I agree. Sheedy's ability as a coach was exaggerated by his penchant for marketing the game. He was a very good coach, but he's no Norm Smith or Jack Oatey.

It would be good short term think. but it hard to believe he'll take them to their next Flag. What Do Richmond suporter think?

It would be good to see Richmond hopes rise again ala when Ben Cousins came aboard. Only to see them come crashing down to earth with a thud!!

I couldn't see Sheedy committing to something like that.. I think the AFL need him as an ambassador more than Richmond need him as a coach. Leigh Matthews would be a better option..

It's hard to know what makes a good coach thesedays. The thought occurred to me during Terry Wallace's disastrous footy show interview. When asked if he would take responsibility for the poor state of Richmond's list, his answer was that we would do so, only if he could claim credit for the good players on the Western Bulldogs' list. In my mind, that's an extremely shabby opinion to hold - basically he's saying that a player is pre-determined to play at a certain quality from he moment he is drafted, and that nobody in the development coaching panel, VFL coaches, etc. has anything to do with how good a player becomes. This is, of course, rubbish, and I would suspect most people would agree.

First up Richmond can be SERIOUS because they haven't said a word about Sheedy as coach, what are you on about ? The idea was put forward by Kevin Bartlett. Its simply ilogical to imply Sheedy has "no balls" . If Kevin Sheedy has the desire drive and enthusiasm for the job , he would be a perfect candidate . His record at Essendon is superb, an average of 14 wins a season, and grandfinal appearances averaging at something like every 2 years. Kevin Sheedy has been, and still can be a successful coach,he is inovative, a motivator, a leader and above all "Knows" how to develop teams to succeed in finals. A 5 year contract for Sheedy would be far more beneficial to Richmond, than their previous coach's 5 years, and he would set the Tigers up perfectly for a young coach to take over from him, maybe a James Hird, I have no doubt about that>

I think give him 2-3 years, just to point the club in the right direction, similar to what Ron Barassi did for Sydney in the mid-90's. Of course it's not a long term solution, but everything else they've tried hasn't worked, so why not get a proven premiership coach whose enthusiastic about the job and club?

i think sheedy at the helm of the tigers for 2-3 maybe even 4 years would be a great idea. all they need is a bit of guiding and some clever recruiting... and sheedy was always the master of that. even if they just appoint him in a position to be able to help in the selection of players (drafting and trading) and maybe a mentoring role as coach i think the tigers would be better off.