He was, but he was officially nominated as an academy player probably because their conditions are marginally more favourable (if, somehow, everyone had passed he could be prelisted as a Cat B instead of a Cat A rookie).
He also got a heap of guys traded to Freo (Wilson, Lobb, Matera, Hamling, Kersten, Brad Hill, McCarthy, Conca, etc), even an attempt with Mitch Clark (HA). Obviously he was on the inner with them... until he wasn't, so got everyone back out. At one point he managed 17 guys on their list.
Highest paid assistant coach at the Swans because they didn't want him poached. He even knocked back a few head coaching interviews because he didn't think it was the right/good situation.
I had a record of one live win total, home or away, in about 15 years (the win being the 2009 win at the SCG). :(
Never seen a win live in Victoria, for Brisbane or GWS though. And doubly unfortunately that includes two Grand Finals.
FWIW now if I make a trip up to the Gabba, I explicitly...
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