Essendon coaching legend Kevin Sheedy gave a quick-witted response to the Thursday's debacle after Collingwood captain Scott Pendlebury was booed while receiving the Anzac Day medal.
Appearing on The Footy Show, Sheedy's initial incident to the incident left hosts and audience members in stitches, reminding everyone he still boasts great character and charm.
"I can't believe they booed their own medalist," Sheedy joked.
"Everybody thinks they were Essendon people booing. Knowing Collingwood, it would have been Collingwood. That's how they are. They're an hour behind."
Sheedy last coached the Bombers in 2007, but is proving to still give Essendon fans a string of entertainment through his television appearance, revealing how he would counter Pendlebury's game style.
"He wouldn't have played a lot of footy against Essendon," he said.
"He wouldn't have played much. Early in the first quarter, that would be it. We would make sure that he would suffer very early on in the game."
"Of course you can't do that anymore because it's such a lovely wonderful game we have created."
Even though the Bombers fell just four points short of Collingwood in what was a dramatic finish to a thrilling contest, Sheedy was satisfied with the outcome of the game.
"It was a great effort to come back," he said.
"I think in the end Essendon got more out of the game. We were playing a Grand Final side from last year and most people wouldn't have thought we would have a chance, let alone get within a kick."
In what was the 25th Anzac Day clash between the two sides, Sheedy further added to the significance of match in the interview.
"It's the time where our fans in sport right throughout the whole of Australia stand to the remembrance of our fallen ones over the many war zones, not just our Anzacs," he said.
"The only thing you probably could do was to give them a game. It was just one of those things where we got it right and the timing was right."
Sheedy soon went on to discuss the possibility of former Essendon skipper James Hird returning to Windy Hill, shutting down any speculation.
"I think he's settling back into normal civilian life after obviously a very difficult time, he said.
"He's a marvelous young man. To see him comeback from nine or 10 plates put in his skull after that injury in Western Australia, that young man is one of the most courageous players I've seen."
"If he can come back after that, and then obviously go through the supplements saga and the aftermath of that, it's great to see him back smiling and happy."
