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AFL top 100: Games by coaches in 2020 A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Four years. In modern times that’s usually the life span of a coach or umpire considered unsuccessful. This interesting stat was revealed when I first compiled my list of the top 100 coaches and top 100 umpires in AFL/VFL history. Four years of 22-game seasons adds up to 88 games, and this is currently the bar for admission to the top 100 list. Share A rather crowded hot seat – or hot bench? – includes four coaches who meet the criteria, some of whom are well known AFL identities: Tony Shaw (Collingwood), Kevin Bartlett (Richmond), Guy McKenna (Gold Coast) and Gerard Neesham (Fremantle), but it also includes two coaches from well back in history before the advent of 22-game seasons. Coincidentally both five-year broken stints included one sea ....