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Sheeds and Robbo should get a room and cry it out over Hird.

Mr Bultitude said:
“This is what happens when you bring new people into the club."
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Can’t believe this comment when you consider where he came from
 

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Red Sash for mine.
 
I think Red Sash absolutely melting on Twitter might be the cherry on top of a very satisfying day.

Save for the Sheedy **** up. Embarrassing old git
 
Just echoing a few of the older fans on here in regards to sheedy and his early days. He really did transform us from a nice club to a nasty premiership winning powerhouse. Dad and I worshipped him in the early 80’s. His only focus was us. It then went to his head. First it was edelesten and his massive offer to coach sydney. Then he would threaten to leave every three or four years to richmond , where again he would get massive pay rises to stay.
He lost me around the 95/96 period, I call these the lunatic years. We were no longer his no.1 focus, it was all about him, self promoting, the books, the videos, Kevin time. Cash in time. The 2000 flag was the ideal time to go to richmond but it bought him more time ( thank the bullfrog mcmahon for that)
He went kicking and screaming in 2007, thank god, outstayed his welcome. It’s as if he is now on some stupid revenge mission. Who the **** invited him onto the board ? Himself probably. Sinking copious amounts of red at game day functions and waving his bloody scarf clearly not enough to sate his ego. “ I’m Kevin sheedy, multi millionaire blue collar plumber, Essendon power broker” Saw through his schtick years ago.
Untenable. Dick Reynolds , your idol, would never act in this way.
Go away.
 
The Donners said:
Is Red Sash an Essendon supporter or a wolf in sheep’s clothing?!
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He's definitely an Essendon supporter. He's also one of the biggest nuffies going around
 
windyhill said:
Just echoing a few of the older fans on here in regards to sheedy and his early days. He really did transform us from a nice club to a nasty premiership winning powerhouse. Dad and I worshipped him in the early 80’s. His only focus was us. It then went to his head. First it was edelesten and his massive offer to coach sydney. Then he would threaten to leave every three or four years to richmond , where again he would get massive pay rises to stay.
He lost me around the 95/96 period, I call these the lunatic years. We were no longer his no.1 focus, it was all about him, self promoting, the books, the videos, Kevin time. Cash in time. The 2000 flag was the ideal time to go to richmond but it bought him more time ( thank the bullfrog mcmahon for that)
He went kicking and screaming in 2007, thank god, outstayed his welcome. It’s as if he is now on some stupid revenge mission. Who the * invited him onto the board ? Himself probably. Sinking copious amounts of red at game day functions and waving his bloody scarf clearly not enough to sate his ego. “ I’m Kevin sheedy, multi millionaire blue collar plumber, Essendon power broker” Saw through his schtick years ago.
Untenable. Dick Reynolds , your idol, would never act in this way.
Go away.
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So, what, he sobered up enough from 96 to 2000 to deliver ANOTHER flag while cashing in on his success? The devious bastard!!
 
ant555 said:
The first week was a shocker.
If you want to sack the coach then sack him. Do not chase the next coach while you still have one hanging in the breeze. They could have sacked Truck on the Monday. They knew he was not the guy they wanted. You do not let him coach out the week and last game.
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Truck knew as soon as Barham had power that he was a dead man walking.

Your insiders would have told you the same.
 
As someone with a fair amount of experience with committees. I'm confused about how Kevin Sheedy would have even had an opportunity to vote for James Hird to be coach as he has stated.

Typically the selection sub-committee would have come back with a selection report and associated recommendation that the board would then consider, e.g. that they appoint Brad Scott, which the board would have discussed then voted on, Y or N. In such a process, if Kevin wanted Hird to get the job he might get the chance to say it but not to actually vote for it, only to vote for or against Scott's appointment.
 

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Proffessor said:
As someone with a fair amount of experience with committees. I'm confused about how Kevin Sheedy would have even had an opportunity to vote for James Hird to be coach as he has stated.

