AFL’s coaching merry-go-round is starting to turn after Brad Scott walked away from North Melbourne

The AFL’s coaching merry-go-round is starting to gain momentum with Brad Scott leaving his post mid-season at the Kangaroos putting the spotlight firmly on several other coaches.

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Let the merry-go-round begin.

One coach falls and others are sure to follow that’s life in the AFL.

Brad Scott’s speedy exit from his coaching position with North Melbourne has seen the phone start ringing around the country as coaches jostle for position in one of the toughest capers in the land..

Coaching an AFL club is no place for the faint-hearted or even the strong of heart.

Especially today in the ever changing world of the AFL and while much of the talk has turned to Scott’s likely successor, there is also plenty of interest on who is next to fall.

Carlton’s Brendan Bolton is the most vulnerable and may already be beyond the point of no return.

Now in his fourth year at Princes Park his numbers have declined every year since his debut.

The Blues won seven games in 2016, six in 2017, two last season and just one so far in 2019

No one survives those numbers. No-one.

Deny it they might but Bolton’s papers are surely marked.

John Worsfold at Essendon is also on shaky ground. .

His roller-coaster ride at Windy Hill has seen the Bombers win three games in his first season, 12 in the next two years and a meagre four so far in 2019.

That’s 31 wins and 45 losses in total.

Injuries have been a curse but not a legitimate excuse for underachieving.

Woosha has a nervous wait ahead.

Ross Lyon can’t be completely safe at Fremantle and John Longmuire might be on shaky ground at Sydney but he has a year to run on his contract.

Alan Richardson knows the dogs are barking at St Kilda, they rarely stop and here in South Australia Don Pyke and Ken Hinkley must be feeling the burden of expectation.

The Crows premiership drought now extends to 21 years and the clock is ticking on a number of their greats.

The Powers’ wait has reached 15 years and while they don’t have the same worry with the age of their list, success off the field hasn’t saved Hinkley from the spotlight.

Interestingly CEO of TLA Australia and leading AFL agent Craig Kelly manages over half the coaches in the game including Brad Scott.

My money is on him being one very busy man in the next few weeks.

Originally published as AFL’s coaching merry-go-round is starting to turn after Brad Scott walked away from North Melbourne