So, if the Demons have endured a hellish couple of years, they’re leaving both the premiership and the trauma that followed behind. A recognition that the post-premiership Demons team was no longer capable of contending for the flag, as results of the past two seasons attest. But his value is greater to another club – Gold Coast, in this case – than a Melbourne team that’s looking beyond the immediate. New Melbourne coach Steven King. Credit: Luis Enrique Ascui Steven King hasn’t mucked around.