Look up 'desire' in the dictionary and you're likely to find a photo of Matt Sharp.
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Having reached six football grand finals and lost them all, the Holbrook coach threw everything into season 2021 only for COVID to cut him painfully short.
In the final episode of this series, he describes what it was like being locked down when he desperately wanted one more crack at Hume league powerhouse Osborne and why taking a break simply hasn't been an option ever since.
Sharp talks about losing his father as a teenager and the impact it had on his life and sporting prospects and we hear which coaches most inspired him as he moved into positions of leadership.
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From the secrets of giving a good quarter-time speech to the importance of knowing a player's personal circumstances, this is a wonderful insight into what it takes to be a good coach in modern-day football.
But for all his great sporting memories, including several cricket premierships, there's one scratch which Sharp has yet to scratch - and it's got the fire within burning hotter than ever leading into a season which just can't come soon enough.
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