Worst Coach your club has ever had?

[Purple7x08_24]

He handled that interview poorly. Got smoked

 

[Catsace]

Probably, but the great Polly Farmer is also vying for this title.

Polly was Geelong coach from 73 to 75 inclusive. Had the nucleus of a team on the rise with names such as David Clarke, Ken Newland, Rod Blake, Jack Hawkins, Rex Hunt, the Nankervis brothers, Sam Newman, Mick Turner etc and yet could only manage 24 wins out of 66 including only 7 wins in his last season as coach in 75. Anecdotal evidence suggests he was a distracted coach whose priority was betting on the horses.

Rod Olsen took over in 76 and Geelong finished 4th.

In one sense it shows how good Geelong has been since the spoon years of '57-58 that Farmer's record is looked upon in this light. I was only 3-4 y/o in Bill McMaster's time, but after Peter Pianto left the job in 1970 when Geelong finished 5th with a 12-10 record, under McMaster the Cats won just 12 of 44, with '71 being 5 and 17. Indeed up to Rd 10 1972 his record as coach was 5 wins and 27 losses, and this is with players like Wade, Ainsworth, Andrews, Closter, Newland, J.Scarlett, Bill Ryan and Ian Nankervis. Despite winning 7 of the last dozen games, he was replaced by Farmer.

Losing Wade to North in '73, Ryan to retirement probably didn't help, but the Cats had two very poor seasons under farmer, with '74 being an 11-11 split. Could the very short lived tenures of Hunt and Snake Baker in Cats colours have had something to do with Farmer's coaching I wonder?

I'd rate Ayers worse than Devine, mainly because the Cats would drop home games to at that point an ordinary Hawthorn four out of five seasons, and Geelong's record at K.P in general under Ayers in '98-99 was awful.

 

[Del28562]

Where does Gerard Neesham rank for Freo?

Needham was a gun, freo were worth watching, probably the most exciting team to ever play

 

[Seeds]

Are richmond supporters saying kevin bartlett. If not they should be saying kevin bartlett.

 

[Cudi_420]

Mark Neeld. Dean Bailey (RIP) a close second.

With Neeld, he was brought in clearly to bring the playing group in line after they protested against the administration. It backfired and I've never seen a playing group more miserable. We were bad in the first year vs Roos but we at least looked to be trying. Under Neeld we got progressively worse. It was shocking.

Bailey has zero defensive nuance to his coaching. He coached two consecutive wooden spoons to absolutely zero scrutiny despite a team filled with experienced finals experienced players. When we started playing half decent football in 2010 and 2011, we either won by 10 goals or lost by 10 goals. He definitely should have had one more chance in 2012 to turn it around but it didn't look good for me. That said in his defense I think a lot of his list changes were forced by Connolly and Schwab.

 

[Anja_Nees]

He wasn't great, but I'm pretty sure Bevo gave him some credit for the 2016 flag.

McCartney really had the group focusing on contested footy. When Bevo arrived he knew the group was already pretty strong in that area as a result, so the attention switched to fast ball movement.

Won a flag within 2 years.

Dogs fans might be able to correct me, but I swear that's how it played out.

The thing is, we had been a very good contested ball side for most of the Eade era too. McCartney kept talking about it so everyone assumed he came up with it but the side he took over was already strong in that era.

Coupled with that, we couldn’t score and couldn’t defend for the whole three years. His relationships with players were disastrous to the point the captain quit to get away from him (which ironically got him sacked and inadvertently won us a flag).

He wasn’t as bad as Peter Rhode, but he was bad. If he hadn’t been sacked it would have turned out very badly for the club.

 

[Andrewgtv05]

This might be a hot take but I legitimately believe that David Teague

David Teague

Age

44

Ht

186cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.6

2star

K

6.2

2star

HB

3.4

3star

M

3.1

3star

T

2.4

4star

No current season stats available

D

5.0

1star

K

3.2

2star

HB

1.8

2star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.0

3star

was a worst head coach then both Bolton and Pagan despite having a higher winning percentage.

 

[harper2bastinac]

David Noble, first half of 2022 edition takes the absolute cake

 

[Lunchtime]

Rhys Shaw

Just wasn't the right appointment and wasn't up to the job.

Then followed up with David Noble.
Clowns

What happened to Rhys Shaw? He just sort of faded into history? Wasn't it stressed related?

 

[TheKanga]

What happened to Rhys Shaw? He just sort of faded into history? Wasn't it stressed related?

Mental health breakdown associated with the hub during covid
The club was poorly run and didnt support properly.

 

[Seattle Mariners]

Freo supporters would nominate Justin Longmuir

Justin Longmuir

Age

45

Ht

196cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.4

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

4.5

3star

M

4.3

4star

T

1.4

3star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

7.0

2star

K

3.6

2star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.0

3star

T

0.6

3star

G

0.6

3star

. They absolutely hate the man.

 

[raskolnikov]

Brad Scott

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Hard to think of one. We've been really blessed. A few on here have said Buckenara, but you could make the argument the club was impossible to rescue at the time. Wiki tells me he's still on the staff of Hawthorn, so he must be pretty good at something.

Since way back in 1993 we've had only five coaches - Barassi, Eade, Roos, Longmire, Cox. Roos and Longmire enjoying particularly long incumbencies. Insiders have intimated that Rocket lost the playing group by the end, but he'd been very good for most of his tenure.

Can't complain about any of them.

 

[Seeds]

John devine.

Gary ayers

 

[emuboy]

One of the more bizarre cases of a coach not working out in a very short space of time not so surprisingly happened at Carlton, but the way it played out many years ago now was very strange indeed.

