Certified Legendary Thread Sympathy for *essendon III - 4 Sept 2024 marks 20 years since *Essendon have won a final; Coached by the anti “RESULTIST”, RIP D2D and T_S

[Mordecai]

Why do people say Brad Scott was a good coach? I'm struggling to find a time where he genuinely overperformed with the list.

With all of the dropped games against poor teams at important times. We had a better record against top 8 sides than non top 8 sides in 2014.
With all of the dropped leads, especially in 2013, 2014 and 2018 in the backhalf of the season.
Only turning it on for a given amount of weeks after getting belted by a poor side?

Can you blame dropped leads and games against poor sides a symptom of the list? If the team couldn't match it at any time against the best I could see the argument but they did and when they were on it was almost guaranteed they were better than the opponent, even a flag contending team.

Cool, he made a couple of prelims and first round beltings, congratulations, he achieved mediocrity.

Definitely an above average coach. You wouldnt risk replacing unless:
(1) there's a better coach available (a top 1-2 coach like clarko)
(2) hes taken over the football department and can no longer be fired, so no longer has pressure to perform.

(2) is what happened to use because our executive couldnt keep Brad in line and accountable.

 

[Mav]

Definitely an above average coach. You wouldnt risk replacing unless:
(1) there's a better coach available (a top 1-2 coach like clarko)
(2) hes taken over the football department and can no longer be fired, so no longer has pressure to perform.

(2) is what happened to use because our executive couldnt keep Brad in line and accountable.

above average coach?
Not as good as: Fagan, Longmuir, Chris Scott, Goodwin, Clarkson, Hinkley, Lyon, Simpson or Beveridge.

And he's right up there for the most unsuccessful coach to coach for so long.

 

[Mordecai]

above average coach?
Not as good as: Fagan, Longmuir, Chris Scott, Goodwin, Clarkson, Hinkley, Lyon, Simpson or Beveridge.

And he's right up there for the most unsuccessful coach to coach for so long.

He's better than Goodwin, Hinkley and Beveridge. Longmuir still an unknown.

 

[ToxicMegaPunts]

He's better than Goodwin, Hinkley and Beveridge. Longmuir still an unknown.

Surely you jest. He is not as good as any of the above. 106 wins, 105 losses. He is the definition of a average coach.

 

[Mav]

He's better than Goodwin, Hinkley and Beveridge. Longmuir still an unknown.

He's better than 2 premiership coaches and a guy whos taken an average team to top and second top of the ladder at the end of H&A? Scotts never finished above 6th. You are a terrible troll.

 

[shinboner magic]

Can’t put scotts as a good coach - good coaches learn from giving up leads in games.
Good coaches don’t say if player A was on the list he’d pick him every week
Good coaches don’t look for excuses
Good coaches have more than one game plan

Bard is bad

 

[shinboner magic]

Looks like he’s waiting to be escorted to the electric chair.

He’s not that lucky

 

[Mordecai]

Surely you jest. He is not as good as any of the above. 106 wins, 105 losses. He is the definition of a average coach.

The mistake of most workplaces (life?) is to look only at results. With the same people and players in place I think Brad is a better choice. Hinkley is marginal and definitely above average too, but both are better than Bevo and Goodwin who, despite their results, are nearly out the door.

 

[Mordecai]

He's better than 2 premiership coaches and a guy whos taken an average team to top and second top of the ladder at the end of H&A? Scotts never finished above 6th. You are a terrible troll.

I am certain there are many coaches who didn't win a premiership who are better than those that did.

 

[Forever North]

Scott coached an average list to average positions on the ladder playing average football. I’d probably give him an overall mark of 6/10 for his time at North. Probably stayed 18 months too long all whilst lining up his next job in the ‘industry’. He’ll probably win a final at Essendon in 2024 and get a 5 year extension amid their celebrations.

 

[Mav]

I am certain there are many coaches who didn't win a premiership who are better than those that did.

I am certain there are some coaches who didn't win a premiership who are better than some of those that did. I am also certain Scotts not one of them.

 

[Passmore]

The biggest fallacy around Scott's coaching is that "he took an average list" or "didn't have the cattle".

The 2014/15 was good enough to run top 4 after h&a and then have a realistic crack at a flag. The team was wracked by Inconsistency which is on him.

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[WayneShimmiesTheBush]

 

[berniemccarthy]

He's better than Goodwin, Hinkley and Beveridge. Longmuir still an unknown.

Goodwin has won a flag and have finished top two last two years. Not sure how that makes him a poor coach.

 

[DesertRoo]

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The look of a man who doesn’t want to be there..

 

[Tectonic]

Those slumped shoulders lol he's

The look of a man who doesn’t want to be there..

Shoulders so saggy the only thing that comes to mind is dead fish on a clothesline

 

[ferball]

Lets not dwell on the past yeah. We should be laughing at * about Bard not wringing our hands over his time with us,. That time's gone and we'll never get it back.

 

[Hojuman]

Heppell stands down anyway.

#stringer4captain

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

The biggest fallacy around Scott's coaching is that "he took an average list" or "didn't have the cattle".

The 2014/15 was good enough to run top 4 after h&a and then have a realistic crack at a flag. The team was wracked by Inconsistency which is on him.

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Thompson, Firrito, Tarrant

Harvey, Wells, Dal Santo, Higgins, Jacobs, Swallow, Goldstein, Ziebell

Waite, Petrie, Brown, Thomas

Absolutely not an average lost.

 

[Shermanator]

Heppell stands down anyway.

#stringer4captain

Make it happen Andrew Thorburn..

 

[Passmore]

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Ambushed?

 

[Twinkletoes]

Heppell stands down anyway.

#stringer4captain

“One short step for man…..”

 

[Shagga is all Class]

The look of a man who doesn’t want to be there..

The photo was taken immediately after he met the Essendon coterie and they asked him if he could fix the * kick outs because it seems like such a simple thing.

Karma.

 

[shinboner magic]

So how many captains since their last finals win

 

[Wild Bill]

So how many captains since their last finals win

The last two have an # next to their names so they don’t really count.