KEVIN Sheedy has not ruled out a return to Essendon to help in an ambassadorial role, but he will first consider an offer from Greater Western Sydney to stay on as the club's director of coaching.
The four-time Bombers premiership coach is in his final year of coaching with Greater Western Sydney and yet to finalise his plans for next year.
He confirmed being approached by an Essendon coterie group as long as 12 months back to return to Windy Hill.
The Essendonians supporter group has contacted Sheedy to return to his former club as an ambassador to help the battling Bombers.
However, the Giants are also poised to offer Sheedy a director of coaching role with a seat on the club's board from next year.
"I've enjoyed my time at the Giants and I'm not rushing back to Melbourne to be honest," Sheedy said.
"I've got to work on a contract, negotiating, to stay at the Giants. I've just got to work through that.
"If it comes through, that's OK and if it doesn't then I'll move on to another area, get serious about my own business, Sheedy Vision."
Giants chief executive Dave Matthews said Sheedy would have a role in the club's football department if he remained beyond this season.
"The role that has been flagged, but hasn't been fully fleshed out and confirmed, is essentially director of footy," Matthews told The Age.
"It's not a day-to-day footy operations role, but the idea would be that he forms part of the governance structure that considers the footy strategy along with the commercial strategy, membership strategy."
Sheedy said he enjoyed the versatility of his pursuits, which will include an off-season trip to London to represent the AFL at a conference.
When asked about the romance of a possible return to the Bombers, Sheedy said: "if I went back to Essendon, it wouldn't be about romance, it'd be about fixing things up."
He admitted it hurt seeing his former club going through the drug scandal.
"I'm not in a song and dance mood, I'm not having a party about it, put it that way," he said.
"I don't think any Essendon supporter would be. They've met the AFL and they can defend themselves, that's what life's about in this country, we have freedom of speech and freedom to defend themselves.
"It's disappointing, and they're disappointed themselves.
"Every sport has a look at itself and I think it's important we do. In this country we love our sport, so let's get it on the table and clean it up and move on."
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