It all began when Carlton appointed Ian Thorogood (a member of the dominant Melbourne teams of the mid-late 1950s and into the early 1960s) as Blues senior coach for 1976. Thorogood immediately coached the Blues to the 1976 minor premiership, but to the club's disappointment Carlton went out of the finals in straight sets. Things only got worse in 1977, when the Blues were in the Top 5 all year and Richmond and South Melbourne fought out a close battle for 5th spot, seemingly with either the Tigers or Swans to get a finals spot but not both. However when Carlton lost to the Bulldogs in the last round they were the ones to slip out of the Final 5 for the first time all year, Richmond and South duly taking their spots in the Elimination Final.

This could never do at all, and Carlton seeking a replacement coach for 1978 recruited the coach of South Melbourne the club that had replaced them in the finals in the form of Ian Stewart, a Brownlow Medalist and premiership player at both St Kilda and Richmond. In two years coaching South Melbourne he had worked minor miracles with the Swans lifting them from 12th and a 2-20 record in 1975 to mid ladder by 1976 and into the finals in 1977.

Could Ian Stewart do with the Blues what Thorogood could not? Unfortunately for Carlton this was never properly tested as Ian Stewart's tenure lasted a disastrous 3 games, with stories of fallings out with senior Blues players and club officials. Stewart quit Carlton after Round 3 citing stress-related heart problems and left the club immediately. Sergio Silvani was interim coach for the next 3 rounds, before Alex Jesaulenko took over after Round 6.

Despite the early season turmoil and Robert Walls leaving for Fitzroy it didn't seem to affect the Blues too badly, with Carlton finishing 4th and beating Geelong in the 1978 Elimination Final, before going on to take out the 1979 premiership. As for Ian Stewart he returned to South Melbourne and coached the Swans to commendable mid-ladder positions in 1979, 1980 and 1981 before the team relocated to Sydney in 1982.

 

[Blues177]

One of the more bizarre cases of a coach not working out in a very short space of time not so surprisingly happened at Carlton, but the way it played out many years ago now was very strange indeed.

It all began when Carlton appointed Ian Thorogood (a member of the dominant Melbourne teams of the mid-late 1950s and into the early 1960s) as Blues senior coach for 1976. Thorogood immediately coached the Blues to the 1976 minor premiership, but to the club's disappointment Carlton went out of the finals in straight sets. Things only got worse in 1977, when the Blues were in the Top 5 all year and Richmond and South Melbourne fought out a close battle for 5th spot, seemingly with either the Tigers or Swans to get a finals spot but not both. However when Carlton lost to the Bulldogs in the last round they were the ones to slip out of the Final 5 for the first time all year, Richmond and South duly taking their spots in the Elimination Final.

This could never do at all, and Carlton seeking a replacement coach for 1978 recruited the coach of South Melbourne the club that had replaced them in the finals in the form of Ian Stewart, a Brownlow Medalist and premiership player at both St Kilda and Richmond. In two years coaching South Melbourne he had worked minor miracles with the Swans lifting them from 12th and a 2-20 record in 1975 to mid ladder by 1976 and into the finals in 1977.

Could Ian Stewart do with the Blues what Thorogood could not? Unfortunately for Carlton this was never properly tested as Ian Stewart's tenure lasted a disastrous 3 games, with stories of fallings out with senior Blues players and club officials. Stewart quit Carlton after Round 3 citing stress-related heart problems and left the club immediately. Sergio Silvani was interim coach for the next 3 rounds, before Alex Jesaulenko took over after Round 6.

Despite the early season turmoil and Robert Walls leaving for Fitzroy it didn't seem to affect the Blues too badly, with Carlton finishing 4th and beating Geelong in the 1978 Elimination Final, before going on to take out the 1979 premiership. As for Ian Stewart he returned to South Melbourne and coached the Swans to commendable mid-ladder positions in 1979, 1980 and 1981 before the team relocated to Sydney in 1982.

Given that in 1977 Stewart coached South Melbourne to the finals for the first time since 1970 it was strange that he moved on after that. I cannot remember if it was a contract issue.

 

[emuboy]

Given that in 1977 Stewart coached South Melbourne to the finals for the first time since 1970 it was strange that he moved on after that. I cannot remember if it was a contract issue.

I'm not sure on this one myself. Perhaps the Blues simply offered Ian Stewart a coaching contract worth more money than the Swans - then very strapped for cash - could match or better, then he regretted leaving South Melbourne for Carlton after starting in his new role? It does happen in many industries, somebody is lured to a new job by a higher salary, increased benefits and promotions only it doesn't work out and the person ends up regretting the decision to take the new job. I've seen it myself a few times.

 

[timokane]

For Collingwood in my lifetime has to be Nathan Buckley.
His ego got in the way of success.
Only was there thanks to mate Eddie McGuire
Corrupted the club for 10 years.
Top player but a terrible selfish coach.
Was good riddance in 2021.
As well was lucky 2018 and 2019.
Stay in the media bucks.
At least you cant harm the club again.

 

[Dinkers]

General B Scott, sent us back to the dark ages. Mad for a ninth place finish when there was only a top 8.

His game plan of ' lack of game plan ' is now being utilised at the Bombers

 

[Purple Suit]

Freo supporters would nominate Justin Longmuir. They absolutely hate the man.

Only the idiots who can't see the wood through the trees. Damien Drum is easily the worst coach we have had. He couldn't speak or inspire men, Harvey and Longmuir are not that flash at the speaking part but can get the players up.