As Carlton goes into caretaker mode, it is worth remembering the appointment of a caretaker coach to the main gig is fraught with danger.
AFL clubs have no choice in appointing an interim coach when a vacancy arises during the season, but they do make the decision to keep them in the hot seat? You win some, you lose some in this instance!
Historically, Paul Roos at Sydney and Neil Craig at Adelaide are the exceptions, not the rule.
In the wake of Michael Voss departing Carlton, Josh Fraser has stepped in as caretaker, but will he survive the upcoming 14 weeks to become the Blues' 36th coach?
I look into the biggest backfires of clubs promoting caretakers. It is easy to be seduced by early results and clearly it doesn't always work out.
Here are the five least successful promoted interim coaches since 2000.
3Matthew Primus, Port Adelaide Power (2010)
Primus took over from Mark Williams in 2010 as caretaker, coaching the Power for the final seven games of the season, finishing with five wins and two losses.
His two-year tenure went as badly as it could have, starting in 2011 as senior coach as the Power finished last with just three wins in 22 games. Then, in 2012, he coached them for only 19 games while securing only five wins.
Resulting in a poor 19 per cent win rate for Primus as coach.
