Matthew Lloyd has pointed to his old Essendon premiership teammate Damien Hardwick as an outsider who has enjoyed great success coaching at another AFL club.
Lloyd has strongly denied being a backer of James Hird, who wants to coach the Bombers again.
Kevin Sheedy and Michael Long are famous Essendon figures who have come out in support of Hird.
Sheedy said an Essendon figure should take over next year, something rival coaching great Leigh Matthews said was "ridiculous".
Matthews, one of Hawthorn's most famous players, noted he became immersed in Collingwood and Brisbane on the way to coaching them to premierships.
Lloyd, one of Essendon's greatest players and now an AFL commentator, said he wants the best candidate to take over in the wake of Brad Scott's sacking last week.
