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As NLL Insider reported earlier this week, the Portland Lumberjax are without former Assistant Coaches Jeremy Tallevi and Jeff McComb, but as Lumberjax’s Managing Partner Angela Batinovich stressed to NLL Insider today, the move was not made based on the two coach’s performances over the past three seasons with the club, but rather for other reasons.

The team is in the process of making their lacrosse operations more efficient and could no longer fly in their entire bench staff from throughout Ontario to Portland every week for games and practices.

Although current GM and Head Coach Derek Keenan also lives in the same province as his former assistants, the team is currently working on an offer that would keep Keenan in the same situation he is currently serving with the club. Keenan’s contract with the team expired after this season. He would remain a weekly fly-in if he stays with the franchise.

Outside of Keenan, the team hopes to have a more western based coaching staff heading into the 2009 season.

Although nothing official has been announced by the team, many expect current Assistant GM, Darren Fridge, to take on some sort of role on the Jax’s bench. Fridge, a former player with the Coquitlam Adanacs (Jr. A), Maple Ridge Burrards (Sr. A) and even Boston Blazers of the NLL, currently serves as both the Burrard’s GM and Head Coach in the WLA.

Fridge has also served as an assistant coach in the NLL with the Edmonton Rush, Colorado Mammoth and Vancouver Ravens.

It’s expected new hirings and potentially promotions, within the organization, will be announced shortly.

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