Sheedy right for Tigers - Watson
Finn Bradshaw | May 25, 2009 12:15pm
TIM Watson has called for Richmond to appoint Kevin Sheedy as coach for the rest of the season.
Watson – who played under Sheedy at Essendon – said on his radio show on SEN that the Tigers needed the combination of experience and marketing nous that the former Bombers coach could deliver.
“Richmond now, in my opinion, should be talking to Kevin Sheedy,” the former Saints coach said.
“He’s in marketing (Sheedy is employed by the Tigers in a marketing role). This is now a marketing exercise. (Richmond should) convince him to take the job for the rest of the year.
“The club needs a big Richmond figure involved. They won’t win the flag this year, probably won’t make the finals. They need to be stabilised and need to be energised. Sheedy can do that. He can coach for their future. He will draw a line in the sand, I know the bloke, and he will have the respect of everyone at that footy club.”
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Watson said it was clear that Wallace’s time at the club was nearing its end, and Richmond needed to act now.
“Richmond needs to do an about face. Forget the mid-year review. Terry’s time at the Richmond footy club is finished. He wears it, it’s etched on his face. It’s etched on the players’ body language. That’s sad for Terry, sad for his family, sad for everyone involved in the Wallace family, but that is the business of AFL coaching.”
Wallace is in the final year of a five-year contract and had come under increasing pressure after the Tigers stared the season 1-8 and sit 15th on the ladder.
The club has maintained throughout the season it would not make a decision on Wallace’s future until it had completed a review at the mid-year mark.
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