Gerard Neesham

I used to travel every week on PMFM Rocks football.

It was Gerard Neesham, myself.

PMFM Thunders.

Maney, the lot.

I used to travel every week on PMFM, Rocks Football.

It was Gerard Neesham, myself.

PMFM and Thunders.

Mainie, the lot.

That coincided with six amazing years with the Conta Foundation.

For people that know, that's been an amazing initiative brought in by Gerard Neesham that, you know, has not only improved the lives of a lot of young Indigenous males, but produced some wonderful, or helped produce some wonderful Indigenous football talent also.

And that's a real passion also.

I think we We need to look at ways to engage those young Indigenous players and have them been able to confidently step into an AFL environment and be familiar with how it looks and how it works.

And some would say that that's still the Victorian bias we have today.

Shannon's taking us through Know Your History, the Gerard Neesham revolution in a moment.

Here's some of what's coming through, which you'll enjoy.

Shannon, I had a soft spot for Frio back in the Clive Waterhouse days.

Well, the basic philosophy is too complex to explain.

The basic philosophy is you have to be able to identify an advantage and take maximum use of that and you have to be able to defend both as a forward and a defender and attack both as a forward and a defender and so what I think Aussie Rules is moving towards is becoming a complete sport and most other sports have already moved there.

Fremantle Football Club yesterday put its faith in Western Australian football when it appointed local favourite Gerard Neesham on a three-year contract as the club's first coach.

Neesham, who has coached Claremont to four Waffle Premierships and six Grand Finals in the past seven seasons, was told of the interim board's unanimous decision yesterday.