INSIDER: Hi Aaron, you've committed to the club again in 2023 win, lose or draw. I see up to six other coaches are departing - how time-consuming is the role?

AARON: Oh mate, when your time is not spent working, it's spent working on footy!

INSIDER: You finished 2nd in 2018 in your first season in charge with a young group arguably ahead of time. What makes this group so coachable? 

AARON: Willingness to learn and adapt.

INSIDER: Name the #1 non-negotiable your players would expect you to write first on the whiteboard?

AARON: Compete.

INSIDER: From the outside, you're quite an even lot at the Bloods across the three lines - is there any line that stands above internally?

AARON: Well, I'm a 'defence first' coach - I often run the young blokes through there for early development. It's a good way for them to start learning the game.

INSIDER: Who has been the one opposition player that has caused you the most grief in any one game?

AARON: Matty Johnston (East Point - 2018 BFNL Grand Final)

INSIDER: What other sport could you coach at a high level if there were no footy? 

AARON: Maybe basketball 

INSIDER: In a freakish sense, which player at the club can do things on-field that others can't?

AARON: Kyle Borg

INSIDER: Who at the club has the most upside from a junior perspective?

AARON: Zac Russell

INSIDER: Who (at Melton) would you like kicking for goal after the siren to win you a game of footy?

AARON: Toss up - Braeden Kight or Ryan Carter

INSIDER: Who is the quickest at the club over 30m?

AARON: Kyle Borg

INSIDER: Who is your favourite footy person at the club?

AARON: Lachlan Walker - he's been my love child since day one and we're still together!

INSIDER: What's your favourite TV series or movie?

AARON: Breaking Bad

INSIDER: Who at the club would most likely be seen eating a kebab downtown at 4am on Sunday?

AARON: Chris Jones

INSIDER: If you had to cook for the whole club what would be your signature dish?

AARON: Bangers and Mash

INSIDER: Who at the club would most likely win a million dollars on a quiz show?: 

AARON: No one!

INSIDER: Who at the club thinks they're funnier than they really are?

AARON: Braeden Kight

INSIDER: Favorite AFL club and player?

AARON: Western Bulldogs, Liam Picken.

INSIDER: If you could add three players from other BFNL clubs to your list, who would you pick?

AARON: Tony Locker (Sebastopol - back), Brett Bewley (Darley - mid), Jake Owen (Bacchus Marsh - forward)  

INSIDER: Finally, describe your opponent Sebastopol in a word?

AARON: Honest