WAG Alex Pike shares cryptic quotes to Instagram about moving on… after boyfriend Nathan Buckley steps down as Collingwood coach
Her boyfriend Nathan Buckley just stepped down as the AFL coach for Collingwood midway through his 10th AFL season.
And on Wednesday, Alex Pike seemed to cryptically address the drama by posting a few quotes to Instagram.
The first quote read: ‘Comfort zones: If you live in one too long… that becomes your norm. Get comfortable being uncomfortable.’
Cryptic: Alex Pike shared some cryptic quotes to Instagram that may have alluded to her boyfriend Nathan Buckley Nathan Buckley stepping down as a Collingwood coach
She then shared another quote which said: ‘What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.’
After that, the stunning cosmetic nurse posted a short clip of herself with glam new hair extensions.
Alex and Nathan, who have known each other since at least the start of the year, were pictured together for the first time last month.
The romance between the new couple is said to be ‘effortless’.
The first quote read: ‘Comfort zones: If you live in one too long… that becomes your norm. Get comfortable being uncomfortable’
She then shared another quote which said: ‘What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others’
‘They are happy. It’s all good. It’s just very easy and comfortable really. They have a genuine connection,’ a friend of the couple told the Herald Sun.
The source added that Alex isn’t after fame, and isn’t ‘daunted’ by the attention that comes with being a WAG either.
‘They are just into normal stuff, yoga, natural health, keeping fit and staying positive,’ they said.
Alex is a mother of three based in South Yarra, just outside Melbourne’s CBD, but also has a home in Albury.
Glamorous: After that, the stunning cosmetic nurse posted a short clip of herself with glam new hair extensions
The pair’s relationship emerged just weeks after the champion midfielder announced his split from his wife of 18 years, Tania Minnici, last December.
Nathan was ousted as Collingwood coach midway through his 10th AFL season at the helm, paying the price for a 3-9 start to the year that had cost the Magpies a shot at reaching the finals.
Buckley, who had been at the club as player, assistant coach and senior coach since 1993, leaves the game without ever having achieved the ultimate goal of a premiership, losing two grand finals as a player and the 2018 decider as a coach.
Ousted: Nathan was ousted as Collingwood coach midway through his 10th AFL season at the helm, paying the price for a 3-9 start to the year that had cost the Magpies a shot at reaching the finals
Buckley, 48, had been in talks with club general manager of football Graham Wright over his coaching future for two months before it was decided the club would make a change.
He offered to stay in the job for the rest of the year but was told that Monday’s game against Melbourne at the SCG would be his last.
‘I have had a fair crack at it and everyone has their time,’ Buckley told a media conference via Zoom on Wednesday.
‘I’m really content with the decision that has been made.’
Split: Buckley split from his wife of 18 years Tania (right) in 2020