Good coaches evolve the game. Deliver some quantum change that puts their team ahead of the pack for a time.
Trouble is, unless you are a freak like Sheedy, even Malthouse to a lesser extent, most coaches only get one shot at it. The pack eventually catches on, catches up and usually overtakes.
Roos, Scott, Worsfold, Beveridge, Longmire. CLarkson’s lasted a bit longer, or he had a few aces up the sleeve rather than one. Now it is Hardwick, Buckley and Goodwin (I’m not convinced Simpson has it).
WHere does this put Freo’s lot given the head coach had prime time from 2010-2015?