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Phil Walsh and Ken Hinkley are two obvious examples of why experience is so important in a coach.
It’s still early days for the former, but clearly he has made an impact, with what he estimated as 15 years and about 1000 hours in a coaches box.
Walsh’s predecessor, Brenton Sanderson, had about five years of experience before becoming head coach of Adelaide. He took them to within a goal of the preliminary final in his first year, and he has the highest winning percentage of any Crows coach to date.
Hinkley served as an assistant coach for a number of years across a variety of clubs, and since becoming top dog at Port, Hinkley has made enormous improvements and given them a trademark style.
Under his tenure the Power have made two finals appearances, winning a final against Geelong in his first year, and last year they took the Hawks to the line.
Despite a poor start to 2015, they are expected to finish top four – certainly in the top eight.
The results achieved by Paul Roos, John Longmire and Ross Lyon, who all served as assistants for four or five years, again show experience wins out. Roos has two grand finals and a premiership, Longmire won a premiership in his second season and broke the Swans’ record winning streak, and Lyon has coached three sides to grand finals.
Meanwhile, Nathan Buckley has not improved Collingwood since Mick Malthouse’s departure. Quite the opposite in fact. This is due to his quick promotion: two years as an assistant coach meant Buckley was under-prepared.
The numbers are clear – coaching experience wins out.
So why is Malthouse failing at Carlton? Simple, he is at a rebuilding club. I would suggest that he is struggling to build the club up from the depths that they are unfortunately at. Sometimes the coach isn’t necessarily to blame.
Clearly, as coaches retire, clubs should only take on the club protege if they have done the hard yards first.
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