coach killer

noun

Definitions

  1. A particularly frustrating, usually simple mistake made by a player.

    • The counterattack is swift and should result in a goal but Miers drops a chest mark uncontested! […] That was a coach killer.
  2. A player who apparently causes coaches to be sacked.

    • "I think Pat McAfee made a good choice; this guy's hardly a coach killer; he's only played for three in 20 years," Lupica said.
  3. A performance that results in a coach's sacking.

    • The future of Michael Voss is under intense questioning yet again after another horror result for Carlton against North Melbourne with Campbell Brown labelling the 11-point defeat a "coach killer".

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