Lyon fires up at Sheedy claims
Andrea Petrie | July 13, 2009
GARRY Lyon has accused Kevin Sheedy of fabricating stories surrounding his unsuccessful application to be Melbourne coach in 2007 and said it was sad Sheedy had resorted to making claims that were "100 per cent wrong".
Sheedy said that he believed he had been wasting his time applying for the Melbourne coaching job and that Lyon, who was on the selection committee, hindered his chances of being appointed.
After revealing yesterday that he was pulling out of the Tigers coaching race because he believed the club did not want him, Sheedy said in a newspaper article that he was disillusioned by the application process for the Demons' job, which eventually went to Dean Bailey.
Sheedy accused Lyon of leaking his every move during the process to Channel Nine, which led to a reporter and camera crew showing up everywhere he went.
"The Melbourne interview was a total farce, with everywhere I went Craig Hutchison turning up," Sheedy reportedly said.
"It was obvious that Garry Lyon said this is where I'm going, this is what I'm doing. It was a Channel Nine soap opera.
"When you've been through that and clearly that's what happened … it was a waste of time."
But Lyon hit back yesterday stating that such a suggestion was "a little bit sad".
"You don't go around fabricating things like that, it's a sad, sad state of affairs if he genuinely thinks that," Lyon said.
"Don't get me wrong, he's a legend of the game and he's been a marvellous person for football, but he shouldn't go looking for things that aren't there and making accusations that are 100 per cent wrong.
"He's a street-fighter, Kev, and he likes to throw a couple, but he's a long, long way off the mark and I refute everything he's said because it's just not right. When a legend of the game reverts to those sort of things, it's a little bit sad."
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