Re: If Not BB, Who?
Reply #96 –
History shows - the guys who coach through a complete bottom-out rebuild like the one we're undertaking are rarely still there when the results swing back the other way.
McCartney (3 years in the bottom 3) -> Beveridge: Won it 2 years after taking over
Northey -> Lethal: Won it within 2 years of taking over
Shaw (wooden spoon in 1999) -> Malthouse: Took over in 2000 - runner up 2002
Schwab (10th, 9th, 2nd bottom, sacked) -> Clarkson: 3 years after Clarko took over won the flag.
Eade (8th, 10th, 11th, sacked) -> Roos : won the premiership in his 2nd year.
Bomber Thompson would be an exception given their rebuild really started upon his arrival but he only survived by the slimmest of slim margins.
Hardwick: got the premiership in his 7th year so arguably saw through a fair chunk of the rebuild, however, they got in Cotchin / Rance / Reiwoldt / Martin whilst Wallis was still there so I'd argue he arrived post bottom out rebuild.
Maybe clubs just need that circuit breaker to make a clean break from that losing phase. Or maybe the intense pressure of losing cracks the coaches themselves (see Scott Watters). Or maybe the boards eventually loses patience.
Either way it's pretty rare for a coach to survive a full on bottom out rebuild phase like we've undertaken.
Did Clarko rebuild the Dawks?