Yeah I'm not convinced he was as good as some people claim. He was good at running squads that other coaches built into the ground. He wasn't good enough to actually build his own squad as evidenced by his complete failure to build one.
He also missed the boat on skills maintenance, even when every man and his dog could see Freos biggest deficiency wasn't fitness, it was doing something when we had the ball (kicking to the opposition doesn't count)
When all is said and done, he's coached as many premierships as Damien Drum. Now Alistair Clarkson, he can coach.