, Popovichs words showed sadness and appreciation.He spoke at length about Duncans humility, and how that was instilled in him long ago. Popovich told a story about when Duncans father, who died in 2002, told the Spurs coach he needed to ensure his son would not be changed by fame or fortune.I can still remember before his father passed away, looking me in the eye and saying `Im going to hold you responsible to make sure that when hes done hes the same person he is now. And in that respect, he is, Popovich said. Hes grown as a person, as we all do, through experiences. But his inner core, he was over himself when he came in and after all these accolades and all this success, hes still over himself. Hasnt changed a lick.Duncan and Popovich won more games together than any player-coach combination in NBA history -- and Popovich said he owes his own success to the now-retired star, not the other way around.To think of a season without Duncan, Popovich said, is mindboggling.I would not be standing here if it wasnt for Tim Duncan, Popovich said. Id be in the Budweiser league, someplace in America, fat and still trying to play basketball or coach basketball. Hes why Im standing.---AP Basketball Writer Jon Krawczynski in Minneapolis and Associated Press Writer Raul Dominguez in San Antonio contributed to this report. ' ' '