Hirdy certainly had an impact didn't he.I think Essendon are pretty irrelevant now.
Crushed his club, disconnected and disenfranchised many of its fans, and the club still has yet to own up to its cheating and pay with repentance.
The Coteries and their arrogance has seen the Essendon Football Club become a laughing stock, where as once they laughed.
Very much in the same vain as the Carlton FC still do not understand that old ways no longer work.