Teams which underachieved?

[GoldbergsGold]

No I disagree on Thomas he had no coaching experience whatsoever which showed in big moments, he was only supposed to be a interim coach until we got somebody else at seasons end. except his best mate at the time was rod butters the president who didn’t even run a proper process and just gave him the job

He had some assistant coaching experience but more managerial experience, which is better than just being a tactician, assistant coaches should be more so in the tactician role. You should research what was going on behind the scenes, it's remarkable St Kilda even got to prelims under that sort of adversity from the suits, like "whispers in the sky", the Tasmanian "home" games, etc, just messed up St Kilda during that era. Butterss is the one who got rid of Thomas when he made 3 consecutive finals series', and Thomas was the one who got Blight to the club, so you've got that twisted. In fact, Troy Schwarze said Blight had checked out as a coach and neglected the playing group.

 

[Tasmanian saint]

He had some assistant coaching experience but more managerial experience, which is better than just being a tactician, assistant coaches should be more so in the tactician role. You should research what was going on behind the scenes, it's remarkable St Kilda even got to prelims under that sort of adversity from the suits, like "whispers in the sky", the Tasmanian "home" games, etc, just messed up St Kilda during that era. Butterss is the one who got rid of Thomas when he made 3 consecutive finals series', and Thomas was the one who got Blight to the club, so you've got that twisted. In fact, Troy Schwarze said Blight had checked out as a coach and neglected the playing group.

Your research is a bit off , Thomas coaching experience was at surburban level mate he coached old scholars football in Melbourne he had absolutely no afl coaching experience , yes he had managerial experience he was our football manager , Thomas himself has admitted the process to find a coach after blight left was a total sham and he was just given the job

 

[GoldbergsGold]

Your research is a bit off , Thomas coaching experience was at surburban level mate he coached old scholars football in Melbourne he had absolutely no afl coaching experience , yes he had managerial experience he was our football manager , Thomas himself has admitted the process to find a coach after blight left was a total sham and he was just given the job

Thomas was an assistant coach in 1994 at St Kilda under Stan Alves in the AFL seniors, not sure why you're telling me I'm off, that's quite searchable. Thomas is the one who got Blight to the club in the first place, but Blight had clearly checked out by 2001 from what Schwarze recounted that he neglected the playing group, he didn't turn up to training. You're also acting as if St Kilda were very successful before Thomas, when they only had 4 finals series' in that 1974-2001 period, whereas Thomas got them to finals 3 times in 5 seasons as senior coach, compared to only 4 times in the previous 28 seasons. St Kilda were really poor until Thomas managed their list, which Lyon inherited as a more mature list and pushed so close to a premiership.

 

[Mr Meow]

Thomas was an assistant coach in 1994 at St Kilda under Stan Alves in the AFL seniors, not sure why you're telling me I'm off, that's quite searchable. Thomas is the one who got Blight to the club in the first place, but Blight had clearly checked out by 2001 from what Schwarze recounted that he neglected the playing group, he didn't turn up to training. You're also acting as if St Kilda were very successful before Thomas, when they only had 4 finals series' in that 1974-2001 period, whereas Thomas got them to finals 3 times in 5 seasons as senior coach, compared to only 4 times in the previous 28 seasons. St Kilda were really poor until Thomas managed their list, which Lyon inherited as a more mature list and pushed so close to a premiership.

Well said Mrs Thomas.