Swans star Isaac Heeney has always dealt with attention on and off the field - and this season, it’s got even bigger.
In a decade in the AFL and at the Sydney Swans, Isaac Heeney has never been short of attention, his ability and marketability have often demanded it, but after six rounds of the season, the spotlight has grown even brighter after pulling away as an early Brownlow Medal favourite.
“At times you’ll be sitting at breakfast and it might be myself and my girlfriend Steph and then someone will come up, pull a chair up and talk to you for 10 to 15 minutes and that’s quality time and I will never be disrespectful . I think at times I probably need to be a bit more firm on the people coming in, but honestly, it’s a fine line and it’s a balance.”
“I’ve always been able to produce this sort of football and it’s nothing special, I mean, I have a team-first focus and work my bum off and am hard over the footy. I feel like I’ve always been able to do that, but this role primarily in midfield is a bit different. I’m loving it and working with some quality players around me.
“ we give more positive feedback style and not as direct and firm but also not giving them an answer, directing them in the right way to get an answer rather than hitting them between the eyes, so it definitely has changed and for the better, boys you don’t want to live in fear at all,” Heeney said.
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