Schonegg, if Kevin Sheedy was in charge on any of those teams they would be in a much better situation. Fremantle would probably be in the eight. Essendon would be challenging eg. Patrick Ryder who Sheedy had such a massive opinion of, and played top football under Sheedy, would probably be playing much better football than now. Melbourne would be in a far better financial situation with Sheedy's promotional skills - surely there would have been a jump in membership - and would have done better on the field. Would Sheedy have immediately got rid of so many experienced, hard players such as Godfrey?

But heh, the admins. of these clubs thought they knew better. They decided a super coach with brilliant promotional skills was too old and went for young, untried coaches.

Try telling that to Manchester United with a manager approaching 70 and a club that pays individual players more than the entire Essenson salary cap. They would be laughing in my opinion at the choices of Fremantle, Melbourne and Essendon.