Grant Thomas would be a great addition to our coaching panel. He's sensational with the kids and would do a lot better than some of the peanut coaches we have right now.
I watched the Saints pretty closely while he was there. He's one of the WORST head coaches I've ever seen. Makes the worst football decisions.
- He doesn't rate tap ruckman. So he fired all of theirs and they got smashed out of the midfield for the next year and half.
- He puts players in the worst positions. eg: Xavier Clarke in the backline when he was dominating across half forward.
- All of his draft choices/trades were duds.
Reiwoldt/Dal Santo/Ball were all previous coach. Gherig? Blight.
2002
1. Goddard - Good.
22. Matthew Ferguson - Dud.
46. Leigh Fisher - Loose man.
68. James Begley - Dud.
2003
Stephen Powell (Melb) - Dud.
8. Raph Clarke - Dud.
55. Sam Fisher - Useful
65. Craig Callahan - Dud.
2004
17. Andrew McQualter - Dud.
33. Cain Ackland - lol Dud.
63. James Gwift - Dud.
Traded Heath Black for Aaron Fiora. lol.
2005 - 2006
I'm not even going to bother. They're all untried/duds.
- He has NO game plan. His tactics are to go out there and play hard. If they're losing he yells at people to play harder. Thats his solution. I remember the whole team was playing shit, except for Reiwoldt. So what did he do at 3QTR time? Went straight upto Rewioldt and demanded more from the only bloke who was actually contributing.
What did Ross Lyon do when he became coach? Recruited tap ruckmen, put players in their proper positions and installed some sort of actual game plan.
The only success St. Kilda ever had was off the back of the extremely talented young list they had when he took over. From then on the side went down hill.
I don't want him at Richmond. He's an absolute dud.