Kevin Sheedy threads [merged]

[mightytiges]

The quality people at Essendon knifed Sheeds  . So much to waiting until the end of the year to make a decision. Their board overruled the President.

Now MT.
Some factual stuff my friend.

K. Sheedy knew 10 weeks ago his contract would not be renewed.
Today is all about delivering this to the supporters and media.
Sheedy wasnt sacked as such.

He will coach again

There's a difference between waiting until the end of the season like they should have done and sacking him now with 6 weeks to go. A great show of thanks for 27 years service . Essendon board members got the spooks with 3 other clubs now chasing a new coach and outvoted the Prez (the later according to his wife on SEN).

[mightytiges]

Gotta love that messiah complex we have..

Don't worry, in 2-3 years time these same old idiots will be demanding Sheeds' sacking even if he was to replace Plough   .

[Ox]

er....cant we just get on with bizness.............

whatever will be ,will be.

[WilliamPowell]

Sheedy is not the answer to our problems.  Recuriting is.  Can anybody honestly tell me that this list would be any better under Sheedy than is is under Wallace.  

Exactly. Today's decision has nothing to do with Richmond and where we are going as a club. Absolutely nothing. He has had his chance with the Tigers, all he ever did was use us for leverage with his contracts at Essendon.

Good luck to him though in whatever he does, seems like a nice enough bloke.

Spot on the money Fluffy

I was just about to say

This has absolutely nothing to do with the Richmond Football Club.

If people out there want it to or thinks it does then .... I've repeated myself for the last 10 weeks on this

I will repeat this bit though...

If Sheeds really cares about the RFC then he will help it off field with his profile but he will not get sucked in by these faceless people in the background who have this idea that he our messiah.

It's all about respect

[mightytiges]

Thanks Moi. Great reporting    .

[Moi]

er....cant we just get on with bizness.............

whatever will be ,will be.

The question needs to be answered who's running the business first, Ox!

[Ox]

the RFC ??????
Terry ?

just a couple of guesses

[Moi]

Why the decision has been made – won’t comment on that.  What he will say is the board took the decision with 3 to 5 years in mind.  On paper, better performed than last year.  Bad luck last year and good luck this year.

If we’re looking at where we’re at, led very well by players like Hird, Fletcher, Mal Michael.  Lloyd came back.

The point about that is the youngest of those players is 29 years old.  The board sees the future of this playing list over the next 3 to 5 years, not a 1 to 2 year decision.

The reason why I'm afraid of Sheeds.  Not him or his coaching, just his propensity to make decisions to fill holes in a list with has beens a la Frawley.
And it's the reason they're getting rid of him.
When these players go from the Bombers, they're gonna make a nice hole in their list.  Surely Sheeds isn't that dumb he couldn't have looked into the future.
As the bloke said, he's being sacked for making 1 to 2 year decisions, not planning for sustained success.

[the_boy_jake]

The quality people at Essendon knifed Sheeds  . So much to waiting until the end of the year to make a decision. Their board overruled the President.

I would suggest the undermining at Essendon coincided at the same time a thread suggesting Sheeds' return to Richmond started here.
Were there factions at work at Essendon writing off Sheeds with an agenda in mind the same as Wallace?

I think both Essendon and Richmond supporters need explanations.

I'm not sure WE need an explanation just yet.

Still get the feeling that there are a lot of bridges to cross before Sheedy is sitting in an office at Punt Rd.

If Wallace walks then obviously Sheedy with an apprentice is a real probability.

If Wallace doesn't walk I can't see us paying him out and turning in a financial loss after all the hard work.

Question is how much more Terry can take.

[Passionfruit]

Terry would be under the pump big time.
Sheeds with an apprentice, your on the money!
An the apprentice will be a favorite son!

[Moi]

The best result is if they work together, not one coming in and doing a knifing job on the other, although I think whoever planted the Sheedy to Richmond seed to Jack was someone with the nickname Shifty!  And he ain't called that for no reason other than he is.

Kevin would be great for the club - he's a walking, talking marketing machine, but I think he could do other roles around the club, other than coaching.

Would be a great combination!  

The club can't afford the stigma of sacking another coach if it comes and bites them on the bum a few years down the track.

[Passionfruit]

sheedy and wallace will not work together,

[Passionfruit]

The best result is if they work together, not one coming in and doing a knifing job on the other, although I think whoever planted the Sheedy to Richmond seed to Jack was someone with the nickname Shifty!  And he ain't called that for no reason other than he is.

Nobody planted the seed, been happening behind the scene for a while.
Moi, Sheeds to Richmond has nothing to do with me.
More like the high rollers who bankroll the club, now theres a cryptic clue.

[tigersalive]

Terry would be under the pump big time.
Sheeds with an apprentice, your on the money!
An the apprentice will be a favorite son!

There is this Chris Bond bloke who's pretty bloody ready to Coach . . . . 

Maybe he's too good to stay as an apprentice though so I'll also mention Knights.


However I find it hard to believe.  Keep Terry, change the constant sacking merry-go-round.

[the_boy_jake]

The best result is if they work together, not one coming in and doing a knifing job on the other,

Just guessing, but bringing in Sheeds and putting him in a football director role above Wallace might be a way for the powers that be to make Terry walk - I'm not sure Terry would like to lose any control over off-the-field matters to focus purely on results given how badly we are going.