GEELONG

THE BOSS

Chris Scott

While Geelong’s poor finals record over the past decade continues to be a sore point, there can be no doubting Scott’s capacity to keep the Cats in contention. His winning percentage of 69.3 over nine seasons is the highest of any 200-games-plus coach in history.

It’s now nearly a decade since the Cats’ last flag, but Geelong keeps putting its name up there and last year endured its fourth losing preliminary final since that 2011 triumph. The Cats were far and away the best team of the first half of 2019, and still managed to finish the regular season on top, but their shabby recent finals record continued. It now reads 4-11 since the last premiership. That said, 2019 saw some major improvements, certainly in