Now that I have your attention, it beggars belief that not once has Alistair Clarkson been voted by the AFL Coaches Association as Coach of the Year. See Caro's story here.

My reason for starting this thread is really to question whether we put too much faith in coaches generally to make wise decisions. I wonder how many get involved in day-to-day decisions not directly in their specific area of knowledge, such as decisions on individuals to be selected at the draft?

 

Tricky thread title there LD-vC.

Don't really know about coaches and wise decisions. 

But Clarkson would laugh and laugh at missing out on a mickey mouse award...

...he has 4 premiership cups that says AFLCA are idiots!!

He's the best by a mile. Even we would win a flag with him in charge.

3 minutes ago, Pipefitter said:

He's the best by a mile. Even we would win a flag with him in charge.

Before or after he walked across the Yarra Pipe?

The logical conclusion of the article, and the examples used to support it, is that the grand final winning coach would always be the coach of the year. Probably the right conclusion btw, in these days of equaliseverything. So why do/would they even bother with a year-long-voted award? Not only mickey mouse but probably daffy ducked, too.

I don't care how good Clarkson is, if the Dee's play finals this year I want to see a statue of Paul Roos at the G.

A little too much interest given to the Poos and Wees of late...

Who cares about the Hawthorn Coach really ?