He was absolutely the worst coach of the season. Freo's year will prove to be an aberration in my view. Like Geelong 06, Adelaide 13. They lost Fyfe, Pav is past it. I don't think Lyon is going to be the one to turn them back into a force, but I could see them making 5-8 next year. Richmond going backwards? I think had not been so shit in their past three finals series it wouldn't be viewed that way. I think each finals appearance gave fans false hope "okay, we're not quite there yet, but next year" when it was more like... if another team had had those opportunities they would have gotten to a prelim or close loss in a semi at least. Again I don't think Hardwick will be the next Tigers premiership coach but I think the problem is with the players, not him.
Leppitsch had an abysmal win-loss record and whenever started going wrong sought to blame everyone but himself. The board's a complete mess, half the players don't want to be there, they're in all sorts.