Fremantle role could count against Mark Harvey for Eagles job Former Dockers coach Mark Harvey was all smiles after his first win with Fremantle. WESTERN Derby rivalry could contribute to former Fremantle coach Mark Harvey being blocked in any move to join West Coast as an assistant. Harvey had been tipped for an interview with West Coast management this week as the Eagles put together an almost entirely rejuvenated support staff around new head coach Adam Simpson. But it has emerged that Harvey, who coached Fremantle from late into the 2007 season until his ugly sacking in September two years ago, was not strongly considered. Influential Eagles powerbrokers are understood to have voiced heavy-duty objections to the appointment of a discarded Dockers coach. It is understood that it was considered by some Eagles insiders that appointing a dumped coach from their bitter local rival would reflect poorly on the West Coast brand image. There was even a somewhat spiteful view that Harvey should not even be interviewed in the Eagles desperate search for a defensive coach to join Simpson and his inexperienced support team. Harvey, who is a three-time Essendon premiership key defender in his 206-game Bombers career, had been linked with a possible move to West Coast along with other former senior AFL coaches Michael Voss and Dean Laidley. Voss has made clear that he would not move to Western Australia as an assistant and will work in football media next year and Laidley, who was North Melbourne coach for five seasons when Simpson was the Kangaroos captain is out of contract at the trouble-torn St Kilda and is understood to be on the lookout for a new job. Harvey, 48, engineered seven straight victories over West Coast in his first seven derby shootouts from Round 18 late into "07 until three years later and then lost both of his last two confrontations with the arch enemy. His last derby conflict was a gut-wrenching famous after-the-siren set-shot at goal from fiery small forward Hayden Ballantyne and narrow miss for the Dockers to go down by just one point in Round 18 July of 2011 only six weeks ahead of Harvey's unceremonious sacking and the controversial appointment of current boss Ross Lyon. Simpson and Eagles new football operations manager Craig Vozzo are now expected to conclude negotiations and interviews for a final assistant coaching appointment from existing support staff. Former Geelong and Carlton utility Adrian Hickmott could be elevated from his development and assistant coaching duties at Eagles WAFL alignment club East Perth into the defensive specialist appointment under Simpson. Other assistant options already in the Eagles coaching and development nest to be closely considered by Simpson and Vozzo include just retired West Coast 2006 premiership defender Adam Selwood and another highly regarded former player and development coach Jaymie Graham is another candidate. Selwood, 29, would be a surprise choice to send straight into a specialist assistant role in his first year out of playing, but new midfield coach Brady Rawlings and Simpson both stepped straight from their significantly accomplished playing careers at North into support coaching. Vozzo has indicated that a final appointment in the Eagles coaching staff is imminent.