Worst Coaches in AFL/VFL History

[Jobe Watson]

James Hird.

There it is!

Took 24 posts but we got there in the end.

 

[nick1408]

That's a bit rough!

Not really when you look at their records with Richmond

 

[MiloStedman]

Jaysus.

Judging Pagan extremely harshly. Wound up with a perfect storm in terms of list management - ageing team, no draft picks worth even thinking about. Shocking poisoned chalice.

You mean Marc Murphy and Bryce Gibbs, both no. 1 picks, and JJ Kennedy, who now tears up for West Coast?

 

[MiloStedman]

We had this thread a month ago.

Search function.

Apologies

 

[MiloStedman]

James Hird.

Bit rough

 

[Mutant]

Damien Drum and Chris Connelly would dead heat.

 

[Brenton Davy]

Gerard Neesham

Anyone who tells Andrew McLeod he isnt wanted and then trades him for Chris Groom................

 

[Copulator]

Michael Voss of current coaches who've had a fair amount of time at the helm.

I know he's a favourite son and what not, but how he and the club as a whole escapes scrutiny is beyond belief.

 

[Josh Wineduck]

Michael Voss of current coaches who've had a fair amount of time at the helm.

I know he's a favourite son and what not, but how he and the club as a whole escapes scrutiny is beyond belief.

So what has done wrong besides recruiting Fev? (Remember this was three years ago now.)

 

[AM]

Ross Lyon
Robert Walls
John Devine
Gary Ayres
Murray Weideman
Percy Jones
Francis Bourke
Royce Hart
Wayne Schimmelbusch
Allan Miller

Where's Kevin Bartlett?

 

[AFLQLD]

Michael Voss of current coaches who've had a fair amount of time at the helm.

I know he's a favourite son and what not, but how he and the club as a whole escapes scrutiny is beyond belief.

The club as a whole is doing very nicely thanks for asking and doesn't change it's coaches on a whim the way some clubs do. Michael Voss will be judged by the club based on clearly spelt out criteria. Brisbane has virtually rebuilt itself in three years.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

+1 for Peter Rohde.

Coached a couple of years and achieved SFA.

 

[Tzatziki_Man]

Crazy Voss is gone.

Four wins to 10 is a pretty good season, he's certainly not done with yet.

Kevin Bartlett shouldn't be in the thread, had to purchase weights for the boys and coached during the S.O.S campaign when the club nearly shut shot. He then was unfairly sacked after recruiting Richmond's next generation of players that succeeded under Northey and Frawley until Leon Daphne and Danny Frawley truly ****ed it up.

 

[DrEvil]

Brett Ratten? Consider the list he had.

 

[Ed_Gein]

Damien Drum and Chris Connelly would dead heat.

Chris Connelly actually had 1 decent season with Freo in which they made the finals.

Damien Drum contributed to what will be their worst ever season for a long, long, looooong time with that year they went 2-20.

 

[livnixon9]

Gary Buckernara and Mike Nunan.

 

[AlibiMonday]

Gary Buckernara and Mike Nunan.

Spoken for the truth.

 

[CrowEater888]

Ross Lyon
Robert Walls
John Devine
Gary Ayres
Murray Weideman
Percy Jones
Francis Bourke
Royce Hart
Wayne Schimmelbusch
Allan Miller

Francis Bourke?! The last man to take Richmond to a gf, then most of the team left for Collingwood. Harsh.

 

[Righteo]

Chris Connelly actually had 1 decent season with Freo in which they made the finals.

Damien Drum contributed to what will be their worst ever season for a long, long, looooong time with that year they went 2-20.

Freo made the finals twice under Cuddles.

Leaving Freo aside, if anybody has ever heard Ken Judge on the radio/doing WAFL commentary for the ABC it's actually unbelievable that he was considered coach material at any stage of his life and that includes U9's, absolute pillock and he genuinely sounds like he has a learning disorder.

 

[kickazz]

Has to be that dud the AFL appointed to take over Fitzroy at the end there to 'make sure of things'.

Seriously though, Ken Judge had a pretty poor record. Even as a commentator he seems about 2 seasons behind everyone else's understanding of the game.

 

[master bate]

+1 for Peter Rohde.

Coached a couple of years and achieved SFA.

Can't believe we got this far and no one has mentioned Mark Neeld.

He had everything. Incompetence. Plain rude and evil with the playing group. Horrendous media performer. Stubborn and shocking game plan. Actually recruited for the long term pretty well but his short term pick ups were Byrnes, Gillies, Rodan were just horrendous. Gave those first two both two year deals.

Anyway on Rohde I thought he was ok. Just a garden variety bad coach. Actually set the dogs up well with some extra draft picks to then have a nice sustained shot at success under Rocket.

 

[tribey]

Can't believe we got this far and no one has mentioned Mark Neeld.

He had everything. Incompetence. Plain rude and evil with the playing group. Horrendous media performer. Stubborn and shocking game plan. Actually recruited for the long term pretty well but his short term pick ups were Byrnes, Gillies, Rodan were just horrendous. Gave those first two both two year deals.

Proof positive that all those faceless apparatchiks joe public belatedly finds out about as being responsible for team-x's success should remain just that.

Huge difference between being an excellent middle manager and a capable CEO. Brendan McCartney's probably at the crossroads in this regard.

 

[ChampRevesby]

Ken Judge, 27% WLR

 

[Jack Bradley]

The club as a whole is doing very nicely thanks for asking and doesn't change it's coaches on a whim the way some clubs do. Michael Voss will be judged by the club based on clearly spelt out criteria. Brisbane has virtually rebuilt itself in three years.

Wow wow wow wow wow - are you delusional?

 

[JeffDunne]

Tim Watson by the length of the Flemington Straight.