Kane McGoodwin
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No, Neeld was far worse than Cameron & wouldn't have mattered if he had a decent list.Neeld was only coach for 33 games, and inherited a team which finished 13th the previous year. Let's be honest here - he may have been a shockingly bad coach, but the cattle he had to work with were largely crap as well.
Cameron, on the other hand, had one of the most talented lists in AFL history to work with - courtesy of GWS not stuffing up their start-up concessions the way GC did. This was a list the AFL hand-delivered, with the intention of giving them a 5-flag dynasty to launch the club and attract supporters. Cameron took them to the big dance only once, consistently failed to retain players, and who embarrassed himself with his incompetence (compared to all of the other coaches covered) when Netflix came calling in 2020.
Neeld was bad, but he didn't have much to work with. Cameron was blessed with an abundance of talent, but pissed it away due to sheer incompetence.
Poor manager of men.
Cameron has at least got his team to a Grand Final.