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Hot sauce rankings: Tim Watson’s 2025 pressure meter for all 18 AFL coaches
SEN • February 19th, 2025 2:11 pm
Essendon great Tim Watson has completed a hot seat meter on all 18 AFL coaches heading into the AFL season.
Instead of using levels of pressure for his rankings, Watson used hot sauce as a guide with the heat on coaches ranking from Very Mild all the way through to Extra Hot.
Watson went through his hot sauce list alphabetically through the clubs, with Adelaide’s Matthew Nicks the first cab off the rank receiving an ‘Extra Hot’ rating.
Check out Watson’s heat meter below.
ADE – Matthew Nicks
Contracted until the end of 2026
EXTRA HOT
BRI – Chris Fagan
Contracted until the end of 2027
VERY MILD
CAR – Michael Voss
Contracted until the end of 2026
MILD
COL – Craig McRae
Contracted until the end of 2026
VERY MILD
ESS – Brad Scott
Contracted until the end of 2026
HOT
FRE – Justin Longmuir
Contracted until the end of 2025
HOT
GEE – Chris Scott
Contracted until the end of 2026
MILD
GCS – Damien Hardwick
Contracted until the end of 2029
MILD
GWS – Adam Kingsley
Contracted until the end of 2028
MILD
HAW – Sam Mitchell
Contracted until the end of 2027
VERY MILD
MEL – Simon Goodwin
Contracted until the end of 2026
EXTRA HOT
NM – Alastair Clarkson
Contracted until the end of 2027
HOT
PA – Ken Hinkley
Contracted until the end of 2025 – will be replaced by Josh Carr for 2026
No rating
RIC – Adem Yze
Contracted until the end of 2026
MILD
STK – Ross Lyon
Contracted until the end of 2026
MILD
SYD – Dean Cox
Contracted until the end of 2028
VERY MILD
WCE – Andrew McQualter
Contracted until the end of 2027
VERY MILD
WB – Luke Beveridge
Contracted until the end of 2025
EXTRA HOT
Overall
EXTRA HOT: Matthew Nicks (ADE), Simon Goodwin (MEL), Luke Beveridge (WB)
HOT: Brad Scott (ESS), Justin Longmuir (FRE), Alastair Clarkson (NM)
MILD: Michael Voss (CAR), Chris Scott (GEE), Damien Hardwick (GCS), Adam Kingsley (GWS), Adem Yze (RIC), Ross Lyon (STK)
VERY MILD: Chris Fagan (BRI), Craig McRae (COL), Sam Mitchell (HAW), Dean Cox (SYD), Andrew McQualter (WCE)
No rating: Ken Hinkley (PA)
