Coach Chris Fagan - where is the scrutiny

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The Lions have a good list to contend for a flag but have underachieved in the last 3 years.

Where is the pressure on Chris Fagan to deliver them success
List is overrated. Like St Kilda's. Those two coaches are overperforming.
 

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It honestly drives me insane when people criticise a coach on the basis that they have a winning percentage in finals below 50%. If you’re team is the third or fourth best team in the comp and plays to its level, you would expect to win 1 and lose 2 finals, giving a winning record of 33%. Teams like Brisbane and for years Chris Scott had finals records like this not because they were bad coaches but because only 1 team gets to win the whole thing - there’s teams that go close but peak at 3-4th best in the comp for a few years, creating a shitty looking finals winning %. Doesn’t mean they can’t coach. They still got closer than most teams and most coaches.
 
That passage of play where the Brisbane player kicked the ball out on the full and the camera panned over to Fagan clearly whispering the words 'terrible kick' is why he needs to be up in the coaches box. Players sitting on the bench don't need to be hearing that from your own coach.

He always looks worried and nervous. That energy must brush off onto the players.
 
Missed a bunch with extremely idiotic kicks. Lucky his small mates kicked 8 between and ensured victory.

Good luck to him though. He’s the son of a Daniher bomber and nephew to the great Terry Daniher and it’s a good thing.

He now joins Terry (2x) and Chris as Daniher family premiership players.
 

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Missed a bunch with extremely idiotic kicks. Lucky his small mates kicked 8 between and ensured victory.

Good luck to him though. He’s the son of a Daniher bomber and nephew to the great Terry Daniher and it’s a good thing.

He now joins Terry (2x) and Chris as Daniher family premiership players.
Tell us about the ex-Essendon players he joins to win a flag since the bombers have won a final :)
 
Missed a bunch with extremely idiotic kicks. Lucky his small mates kicked 8 between and ensured victory.

Good luck to him though. He’s the son of a Daniher bomber and nephew to the great Terry Daniher and it’s a good thing.

He now joins Terry (2x) and Chris as Daniher family premiership players.

We love and appreciate Joe, warts and all - something many Essendon fans never learned to do.

We will sure as hell take those “idiotic kicks” when the other side of that same coin are his “brilliant kicks” saving us at the death in the semi-final. Reality is we do not make the GF without him.

Played 100% TOG in all four finals, forgive him for being out on his feet. Herculean effort. Nothing but heart.
 

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