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Just interested on your thoughts about Kevin Sheedy. Personally i think this year should be his last after friday nights game.....Lovett-Murray on Whitnall in the last quarter? 
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No doubt he is a quality coach, prehaps getting stale at the Bummers and need a change of scenery and new challengePremiers 09,18,33,05
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hes been written off so many times and proven critics wrong, i wont even bother trying! :P
dont think one bad year would be the end surely, he has them on the longest current streak of finals participation in the compTheres not much left to sayComment
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With the sides he's had he should have won about 8 flags, not 4. He has never got out of his comfort zone and gone to coach a club struggling both on-field and off-field. That's why I rate both Malthouse and Pagan ahead of him. You could say anyone would be happy with 4 flags in 25 years, but with the talent Essendon have had while hes been there I don't think it's as good as everyone thinks.Last edited by Plugger46; 4 April 2005, 10:29 PM.Bloods
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he has been pretty good though, but i agree is overrated. He is not a scratch on Leigh Matthews, but i wouldnt put malthouse ahead of him, possibly level.
I think Malcolm Blight was better than sheedy and malthouse, and as much as i hate the kangas and carlton dennis pagan is an outstanding coachTheres not much left to sayComment
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I find it quite amusing that a swans supporter rates Sheedy's coaching efforts poorly coz he didnt win enough flags.
Only 4 flags? oh, poor old Essendon, how sad. I feel so sorry for them....
give me 4 flags in 20 years anyday. No stuff it, just 1 is all i ask.Visit my eBay store -
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What Sheedy has done (not once but several times), and Matthews and Malthouse haven't, is built premiership teams from scratch. Matthews' record with Brisbane is outstanding but he inherited the core of the group. Even at Collingwood most of the squad was already there, and Pies fans have accused him of leaving the squad in pretty poor shape when he left.
Malthouse did manage to get a pretty ordinary group (with one outstanding player) playing very solid, consistent football for two years but still didn't bring Collingwood the flag he craved. And at WC he largely inherited a squad with many concession picks.Comment
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Goodness, doesn't anyone rememer how crap Blighty was in Adelaide? I know it's simply ages ago, but still, how soon we forget ...Originally posted by swansrule100
he has been pretty good though, but i agree is overrated. He is not a scratch on Leigh Matthews, but i wouldnt put malthouse ahead of him, possibly level.
I think Malcolm Blight was better than sheedy and malthouse, and as much as i hate the kangas and carlton dennis pagan is an outstanding coachStriving for truth and honestyComment
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Yeah, crap effort those back-to-back flags...Originally posted by SwansGirl
Goodness, doesn't anyone rememer how crap Blighty was in Adelaide? I know it's simply ages ago, but still, how soon we forget ...Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.
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As I recall, when Sheedy started at Essendon they actually already had players there which is why they needed a coach.Originally posted by liz
What Sheedy has done (not once but several times), and Matthews and Malthouse haven't, is built premiership teams from scratch.Comment
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Originally posted by SwansGirl
Goodness, doesn't anyone rememer how crap Blighty was in Adelaide? I know it's simply ages ago, but still, how soon we forget ...
he almost took geelong to several flags except they choked and he turned the rabble crows into a back to back flag team!!!! the only one ever in the 16 team competition.
He coached teams in an entertaining, attacking style! was a champ! I also think he is a good commentatorTheres not much left to sayComment
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One of them was from 5th spot, which no team has done before (IIRC)Originally posted by NMWBloods
Yeah, crap effort those back-to-back flags...Comment
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Leigh Matthews will tell you that he felt the club didn't have faith in his decision making, after he wanted to get a particular player but the board went against him - and that was basically the beginning of the end for him.Originally posted by liz
Even at Collingwood most of the squad was already there, and Pies fans have accused him of leaving the squad in pretty poor shape when he left.
Others will tell you that drafting and paying Barry Mitchell an absolute fortune to sit on the bench given the quality midfield they already had, was a classic example of Leigh's decision making.
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Kevin Sheedy is clearly quite mad.I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his timeComment
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I think that's why i like him.Originally posted by stellation
Kevin Sheedy is clearly quite mad.Sit down or i swear to God i'll have you shot.Comment
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