I would have been a supporter of Malthouse as coach. Sheedy was never the coach for mine. Now that Malthouse is gone, Id prefer to see Damien Hardwick get it, Allan Richardson as 2nd choice, with Ken Hinkley 3rd.
Rawlings seems way to much mates with the players. Being mates with players is good as long as things are going well or theres nothing on the line- like the last few games in a season, but coaches being mates with players becomes a problem when things start to go sour. I have said this before, someone like Hardwick should be appointed and Jade should be given a new job as head of player development. Ive always supporterd a soccer style academy for AFL clubs for players under 23. Give Rawlings that job and if he wants to coach Coburg he can do that as well. That seems like a win win situation to me.