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A successful coach is someone who got us a premiership within 3 years, not within a dozen years at the helm and a decade of realising you need a ruckman to win a flag. He'll probably need to coach til he's close to century to win a flag for the Blues, Leigh Matthews would get you there a bit quicker.
LOL. You wouldn't think Magpie fans wouldn't be too picky when it comes to taking the silverware.
But no no no. This logic is ALL wrong.
Firstly because it took Matthews FIVE seasons to win a flag (not three) after he took over a team that finished 7th the year prior and top 4 the year before that and a club that had played in successive GF's just a handful of years earlier. Comparatively Malthouse took over a wooden spoon side that hadn't played finals for many season prior to his appointment.
Secondly the first port of call is winning a flag; of which there are only two coaches to have done that in the last half centrury at Collingwood. So therefore, on that even keel, we move to the next tier of achievement, which is how many Grand Finals were reached; and Mick takes this in a canter.
So according to sensible systematic thinking, rather than your skew it how we want appraoch, Malthouse is quite clearly your most successful coach in the last half century and yes; thank you we will enjoy him at the Blues as one of the best coaches in the modern game.