The Jigsaw Man. The Piecing Together Of A Super Coach

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Macmillan
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2006
Edition: Reprint

Description: 361 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Who is Kevin Sheedy Genius Madman Visionary Eccentric It depends on who you ask. In this extraordinary book Tim Watson, one of Essendons all-time greatest players, seeks out the truth about Kevin Sheedy and his 25-year reign as coach at Windy Hill.Sheedy himself has co-operated for the purposes of this book, but Watson baulks at none of the controversies - from Sheedys role in the Hawthorn drug-taking allegations of 1984; the disastrous recruitments of Mike Richardson and Geoff Raines; and the board-inspired player revolt which threatened Sheedys tenure in the late 1990s.Then of course there are the back-to-back premiership triumphs of 1984-85, the unexpected glory of 1993 and the unparalleled success of season 2000, on top of Essendons emergence as an AFL superpower - in no small way built on Sheedys direct marketing genius.Gathering together as many pieces of the puzzle as possible, Watson discovers a ruthless, compassionate, eccentric, quirky, self-driven character, spurred on by a desire for greatness and an insatiable love for the game. More than any other observer he has given us the true essence of Kevin Sheedy - Jigsaw Man.

ISBN: 9781405037280