Nah not really. Got hired straight back into Essendon in a tactical role. Very similar to the one we recruited Walsh from
Shaw wasn't ready for or couldn't handle the fishbowl atmosphere in adelaide at the time. The players all said that he started off great, but after a couple of bad losses, with the media on his tail he started to doubt himself. Became gun shy and lost his nerve.
This was back at the time when his house was being pelted with eggs, his kids were being abused etc. Nasty time all round, and he cracked.
Put it this way Terry Wallace is a tactician, and a lousy list manager. Just cause he sucked at richmond doesn't change the type of coach he was.
Shaw wasn't able to handle the pressure and we as a club could probably have done more to protect him in hindsight. But i don't reckon we expected it or knew what to do either. It was made worse cause he was Victorian too.