Blown away by a Collingwood side looking to end a year premiership drought, Essendon was comprehensively beaten despite being near even with the Pies at quarter-time. While one player rarely makes a team, Sheedy revealed a former Bombers captain, who was not selected for the decider, may have made a difference in the defeat. The option not to select this player made Sheedy feel like it was one of his biggest blunders as a coach. At just 20 years of age, Daniher was a Dons best-and-fairest winner in and named as club captain the following season after only 66 games in three seasons.
But in that same year, he would suffer the first of three knee reconstructions and play only 16 more games for the club despite being touted as one of the most promising players in the VFL. While injuries cruelled his athletic prowess, Daniher oozed leadership and class with ball in hand. That final regular season match of at Moorabbin was a famous day which saw Neale join his siblings Terry, Chris and Anthony as the first time four brothers had played together in the same game. Sheedy recalls the idea for the occasion stemming from a conversation with the Danihers' mum, Edna.
Have we done this? Have we thought about that? These are the types of things I will want to bring to the board table. Sheedy coached Essendon for games between before taking on the job as the Giants' inaugural coach from Your club's retirements and delistings. He is the last coach to guide Essendon to a finals win, back in The Bombers finished 13th this season in John Worsfold's final year as coach.
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Typical of Kevin he found out everything he could about knee injuries, putting himself through a rigorous rehabilitation process and going on to become a three-time premiership player with the Tigers. Kevin has always had a thirst for knowledge, believing anyone could have a good idea, so long as you take the time to listen.
There is no doubt that his passion, his worth ethic and that Kevin Sheedy gregariousness has allowed him to turn his life journey into something special. He won three VFL premierships as a player and four premierships as coach of Essendon, where he spent a record 27 years, turning the club from an old-fashioned suburban entity into a modern-day powerhouse of the national game. He has been an innovator, a galvaniser and a bridge-builder, using football to bring together the many communities that make up Australia, particularly Aborigines and the more recent arrivals to this country than his own Irish forebears.
One such was Kevin Sheedy, a year-old centreman who had starred in Prahran's second division premiership win, and who crossed to Richmond without a clearance the following year. Never the most elegant or poised of footballers, his gutsy, hard-as-nails approach disguised a masterful football brain which would later be put to supreme use as coach of Essendon.
As a player, it was evidenced in his uncanny ability to achieve the wood on ostensibly more talented opponents, often by the application of psychological methods which were not immediately susceptible to scrutiny.
Kevin Sheedy played VFL games for Richmond between and , kicking 91 goals; he won a best and fairest award in , and was the Tigers' captain in
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