Cats footy boss in the frame for Hawks job

GEELONG’S GM of football Simon Lloyd is a chance to step into the CEO role at Hawthorn.

SEN’s Tom Morris is reporting that the Hawks may look to Lloyd to fill the vacancy left by Justin Reeves, who resigned from the job in May.

Lloyd went after the CEO role at North Melbourne earlier this year, however, the club ended up appointing Jennifer Watt.

Morris said the Hawks have undertaken an exhaustive process which is expected to conclude soon.

Lloyd, who has been the Cats’ head of footy since 2018, is one of the names remaining at the pointy end.

“They cast the net so wide for this,” Morris said on SEN Breakfast. “They spoke to James Avery, who is the COO at GWS. He said no.

“Ameet Bains at the Western Bulldogs. They touched base with him, he said no.

“Simon Lethlean at St Kilda, the same answer.

“And Rob Auld from the AFL, who declined as well.

“There is chatter around Tristan Salter at the AFL, who is very young and inexperienced in that role but highly rated.

“But it might be Simon Lloyd, who was second for the gig at North Melbourne. We thought he’d get the gig at North Melbourne but it ended up going to Jen Watt.

“Either way, the Hawks have spoken to a lot of different people and Lloyd is on the short list. That’s probably just a fraction of the number of officials around the country they’ve chatted to.”

Lloyd has previously spent time at both Fremantle and Collingwood having been with the Hawks in the late 1990s and early 2000s in a number of different roles.

– ANDREW SLEVISON/ SEN