Coach sack watch 2018

[donkeypunchd]

With the home & away system done & dusted, the focus for teams that missed out on finals will be internal reviews to figure out what went wrong. Inevitably the focus at some clubs will turn towards the coaching staff. With this in mind, there are two head coaches who should be nervous about their futures :

Alan Richardson- St Kilda were tipped to be there or thereabouts for finals this year, but plummeted down the ladder with poor kicking, scrappy skill levels and questionable player development conspiring to deliver the Saints a 16th place finish. Given pre-season expectations Richo is probably the favourite to walk the plank first.

Brendan Bolton- three years into his rebuild, Carlton are regressing to Neeld Melbourne levels of bad. While this rebuild has been flagged as a generational change requiring some short term pain, the evidence of any gains is negligible. Patrick Cripps and a couple of other youngsters aside, Carlton’s list is woeful and the young players are regressing - Jacob Weitering, a number one draft pick, being exhibit A for this trend. While Bolton was signed on until 2020, if the results don’t start improving before the bye in 2019, Bolton will likely be sacked too.

These are the two standout contenders but I’d be interested in hearing who else posters believe to be on thin ice.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Hinkley and those 2 seem logical choices. Potentially Lyon too

 

[Daemon]

Can't see any coaches being sacked this year. Mid season next year though.... Maybe Lyon or Richardson if they don't dramatically improve

 

[The King!]

Richardson contracted for much longer?


I think blues will stay the course

 

[DeZi]

No coach getting the sack this year

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

Hinkley and those 2 seem logical choices. Potentially Lyon too

Please we wish, we are stuck with Hinkley for another 3 years at least

 

[Muddiemoose]

Probably none over the off season but wouldn’t be shocked seeing one or two mid season next year if Blues, Saints or Port have a poor start to the year

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Probably more a shuffle of assistant and role coaches

 

[ChrisHunt313131]

No coach getting the sack this year

Agree.

 

[Tandy]

I'm sure Caro will really up the anti as she does around this time of year. The coach sacker is after blood and poor old Richo will be in her sights.

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[DrEvil_]

Honest can't understand how Richardson still has a job.

 

[DrEvil_]

Hinkley and those 2 seem logical choices. Potentially Lyon too

Lyon will sack Freo before they sack him.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Honest can't understand how Richardson still has a job.

He's not the worst coach. It's just that St Kilda are about 7 years behind in spending and off-field planning and havent built a network around him to suceed, rather then Richardson being s**t.

 

[010203]

I can't see any coaches being sacked this year unless an internal issue of some sort arises where a coaches's position becomes untenable.

Did Mark Williams stand down in 2010 or was he sacked? If he stood down, 2018 is set to be the 1st year since 2010 where a coach hasn't been sacked.

 

[pablo668]

I don't think any will go this year either.
If I had my way it'd be Lyon though. Giving him the long term contract that we did is a 'Hey lets get Stephen O'Reilly in, she'll be right' moment, as far as any kind of management goes.

 

[demondavey]

Everyone is safe. I think Lethlean was stated as saying he wanted to build the assistant coaches around Richardson. So probably a big clean out for the Saints at year end. Bolton is safe but wouldn’t want to be getting thumped every week after 6-8 weeks next year. Lyon also would want to show something after 8 weeks.

Hinkley in my opinion should be under huge pressure. Much like Buckley was at the start of this year and Hardwick last year. Hinkley has the cattle, he just has them in the wrong paddock.

 

[Ron The Bear]

The following table was removed by a Carlton mod when first posted, having obviously been deemed upsetting. This seems a reasonable place to put it.

Worst records for coaches finishing a season between 60-70 games:

Year|Coach|Club|M|W|L|D|Win %|Avg Age
\1986|Gellie, Graeme|St|62|10|52|0|16.13|24.19
\1993|Walls, Robert|Br|64|11|52|1|17.97|24.54
\2013|McKenna, Guy|GC|66|14|52|0|21.21|22.69
\2016|Leppitsch, Justin|Br|66|14|52|0|21.21|23.73
\1982|Jesaulenko, Alex|St|64|13|49|2|21.88|24.09
\ 2018 | Bolton, Brendon | Ca | 66 | 15 | 51 | 0 | 22.73 | 24.81
\1975|John, Graeme|Sy|66|15|50|1|23.48|23.35
\2010|Bailey, Dean|Me|66|15|50|1|23.48|23.78
\2017|Eade, Rodney|GC|63|16|46|1|26.19|24.43
\1970|Beckwith, John|Me|62|17|45|0|27.42|22.63
\2005|Pagan, Denis|Ca|66|18|47|1|28.03|24.84
\1983|Barassi, Ron D.|Me|67|19|48|0|28.36|23.83
\1989|Baldock, Darrel|St|62|18|44|0|29.03|23.74
\1990|Bartlett, Kevin|Ri|66|20|46|0|30.30|23.57
\2014|McCartney, Brendan|WB|66|20|46|0|30.30|24.77

Bolton's in poor company. It will take a minor miracle for him to recover.

