Who's the worst coach of all time?

[Teffy]

Bloody University.

Worst tankers ever.

Culture.

Actually I've been a bit harsh on Gerry.

Despite that record he was actually signed up as coach of Melbourne in 1920 and returned a 5-11 return for side that went winless the year before. Then he gave it away for good.

That brings him up to 70 matches for a 63-7 record (10%).

In fairness to Gerry, and by the fact that this is probably the first and last time he will ever get mentioned on bigfooty.com, he was an outstanding footballer before trying his luck with the clipboard.

He played 130 matches for Fitzroy, kicked 160 goals and was captain of the team when they lost the grand final to Carlton by 2 points in 1903, before captaining "The Maroons" to back to back premierships in 1904-1905.

 

[i_hate_scams]

KB and Tony Jewell used to make me laugh

 

[piesnz]

I was going to say Tony Shaw...but yeah Tim Watson probably has him covered.

 

[SpecialComments]

Chris Connolly by a country mile followed by Damian Drum, then close behind him Gerard Neesham and probably Mark Harvey just after that.

 

[recon]

For those that remeber I would go Gary Buckenarra, great player bucken poor coach.

 

[Xtreme]

Tim Watson would be up there, and a perfect demonstration that being a great player doesn't mean you can coach.

Timmy Watson was the first name i thought of when i read the topic title

 

[Loyal Lion]

The "Best" Worst Coach of All Time would have to go to Peter "Percy" Jones.

He took over a premiership team in 1980. Jezza resigned as the 1979 premiership coach in support of ousted president George Harris.

Percy only lasted the year. David Parkin took over in 1981 & won flags in 1981 & 1982.

Fitzroy played Carlton in Round 22 & we lost by 4 points after trailing by over 50 points. I never forget Percy's comments on World of Sport the day after. He said, "We put Wayne Harmes in the middle of the ground in the last qtr & THINGS started happening. We're not sure what"!!!

Carlton should have won 4 flags in a row.

 

[DrEvil]

Terry Wallace. Just because he spins so much utter shit and destroyed Richmond.

 

[SdKfz 181]

its a no brainer.............THE GEISH,failed miserably with richmond and is equally as shite trying to coach umpires

did he now? 25 wins 24 losses.. not the worst thats for sure..

 

[Reykjavik]

Bernie Quinlan by a country mile.

Genuinely had no coaching skills or credentials - and no clue at all.

I reliase Fitzroy had no chance but some of the stories coming out after he was let go were tragicomedy at its best.

 

[winty]

Gary Ayres. Took the reigns at two different clubs after Malcolm Blight had built both teams up to reach multiple grand finals (and back to back flags in Adelaide's case) and completely gutted both teams.

 

[Hipster Doofus]

Probably the guy who coached St Kilda in their first 4 seasons, i don't think they won a game til their 4th or 5th year

 

[Lord Nicholson]

Probably the guy who coached St Kilda in their first 4 seasons, i don't think they won a game til their 4th or 5th year

There were no coaches for the first four seasons.

 

[The_Gambler]

Hard to believe Dean Bailey hasn't scored a mention

 

[doug85]

I wish more posters would actually give some reasons as to why they think the coaches are rubbish. If they did this thread may actually be interesting.

 

[UpForGrabs]

As I said in another thread - Neesham was actually a decent coach.

His problem was that he was a shit recruiter and didn't get the guys to Freo who could execute his gameplan to effectiveness.

 

[timmy22]

Neesham left Drum with a dud list, Drum's drafting was decent (Pavlich, Haselby, Longmuir etc) however he couldn't resurface a sinking ship.

Harsh

He was an innovator
He started the rotation thing long before any one else. Plus that shepperding
off the ball tactic they used. Yeah tooo many claremont players but they
where very strong WAFL side in those days

 

[Lord Nicholson]

Hard to believe Dean Bailey hasn't scored a mention

Probably because he was instructed by the higher-ups to be crap on purpose.

 

[Worm4]

Alan McConnell or Mick Nunan anyone ?
Between them coached 25 games for 1 win.
Primus not that far behind that pair.

 

[smashbox gill]

Wayne Brittain... full stop.

 

[Acecordy]

matty knights

 

[nthblood]

For those that remeber I would go Gary Buckenarra, great player bucken poor coach.

Totally agree, part of the era that almost had the bloods out of the AFL

 

[sportsmaniac89]

Has to be Damien Drum by the length of the Flemington straight. Drafting was reasonable but was an absolute spud of a coach (13 wins and 40 losses).

Peter Rohde and Tim Watson would be up there as well

 

[Esky Lid]

Totally disagree about Gerard Neesham. He was a Visionary / Revolutionary .. before his time !! The Forward Press / the Flood ... all Gerard Neesham Ideas 15 years ago .. before its time !! Watch Claremont Late 80's early 90's ! Claremont Super Highly Skilled and physically stronger than any other WAFL side. Implemented a game plan that is replicated only now at AFL levels and Standards !!

real Nominees for Worst Coach of All Time :
Damien Dwum
Tim Watson ( Even he admitted he was not cut out to coach )
Chris Connelly
Peter Knights ( Cannot believe I said This )

And Jade Rawlings and Donald MacDonald are lucky are lucky they were only 'Caretaker' Coaches .. otherwise they would be right up there also !!

 

[scooter600x]

Royce Hart is not out of place in this field, nor Wayne Schimmelbusch.

Neither were as bad as Rohde, though.