Expectation is always vast every year as the AFL season approaches, with a raft of senior coaches needing a particularly strong start to the season in order to answer the critics.
Alan Richardson, Chris Fagan and Stewart Dew faced that sort of pressure, and have hit back with strong starts for their respective clubs. All three coaches needed to stamp their authority on their clubs this season, and have done so thus far.
In turn, they have managed to shift the dynamic within the competition and heaped the pressure on other coaches who desperately need the four points this weekend.
So which coaches would need a win this weekend the most?
2. Brad Scott
Scott's Shinboners have somewhat atoned for their first round annihilation at Optus Stadium against the Dockers, but still haven't been able to generate a win. After an impressive showing last season where the club perhaps achieved more than expected, expectations have naturally risen on Scott for 2019. Into his tenth year as North coach, Scott wouldn't want to be losing many more matches in the short term, or it could spell the end of the season for those down at Arden Street.