Typically the selection sub-committee would have come back with a selection report and associated recommendation that the board would then consider, e.g. that they appoint Brad Scott, which the board would have discussed then voted on, Y or N. In such a process, if Kevin wanted Hird to get the job he might get the chance to say it but not to actually vote for it, only to vote for or against Scott's appointment.
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I can see it playing out exactly how you've described except for Sheedy wasting an hour of everyone's time insisting that the vote was rigged because Hird wasn't on the ballot
 
windyhill said:
Just echoing a few of the older fans on here in regards to sheedy and his early days. He really did transform us from a nice club to a nasty premiership winning powerhouse. Dad and I worshipped him in the early 80’s. His only focus was us. It then went to his head. First it was edelesten and his massive offer to coach sydney. Then he would threaten to leave every three or four years to richmond , where again he would get massive pay rises to stay.
He lost me around the 95/96 period, I call these the lunatic years. We were no longer his no.1 focus, it was all about him, self promoting, the books, the videos, Kevin time. Cash in time. The 2000 flag was the ideal time to go to richmond but it bought him more time ( thank the bullfrog mcmahon for that)
He went kicking and screaming in 2007, thank god, outstayed his welcome. It’s as if he is now on some stupid revenge mission. Who the * invited him onto the board ? Himself probably. Sinking copious amounts of red at game day functions and waving his bloody scarf clearly not enough to sate his ego. “ I’m Kevin sheedy, multi millionaire blue collar plumber, Essendon power broker” Saw through his schtick years ago.
Untenable. Dick Reynolds , your idol, would never act in this way.
Go away.
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I'm an older fan. We weren't a nice club in the 70's, we were an irrelevant club, just as we are now.

Say what you want about Sheeds in the present day, but if it wasn't for him, who else was going to take us from where we were in the 70's, to where we ended up in 2000's?

In reality, we should have won more flags, 96/99/01. They are hard to win though.

Sheeds survived many challenges as coach, thats because he learnt how to play the game. Do you think Barry Davis or Bill Stephen would have achieved the same results if given time? (I cant remember any further back than that).

Sheeds wasn't just a good coach, he learnt to be a manipulator, thats why he lasted through the poor years.

He tried it one last time to get Jimmy back in the box, I dont begrudge him for that. Having said that, it's probably time for him to just move on and enjoy his legacy.
 
Sub committee must have come back with Hird or Scott would be suitable. Hird the most suitable. Board took a vote on Hird which didn't pass, so they moved on to the next agenda item Brad.

Barham lied, as he has done since his appointment, and Sheedy set things straight. We'll be in a better place when the truth comes out.
 
Old Campaigner said:
* off Sheeds

The selection panel recommended Scott and the rest of the board accepted their recommendations except for Sheedy. Board members have a duty to the club and by rejecting the recommendations of the panel simply because Hird's done a lot of stuff at Essendon in the past is a blatant abdication of that responsibility. His job was to vote on the next coach, not who is the most Essendon person.

On Hird - you go into any job interview process completely unaware of who else is applying and how good they might be. It should have been obvious to all applying that they might not be the successful candidate. It should also be obvious that the panel would recommend a candidate and the board should back that recommendation - assuming they trust the panel which they established in the first place. If Hird has cracked the sads at not being the preferred candidate after 8 years out of the game (and the baggage he brings) then he is unquestionably not suited to the job.
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When did Hird sook it up? Reports I read were that he was happy because he had a go and now felt unburdened; that he could now rule a line under it all.
 
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Time to go back to your own planet Kev
 
ghostdog said:
When did Hird sook it up? Reports I read were that he was happy because he had a go and now felt unburdened; that he could now rule a line under it all.
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I can only assume he was pissed off because Sheedy had to reach out to him and assure him the decision to back Scott was not unanimous.
 
yodellinhank said:
Sub committee must have come back with Hird or Scott would be suitable. Hird the most suitable. Board took a vote on Hird which didn't pass, so they moved on to the next agenda item Brad.

Barham lied, as he has done since his appointment, and Sheedy set things straight. We'll be in a better place when the truth comes out.
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HaHa, so just like the saga, sit tight and all will be revealed!!

Fantasy land.
 
"This is what happens when you bring new people into the club"

That reads so similar to bigots. Just change “club” to “country”.

Adiós, Kevin. It's 2022 and you're no longer needed.
 
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Proffessor said:
As someone with a fair amount of experience with committees. I'm confused about how Kevin Sheedy would have even had an opportunity to vote for James Hird to be coach as he has stated.

Typically the selection sub-committee would have come back with a selection report and associated recommendation that the board would then consider, e.g. that they appoint Brad Scott, which the board would have discussed then voted on, Y or N. In such a process, if Kevin wanted Hird to get the job he might get the chance to say it but not to actually vote for it, only to vote for or against Scott's appointment.
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Everyone on the board were asked to vote yay or nay on endorsing the coaching committee's recommendation. The vote was 6 yays; zero nays; and one... Hird.
Bizarre.
 

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