John Worsfold departure stuns West Coast Eagles The last time ... Eagles coach John Worsfold and his assisant Scott Burns walk off the field after Saturday's final-round loss to Adelaide at Patersons Stadium. THE tenure of West Coast premiership coach and favourite son John Worsfold came to an abrupt end yesterday in Perth. As of today, four AFL clubs - the Eagles, Brisbane, Essendon and Melbourne - remain without senior coaches for next season, although Paul Roos will be appointed by the Demons within days on a long-term contract. After 12 years in the job, an emotional Worsfold yesterday informed the Eagles of his intention not to continue and withdrew his push to be recontracted. Worsfold had been under pressure after a horrible season, which started poorly and ended dismally. An overhaul of the Eagles' coaching department started earlier this week when the club announced strategy and innovations coach Phil Walsh was leaving after five years to return to Adelaide. At least one other assistant coach is also set to go. The Eagles lost each of their last three games by more than 10 goals, including an insipid 86-point defeat by Adelaide in Perth last weekend. West Coast chief executive Trevor Nisbett yesterday told staff: "It's a sad day for this footy club. John told me this morning that he wouldn't be going on. It remained unclear what triggered Worsfold's about-face after declaring last weekend that he believed he could again lead the club up the ladder. He chose not to attend a press conference last night that was fronted by chairman Alan Cransberg and Nisbett, who described the two-time premiership captain as an "icon" of the club. In a statement released by the club last night, Worsfold said in part: "I have come to that decision around the fact I shouldn't do the job if I don't have the energy to give it absolutely everything; that wouldn't be the right thing for the club and basically that's where it got to. It's not the right thing for me or the club. The players will feel it, the staff will feel it if the senior coach is not warts and all in. And that means emotionally you have to be right in, you have to be all over everything. Worsfold said he started to have doubts after last month seeking a two-year contract extension before the club's capitulation to slump to 13th on the ladder with just nine wins, and only three of them at West Coast's home ground, Patersons Stadium. He admitted the club had "underperformed" this season. West Coast directors will this week start a nationwide search to compile a shortlist of candidates. The longest-serving Eagles coach won 149 of his 281 games and the Eagles made the finals in eight seasons under his watch, highlighted by the 2006 flag. However, the club played in just two finals series in his final six years at the helm. After making the finals in 2011 and 2012 from rock bottom in 2010, West Coast's had been cruelled by a high number of injuries, but a lack of fight over the final three rounds caused unrest within the club and its membership. Worsfold admitted last weekend that season 2013 had been a disaster. "It's a year that our club won't cop," he said. We're not happy with it. Four days before he walked away, he said he still believed he was the right man to lead the club. "I'm capable of doing it," he said. I've done it a couple of times before and I'm capable of doing it, there's no doubt about that. Cransberg said: "John realised he didn't have the energy, the passion, the enthusiasm and the motivation to keep going. While it's sad for us, it's obviously an opportunity for us to build the next part of our future. Nisbett said he doubted whether Worsfold would coach at another club next season. "I'm not sure what John's thoughts are - he just needs a break," Nisbett said. I would doubt that he would coach next year, but you never say never in this industry because things may change over the next two months. But certainly, I don't think he was in that frame of mind this morning and he's probably not in that frame of mind at the moment. Cransberg denied West Coast had already tested the marketplace by sounding out potential candidates. "That to me would be very disrespectful to John if we were out there shopping around for coaches," he said. We had not finished our own board processes when he made his announcement.