Gary Ablett celebrates one his four goals against GWS. Source: Chris Hyde / Getty Images
KEVIN Sheedy's 679th and final game as a senior coach in the VFL-AFL ended with the 283rd loss of his illustrious career after the Gold Coast inflicted a 83-point thrashing of GWS at Metricon Stadium today.
The four-time premiership coach wrapped-up his 29th campaign in the hot seat after the Suns torched the Giants from the opening bounce to ensure GWS collected its second wooden spoon in two seasons and lost its past four matches of the year by a combined total of
377 points.
The final winning margin was the biggest in the Gold Coast's short history, surpassing the 60-point victory over Melbourne in Round 7. It was also a club record for most Suns goals in a match with 22 majors.
Both teams formed a guard of honour for Sheedy after the match when a handover ceremony was also performed with Sheedy passing on the baton to Leon Cameron who will succeed him as GWS senior coach.
Any hope of Sheedy's swansong being a fairytale finish ended in the first three minutes of the second quarter when Gold Coast kicked three rapid-fire goals to open a commanding 39-point lead.
The Suns led by 41 at the main break and by 53 points at three-quarter time when Sheedy gave the final address of his glittering coaching career.
It had some impact with the Giants providing more of a contest in the opening salvos of the final term but both sides went through the motions in their final hitout of 2013 as the closing minutes resembled a training drill with all intensity out of the contest.
While one icon of the game rode off into the sunset, a future Hall of Famer reminded the AFL community why he is red-hot favourite for the Brownlow Medal.
Suns skipper Gary Ablett produced a timely best-on-ground performance with 33 disposals, 13 contested possessions, four goals and six clearances to return to his best after a sluggish month by the superstar's lofty standards.
Unbackable Rising Star favourite Jaeger O'Meara underlined why he is a certainty to win the gong for the best first-year player in the competition in Melbourne this Wednesday with another classy 25-disposal display.
Giants spearhead Jeremy Cameron needed nine goals to overhaul Hawthorn star Jarryd Roughead for the Coleman Medal but had an indifferent day to finish a stellar season with two goals and three behinds.
GOLD COAST 6.1 12.3 16.7 22.14 (146)
GWS GIANTS 2.4 5.4 7.8 9.9 (63)
Goals
Gold Coast: A Boston 4 G Ablett 4 D Stanley 3 H Bennell 2 J Harbrow 2 M Rischitelli 2 A Hall C Dixon D Prestia J Gillbee K Hunt.
GWS Giants: J Cameron 2 A Kennedy A Tomlinson C Hampton J Giles L Sumner S Coniglio T Adams.
Best
Gold Coast: G Ablett D Prestia A Boston M Rischitelli D Stanley M Weller.
GWS Giants: A Tomlinson T Adams S Coniglio J Giles.
Umpires: Robert Findlay, Andrew Mitchell, Matthew Leppard.
Official Crowd: 13,080 at Gold Coast Stadium.
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