West Coast chairman Alan Cransberg wants coach John Worsfold (above) to stay next season, regardless of results. Source: Getty Images
WEST Coast chairman Alan Cransberg says he still wants John Worsfold to remain at the helm next year, even if the Eagles miss the finals.
A stoic Cransberg said he was "proud of the boys" following West Coast's gutsy 20-point loss to premiership favourite Hawthorn at Etihad Stadium on Friday night.
The defeat leaves the Eagles in 10th place, with a 6-6 record, ahead of a testing home blockbuster against Essendon on Thursday night.
West Coast will likely need to win at least six of its last 10 matches to make the final eight.
Cransberg said increasing external expectation that Worsfold would finish up at season's end was unfounded and that whether the Eagles made the finals was "irrelevant" in terms of the coach's future.
Asked whether he still wanted Worsfold to coach on next year, Cransberg said: "Absolutely. He's a good coach. The guys are working their arses off for him.
"We said we'd discuss it at the end of the year and we will. It's not a concern to Woosh. It's not a concern to me."
Worsfold has maintained since early in the year he is unsure whether he wants to continue and is content for contract negotiations to be put off until the end of the season.
Eagles captain Darren Glass, also weighing up whether to play on next year, said whether Worsfold continued as coach would have no bearing on his own retirement decision.
"No, that wouldn't be in my thinking," Glass said.
"So long as I feel like I can play good footy next year, that's the main thing. If I feel like I can play good footy and the club still wants me, then we'll go around again."
The three-time club champion said the club had not pressured him for an early answer.
While Eric Mackenzie was this week locked away on a long-term deal, question marks remain over the team's defensive set-up for next year, with out-of-contract Mitch Brown likely to again be targeted by St Kilda during the trade period.
"It will probably play out over the second half of the year at some stage, there's no real urgency," he said.
Glass, 32, said his body had been rejuvenated after missing the win against St Kilda in Round 11 and having last weekend's bye.
Cransberg conceded West Coast's top-four hopes were gone.
"We didn't win, but it's coming and the guys can take a lot of heart from that," he said. "I was really proud of the way they fought it out.
"I don't think we're going to finish in the top four anymore, but we want to play in finals that's what we're here for."
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