Bomber Thompson's new book reveals a surprisingly organised coaching mind | Jonathan Horn

Former Essendon and Geelong coach Mark Thompson’s new book, Bomber, sheds light on a great coach and a genuine oddball of the AFL worldOver the decades, footy has thrown up all sorts. We’ve had war heroes, petty thieves, Rhodes Scholars, drug addicts rogue biochemists, tribal leaders, members of parliament and also Mark “Jacko” Jackson. These days, as Hawthorn’s Will Langford demonstrated, it doesn’t take much to be deemed “a weird unit”. In Langford’s case, a couple of philosophy textbooks and a...

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