Does Nathan Buckley deserve credit for the 2023 premiership?

[Taper]

17 players in the 2023 premiership team were developed under Nathan Buckley's tutelage.
Nick Daicos, Billy Frampton

17

Billy Frampton

Age

28

Ht

201cm

Wt

100kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.1

2star

K

5.1

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

3.1

3star

T

0.7

3star

MG

99.0

2star

D

8.5

2star

K

4.8

2star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.5

3star

T

0.5

1star

MG

99.0

2star

D

9.2

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

1.0

3star

MG

107.0

2star

, Bobby Hill, Patrick Lipinski

1

Patrick Lipinski

Age

26

Ht

190cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.0

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

10.2

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.8

4star

CL

1.5

4star

D

18.3

4star

K

7.0

3star

HB

11.3

5star

M

2.5

3star

T

2.7

4star

CL

1.3

4star

D

15.2

4star

K

6.6

3star

HB

8.6

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.4

4star

CL

1.2

4star

, Oleg Markov

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Oleg Markov

Age

28

Ht

188cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.1

3star

K

8.4

3star

HB

4.8

3star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.4

3star

MG

228.8

4star

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D

15.4

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

4.2

4star

M

6.0

5star

T

2.0

4star

MG

295.2

5star

and Tom Mitchell are the only players in the premiership team who didn't play a game under Nathan Buckley.

Is it fair to say Craig McRae

Craig Mcrae

Age

51

Ht

176cm

Wt

73kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

9.0

3star

HB

3.9

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.9

4star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

16.2

4star

K

10.6

4star

HB

5.6

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.2

3star

G

1.4

5star

won a premiership with Nathan Buckley's list?
Does Nathan Buckley deserve credit for the premiership?

 

[theprospector]

17 players in the 2023 premiership team were developed under Nathan Buckley's tutelage.
Nick Daicos, Billy Frampton, Bobby Hill, Patrick Lipinski, Oleg Markov and Tom Mitchell are the only players in the premiership team who didn't play a game under Nathan Buckley.

Is it fair to say Craig McRae won a premiership with Nathan Buckley's list?
Does Nathan Buckley deserve credit for the premiership?

It’s an interesting question because Buckley gets no credit for it , whether that is right or wrong who knows.

What I will say is we don’t win 2023 if he is still coaching

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Zero credit

Took over the best team we've had in 80 years and quickly turned them into spuds

Crap coach, selfish player too

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[ioppolo]

You could ask this question of any coach who wins a flag early in their coaching career. Does Schwab deserve credit for Hawthorn 2008?

 

[Taper]

It’s an interesting question because Buckley gets no credit for it , whether that is right or wrong who knows.

What I will say is we don’t win 2023 if he is still coaching

Mark Thompson receives credit for our 2011 premiership which is fair, but I haven't seen anyone give Nathan Buckley credit for 2023.
We wouldn't have won in 2011 if Thompson was still coaching.

 

[draft_enjoyer]

No.

 

[GOTHELIONS16]

No it took a Brisbane lions player to take the magpies all the way. Buckley, the magpies own, never had it in him as a player or a coach. Leigh Matthews deserves the credit for McRaes success. A 2002-2003 magpies player will never win an afl premiership as they just weren’t good enough.

 

[Username Anthony]

It depends on how much him coercing Adam Treloar

1

Adam Treloar

Age

31

Ht

185cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

28.2

5star

K

12.9

5star

HB

15.3

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

4.9

5star

CL

4.6

5star

D

30.3

5star

K

16.3

5star

HB

14.0

5star

M

2.0

2star

T

3.3

4star

CL

5.8

5star

D

18.0

5star

K

11.2

4star

HB

6.8

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

1.6

4star

into leaving the club helped things I reckon. And it must've helped some, because you don't get rid of a well paid player otherwise. We do know that 2021 ended up being some short term pain.

If we just look at it from a list perspective it's probably a resounding yes, because Nick Daicos gets to Collingwood if Buckley remained anyway. So it's not unreasonable to say Buckley may have won the flag in 2023, but would he have won it in 2022 also? Maybe.

 

[parano1a]

Yes, Buckley definitely deserves some credit for the player and development defensive structures he put in place. Also worth noting he was one kick short of being a premiership coach in 2018.

However McRae was successful in motivating the players to get the best out of themselves and giving them the determination to come back and win tight games again and again.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

You could ask this question of any coach who wins a flag early in their coaching career. Does Schwab deserve credit for Hawthorn 2008?

A lot of Dog supporters credit Brendan McCartney for the development years of 2012-2014 after 2016, even though he fractured the senior players in the end. The answer definitely varies by occasion.

 

[GC2015]

Keep in mind that Collingwood were 16th on the ladder when Buckley stepped away and they went on to finish 17th in that 2021 season. A year later they finish 4th and make a prelim, which is then followed by a minor premiership + a flag in 2023. Obviously a lot changed after Bucks left, so I'm inclined to say he doesn't deserve much credit for the success that occured after he left.