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by Finn Bradshaw

09 Nov 03:11pm

Filed under: Afl, Essendon, Kevin Sheedy, Melboure, Rugby League, Sydney

22 comments

Appointing Kevin Sheedy as coach of the AFL’s new Western Sydney team is a terrible idea.

Can we wrap this up, I gotta bingo game to get to

For one simple reason: The game has left the once-great coach behind.

It’s the equivalent of making Bill Collins the face of iTunes.

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Napier_St says:

06:59pm | 11/11/09

Being a life-long Essendon man, it will be wierd seeing Sheeds coaching another team, especially as I was born 2 years after he started coaching the Bombers, for my first 24 years all I knew was Kevin Sheedy being the coach. It was sad but inevitable the day his tenure… Read more »
Mick says:

01:28pm | 11/11/09

Finn, think you have been a tad harsh on old sheeds. Sure his last few years were not the best, but if you look back at the lists Essendon had - they were never finals chances. I think Sheeds is a great fit for a new club, the experience he… Read more »

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