I find it surprising that Bond and Mckenna couldn't crack the short list but Connolly can

I'm surprised about McKenna I thought he would have fitted the criteria but very happy Bond is out of the running Bond has loser written all over him playing for basket cases Fremantle and Richmond and an assistant at the softest team in the comp.

My preference would be :

1. Sheedy by a mile

2. Bailey

3. Hardwick

4. Connolly

5. Riley

BeeDee over on BigFooty says it's down to Connolly and Bailey, and he is right 5% of the time

this shortlist just goes to show how much the media really know, and how much they think they know...

what this shortlist tells me is that the club is really going through a solid, thorough process... from what i can tell so far, i'm pretty sure whoever the club does select (won't be connolly i would hope) will do a good job...

For the billionth time, the place to discuss moderator behavior is not in the middle of a thread. Thread cleaned.

I don't understand - are you saying that Bond & McKenna are short listed or not?

They are not.

IMO it is down to two, Sheedy and Connolly, I get the impression from the clubs comments that they still think our list can be up there challenging for a flag over the next 1-3 years. Personally, I think we are a long way of winning a premiership and although a rebuild is well under way we are still 4-5 years away with our younger players to be a real threat. Saying that though if Sheedy or Connolly can get our best 22 on the park and playing at their best we should be able to finish 4-6 on the ladder in 2008, and hopefully our younger players continue to improve we inject a couple of KPP and a ruck in in 4-5 years we are ready to win a flag.