Who will be the first coach in 2025 to be sacked?

[demondavey]

Nicks - You’d have to think no.1. Must play finals.

B. Scott - no finals in 2025 and huge pressure

Clarkson - needs a lot of improvement next year

Beverage - have to be top 6 I reckon as a pass mark

Goodwin - Another flop and you’ve got to cut him loose. Can’t be a Beverage situation long term.

Hinkley - is he ever under pressure?

Reckon that’s the order.

 

[KissKiss]

Adem Yze, has to be.

Probably has another 2 years before the pressure really kicks in on him (without anything unusual happening). Clearly going to be bottom next year and then have 1-2 years after that to start seeing improvement

 

[ioppolo]

Really? Has been incredibly competitive with Sydney. Very harsh to sack him if Sydney aren’t doing well mid year given his history of top 8 finishes.

Longmuir, not Longmire

 

[WillHayward]

Damien Hardwick, the guy has no idea what he's doing without the system Caracella invented.

Caracella?

The bloke that got the Bombers playing finals winning footy..

 

[justlookingaround]

I think Nicks is probably the only coach that could get sacked midseason.
Goodwin or Bevo might walk if the board says they're going in a different direction starting next year. (I don't think Doggies will have a bad enough season for that to happen)
Longmuir and Voss could get sacked after the season ends if Freo/Carlton miss the 8 again.
But yeah - you can definitely see the pressure mounting on Nicks if the Crows get off to a bad start, then getting sacked after a bad loss.

 

[Viceregal]

Not Fagan

 

[Giant Pete]

Surely Farquaad

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Clarkson will want to show some improvement next year. Don't think his job will be under any serious threat but there will be some media pressure.

Nicks and Voss for mine are under the biggest threat of losing their job.

Maybe.
I never had any expectation of avoiding the spoon until maybe 2025, and certainly saw no chance of finals in the five year contract. Anything from 2-5 wins is a pass next year, so long as percentage improves and the bad games aren't as bad or as common. Even if - unlike 2024 - the closest thing the club has to a defence is available.
I think people under-estimate how much the quick, unexpected, turnover of coaches (and an off-season without a senior coach or most a recruiting/list management group) with Shaw and Noble impacted planning. The lack of continuity meant essentially three years in four were akin to a first year rebuild.

 

[Ricky Vaughn]

Some years there’s 1 or 2 genuinely in the gun, but this year there’s pressure everywhere.

On top of the 5 in the poll, Voss, Longmuir, Lyon, Clarkson and Yze aren’t sitting completely stress free.

My answer is Goodwin.

 

[Warwick]

Ken in a contract year = preliminary final loss.

Goodwin for sure.

 

[demondavey]

Genuinely overlooked Ross Lyon. Has to be gone if zero improvement this year and nowhere near finals. Can’t see why you’d persist. Has been there since last year and unless there’s big improvement you’d have to think he gets tapped on the shoulder.

 

[CrowToon]

Crows supporters arent lucky enough for it to be Nicks

 

[Pistol Night]

Crows supporters arent lucky enough for it to be Nicks

What about if Nicks and Ken swapped jobs? At least you'd still hate all the same people

 

[Angus Young]

I vote Goodwin.

Something stinks there.

 

[Pistol Night]

I vote Goodwin.

Something stinks there.

DJ Shitboy id say

 

[CrowToon]

What about if Nicks and Ken swapped jobs? At least you'd still hate all the same people

But we love Ken?

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Top 4 would be a pass for Longmuir and Voss.

Longmire been at the club for 20+ years and head coach since 2011 that is a VERY long time he might walk.

Nicks has to be playing finals the rest will see out 2025.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

If Oliver gets traded it'll be Goodwin by June. If Oliver stays Goodwin will be the second sacked (Aug) after Hinkley (Jul)

 

[The Nostradamus]

If Oliver gets traded it'll be Goodwin by June. If Oliver stays Goodwin will be the second sacked (Aug) after Hinkley (Jul)

no trade

Hinkley then goody it is

 

[NetworkNerd]

If Carlton dont make top 4 and go out in a semi, is Voss gone?

 

[CatToTheFuture]

no trade

Hinkley then goody it is

Yeah on reflection, Hinkley's last year, he won't get sacked, he'll just walk away. Still Goodwin though holding Clarry he might make it August

 

[Leeda]

Stanford University says " you're tilting at windmills"

 

[Leeda]

I reckon Nicks, Goodwin.

After that probably Yze

The thing is, Simon Goodwin is kind of coasting....is he coaching or just existing...conundrum with the pliability of unexpected reality, or dare I say rudeness,...i dont mean it

 

[1970crow]

I think it's finals or bust for Matthew Nicks at Adelaide and Justin Longmuir at Fremantle.

I reckon Nix will survive as long as we're in the hunt for finals till late in the season. We're a pretty average football club, selling finals hope is a pass.

 

[1970crow]

Carlton has historically been the most trigger happy to sack coaches - can't rule out their predisposition.

If Voss pulls out a stinker then it wouldn't surprise me if they let him go, but I reckon they'll defer to doing so at the end of the season, which leaves the race open for one of the other clubs to sack their coach first.

Up until Nix, we'd never had a coach miss finals for 2 years straight and remain in the job.