 

[BEEG]

Bolton and Richardson are the obvious two

Hinkley and Beverige would have to be under massive pressure next year

 

[TheExtractorFactor]

In the NFL the first Monday after the regular season is know as 'Black Monday' because of all the sackings that occur. Nowhere near enough coaches are sacked in this league when they should be. I don't think any will get the chop.

 

[10571z]

Bolton has them blinded. Won’t be sacked

 

[demondavey]

The following table was removed by a Carlton mod when first posted, having obviously been deemed upsetting. This seems a reasonable place to put it.

Worst records for coaches finishing a season between 60-70 games:

Year|Coach|Club|M|W|L|D|Win %|Avg Age
\1986|Gellie, Graeme|St|62|10|52|0|16.13|24.19
\1993|Walls, Robert|Br|64|11|52|1|17.97|24.54
\2013|McKenna, Guy|GC|66|14|52|0|21.21|22.69
\2016|Leppitsch, Justin|Br|66|14|52|0|21.21|23.73
\1982|Jesaulenko, Alex|St|64|13|49|2|21.88|24.09
\ 2018 | Bolton, Brendon | Ca | 66 | 15 | 51 | 0 | 22.73 | 24.81
\1975|John, Graeme|Sy|66|15|50|1|23.48|23.35
\2010|Bailey, Dean|Me|66|15|50|1|23.48|23.78
\2017|Eade, Rodney|GC|63|16|46|1|26.19|24.43
\1970|Beckwith, John|Me|62|17|45|0|27.42|22.63
\2005|Pagan, Denis|Ca|66|18|47|1|28.03|24.84
\1983|Barassi, Ron D.|Me|67|19|48|0|28.36|23.83
\1989|Baldock, Darrel|St|62|18|44|0|29.03|23.74
\1990|Bartlett, Kevin|Ri|66|20|46|0|30.30|23.57
\2014|McCartney, Brendan|WB|66|20|46|0|30.30|24.77

Bolton's in poor company. It will take a minor miracle for him to recover.

How do you find this stuff? I convinced you know EVERYTHING about football!

 

[WillHayward]

The following table was removed by a Carlton mod when first posted, having obviously been deemed upsetting. This seems a reasonable place to put it.

Worst records for coaches finishing a season between 60-70 games:

Year|Coach|Club|M|W|L|D|Win %|Avg Age
\1986|Gellie, Graeme|St|62|10|52|0|16.13|24.19
\1993|Walls, Robert|Br|64|11|52|1|17.97|24.54
\2013|McKenna, Guy|GC|66|14|52|0|21.21|22.69
\2016|Leppitsch, Justin|Br|66|14|52|0|21.21|23.73
\1982|Jesaulenko, Alex|St|64|13|49|2|21.88|24.09
\ 2018 | Bolton, Brendon | Ca | 66 | 15 | 51 | 0 | 22.73 | 24.81
\1975|John, Graeme|Sy|66|15|50|1|23.48|23.35
\2010|Bailey, Dean|Me|66|15|50|1|23.48|23.78
\2017|Eade, Rodney|GC|63|16|46|1|26.19|24.43
\1970|Beckwith, John|Me|62|17|45|0|27.42|22.63
\2005|Pagan, Denis|Ca|66|18|47|1|28.03|24.84
\1983|Barassi, Ron D.|Me|67|19|48|0|28.36|23.83
\1989|Baldock, Darrel|St|62|18|44|0|29.03|23.74
\1990|Bartlett, Kevin|Ri|66|20|46|0|30.30|23.57
\2014|McCartney, Brendan|WB|66|20|46|0|30.30|24.77

Bolton's in poor company. It will take a minor miracle for him to recover.

Eade, Walls, Barassi and Pagan recovered and had good careers.

But agree - Bolton needs to get a move on quick smart...

 

[Ron The Bear]

How do you find this stuff? I convinced you know EVERYTHING about football!

Come on, stop flattering The Bear.

 

[WillHayward]

Richardson contracted for much longer?

2020.
'Stability'.

Saints really are a basket case.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Eade, Walls, Barassi and Pagan recovered and had good careers.

But agree - Bolton needs to get a move on quick smart...

Barassi was past his best at Melbourne and his five-year plan bore no fruit, and the other three were sacked. Alan Richardson is a little further down at 34%. The names bode poorly for Bolton.

Hardwick is the lowest-ranked premiership coach at 38%, but it took eight years and his numbers headed up from the outset. Bolton needs to reverse the trend, pronto.