Anzac Day???

Question

Do you think when Sheedy got the game going was Sheedys best thing he done in all his years of Footy

Answer 1

Best thing Sheeds ever did was coach a team successfully for 25 or so years but yes the Anzac Day thing is quite remarkable.

Things like that inspire me and I'd love to be able to look back one day and say .. "I started the Saint Ray Day charity match"  (Which would be between Geelong and Footasgray) :-)

Answer 2

Sheeds has been and continues to be one of the best promoters the game has had.

They could do alot worse then put him in charge of the whole show.

Answer 3

Sheeds was excellent at marketing, whether it was footy, Indigenous players,grand occasions,or seeing that the bombers always stayed a financially successful club..

This type of dedication does not happen very often in footy clubs. And furthermore a coach of today has his work cut out trying to retain his contract, and have his team winning the matches.

You couldn't single out one of Sheedys' achievements, as he was a complete package, and served the club longer than any other coach.

Anzac Day was just another method of his to keep the game as a spectacle. After all, someone has to be creative, and Sheedy was a master at being a trend setter.

Answer 4

He did a lot more for the game than that.

I'm a Hawthorn supporter, so for many years i've hated Sheedy just because of the rivalry between the Hawks and Bombers.

Facts are he has done a lot for Football, the Anzac day clashes, the Dreamtime match. He could talk about a game 3 days before it and the match would sell out the next day just from the comments he made.

He has proven himself to be one of ........ if not the best Coach the AFL has seen, not only for success but for tenure at one club.

I think he will still play a part in the AFL, and who knows ..... maybe the best thing he's done is still to come.