{"id":85103,"date":"2022-09-08T04:38:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T18:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?p=85103"},"modified":"2022-09-06T15:35:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T05:35:06","slug":"wilson-calls-for-sheedy-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/sport\/wilson-calls-for-sheedy-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson calls for Sheedy to go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">CAROLINE Wilson has called for Essendon great Kevin Sheedy to remove himself from the club\u2019s board.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sheedy has been a key player in the turmoil at the club in recent months, including the removal of president Paul Brasher, upheaval at board level, the sacking of Ben Rutten and the failed pursuit of Alastair Clarkson.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wilson said the four-time premiership coach\u2019s position on the board does more harm than good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cKevin Sheedy needs to get off the board [for a cultural shift at Essendon to happen],\u201d she told the <em>Don\u2019t Shoot the Messenger<\/em> podcast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI know I am sounding a bit cruel. Kevin Sheedy is one of my heroes. He is an Australian Football legend\u2026 but putting him on the board was a mistake. It was yet another quick fix and PR stunt really, which I think the board would now admit was a mistake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s going to be difficult unwinding [the mistake] like so many of the issues they\u2019ve got to unwind, but I just don\u2019t think you put a football hero on a board.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt just creates more unnecessary factions. Kevin has been slightly pro the prospect of James Hird returning, I think that would be a really bad idea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think they need an experienced coach, not someone who hasn\u2019t worked fully in footy for six years until this year and I think they need a board without football people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey don\u2019t need football directors and they need to stop looking back and start looking forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Essendon is currently in the process of finding its next senior coach, with head of football Josh Mahoney leading the sub-committee.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em><strong>&#8211; BY NIC NEGREPONTIS\/ SEN<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAROLINE Wilson has called for Essendon great Kevin Sheedy to remove himself from the club\u2019s board. 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