sheedy, international rules and our club....

tom9779 · Post by **tom9779** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:46 am

Is it good for our club to have our coach in Ireland at a time when we have to make some of the more important drafting decisions this club has faced in the past 6 years?

I mean I would prefer Sheeds was spending more time looking at/reviewing draft targets and having discussions with our recruiting team than coach Oz over in Ireland.

thoughts?

Anyone else prefer too see our coach back in Australia in this very important period pre draft day?

cheers

tom

BERT · Post by **BERT** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:55 am

He is away for 3 weeks. He was at the draft camp and that's where they would have interviewed players etc. He would have watched videos of all the players we are looking at.

I'm sure the recruiting department would have it all under control. We have pick 2 so that's pretty easy to work out who we will take.

I don't have a problem with him being in Ireland. With email, internet etc now he can pretty much keep up with going ons as they happen.

Filthy · Post by **Filthy** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:12 am

BERT wrote:He is away for 3 weeks. He was at the draft camp and that's where they would have interviewed players etc. He would have watched videos of all the players we are looking at.

I'm sure the recruiting department would have it all under control. We have pick 2 so that's pretty easy to work out who we will take.

I don't have a problem with him being in Ireland. With email, internet etc now he can pretty much keep up with going ons as they happen.

Absolutely Bert.....and he is getting up close and personal with some of the best talent in the land so who knows where that leads to in the future.

Boyler_Room · Post by **Boyler_Room** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:22 pm

Important point, Filthy. Not only has he done his homework on the draftees, but now he's getting his chance to do some homework on the top lads in the country already playing AFL.

jimmyc1985 · Post by **jimmyc1985** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:47 pm

No problems. Any decisions that needed to be made in his absence would've already been made prior to him leaving (e.g., de-listing Lucy). And his absence wouldn't have any impact on the decision-making process regarding future list management decisions.

Just so long as he doesn't come back and try to implement some half-baked ideas or recruiting strategies he sees in Ireland, i have no issues with him doing the International Series coaching gig.

robrulz5 · Post by **robrulz5** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:20 pm

Got no problems with it at all. He knows what is going on here.

bowzer · Post by **bowzer** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:26 pm

the more time he spends with cambell brown the more likely he will end up at essendon.

Western Red · Post by **Western Red** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:11 pm

bowzer wrote:the more time he spends with cambell brown the more likely he will end up at essendon.

Would you like to see this Bowz????

antcl · Post by **antcl** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:45 pm

Maybe its an indicator that Sheedy isn't the main one having a say on who gets drafted.

dom_105 · Post by **dom_105** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:58 pm

Nah, no probs with Sheeds over in Ireland. three weeks away is nothing.

Crowny · Post by **Crowny** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:45 pm

Got no problem with it as long as Essendon makes the 8 or thereabouts next year

bombercol · Post by **bombercol** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 2:47 pm

I would prefer Sheeds to be here to be honest.

The National Draft is cool, I'd say we've got that sussed out.

The PSD though, there would still be some prime cattle retained on club lists, but still unsigned.

I'd like it if Sheedy was here trying to woo one of those good unsigned players to Essendon given that now we can literally commit to a player with out anyone standing in our way.

Windy_Hill · Post by **Windy_Hill** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:53 pm

Lets be thankful....the less Sheeds has to do with it the more likely we will actually draft some talented players

Rossoneri · Post by **Rossoneri** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:28 pm

Windy_Hill wrote:Lets be thankful....the less Sheeds has to do with it the more likely we will actually draft some talented players

Dodoro will still be there