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  • bulldogtragic
    The List Manager
    • Jan 2007
    • 34289

    Favourite Bulldogs Coach of All Time

    Self explanatory really. Of the journey your life span goes, who is the coach you most liked. Could be personality, innovation, winning record, ambassador, etc.
    Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
  • ledge
    Hall of Fame
    • Dec 2007
    • 14313

    #2
    Re: Favourite Bulldogs Coach of All Time

    Terry Wheeler, he gave the players their instincts back
    Bring back the biff

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    • lemmon
      Bulldog Team of the Century
      • Nov 2008
      • 6522

      #3
      Re: Favourite Bulldogs Coach of All Time

      Rocket, basket case to prelims playing a brand of footy we could be proud of. Had his critics but I don't think many others could have got what he did from Lake, Crossy, Gilbee, Hargrave and Boyd. These guys looked like being nothing more than dead wood early on

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      • Go_Dogs
        Hall of Fame
        • Jan 2007
        • 10157

        #4
        Re: Favourite Bulldogs Coach of All Time

        Originally posted by lemmon
        Rocket, basket case to prelims playing a brand of footy we could be proud of. Had his critics but I don't think many others could have got what he did from Lake, Crossy, Gilbee, Hargrave and Boyd. These guys looked like being nothing more than dead wood early on
        Agreed. I'm in my late twenties so not a huge amount of options for me, but Rocket is without a doubt the best in my time. I actually think the brand of footy we played in the later stages of 2005 was some of the best/most exciting footy I've seen the club play.
        Have you heard Butters wants to come to the Dogs?

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        • SonofScray
          Coaching Staff
          • Apr 2008
          • 4234

          #5
          Re: Favourite Bulldogs Coach of All Time

          Wallace for delivering to me the first Bulldog team that was head and shoulders above those dastardly salary cap breaking drug cheats from the other side of the Maribyrnong. 97/98 remain my favourite seasons of footy, we had a terrific mix. Run, aggro, class etc.

          Eade. For obvious, factual reasons.

          Both had worn thin on me by the end of their tenure but time has healed the wounds re: Wallace. Eade will be well remembered after this wave of the rebuild.
          Time and Tide Waits For No Man

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          • Maddog37
            WOOF Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 3132

            #6
            Re: Favourite Bulldogs Coach of All Time

            Charlie Sutton.

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            • Remi Moses
              WOOF Member
              • Jan 2009
              • 14785

              #7
              Re: Favourite Bulldogs Coach of All Time

              Malthouse
              Rocket
              Wallace
              Wheeler
              Bluey

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              • chef
                Hall of Fame
                • Nov 2008
                • 14624

                #8
                Re: Favourite Bulldogs Coach of All Time

                Wallet for me. I was heart broken when he left. But his apology healed that wound.
                The curse is dead.

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                • Hotdog60
                  Bulldog Team of the Century
                  • Aug 2009
                  • 5908

                  #9
                  Re: Favourite Bulldogs Coach of All Time

                  Rocket
                  Wallace
                  Wheeler

                  For me
                  Don't piss off old people
                  The older we get the less "LIFE IN PRISON" is a deterrent...

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                  • AndrewP6
                    Bulldog Team of the Century
                    • Jan 2009
                    • 8142

                    #10
                    Re: Favourite Bulldogs Coach of All Time

                    Rocket, easily. Took us from cellar dwellers to playing exciting footy, and for the first time in a long time (for me), we were the hunted. Also a top bloke.

                    As a kid I had a soft spot for MM, and Bluey Hampshire. Got to meet both and they were good blokes.
                    Last edited by AndrewP6; 02-06-2013, 02:32 AM.
                    [B][COLOR="#0000CD"]Our club was born in blood and boots, not in AFL focus groups.[/COLOR][/B]

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                    • bulldogtragic
                      The List Manager
                      • Jan 2007
                      • 34289

                      #11
                      Re: Favourite Bulldogs Coach of All Time

                      Yeah, loved Rocket. Was young when Wheels was in charge so I can't really comment as a coach, but I like him personally. What was Malthouse like all those years ago??


                      P.s. - no love for Al Joyce!
                      Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023

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                      • LostDoggy
                        WOOF Member
                        • Jan 2007
                        • 8307

                        #12
                        Re: Favourite Bulldogs Coach of All Time

                        Wheeler. Then Rocket (liked his early stuff better). Then current. Then Wallet. Then Malthouse. Then Rohde. Then Joyce.

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                        • LostDoggy
                          WOOF Member
                          • Jan 2007
                          • 8307

                          #13
                          Re: Favourite Bulldogs Coach of All Time

                          Originally posted by Griffen#16
                          Agreed. I'm in my late twenties so not a huge amount of options for me, but Rocket is without a doubt the best in my time. I actually think the brand of footy we played in the later stages of 2005 was some of the best/most exciting footy I've seen the club play.
                          I'm the same but in my early twenties.... so similar options. Although I liked Rocket a lot, he kind of wins by default. I mean, I'm sure as hell not going with traitor Terry or the traumatising experience that was Rhode, so....
                          I enjoyed the drastic improvement of so many of our players under Rocket. I was always nervous about the relationship he had with Lake though (I was always scared Lake would juct crack it and bail one day. Uh, well.... he did eventually I guess, jst not under Rocket as I expeted....)

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                          • BulldogBelle
                            WOOF Member
                            • Nov 2006
                            • 5284

                            #14
                            Re: Favourite Bulldogs Coach of All Time

                            Bluey Hampshire.

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                            • Scraggers
                              Premiership Moderator
                              • Jun 2008
                              • 3565

                              #15
                              Re: Favourite Bulldogs Coach of All Time

                              Wheeler
                              Rocket
                              Malthouse
                              Wallace

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