2000 season

2000

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Position

13th

H&A record

7-14-1

Finals

N/A

Captain

Guy McKenna

Coach

Ken Judge

Best & Fairest

Glen Jakovich

Most goals

Phil Matera (49)

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The end of an era in several respects, 2000 marked the first time in a decade without Mick Malthouse as coach as well as the first time since 1989 that West Coast missed the finals. Under new coach Ken Judge, West Coast started the season reasonably well and at the half-way point of the season the Eagles sat in 5th spot. The early part of the year saw some big wins, including a 19-goal drubbing of Adelaide and a 117 point win in a Derby (Scott Cummings kicking 14 and 10 goals respectively in those clashes).

The wheels fell off in the second half - with a host of important players including Michael Gardiner, Ben Cousins, Michael Braun and captain Guy McKenna missing through injury, the Eagles lost 10 of the last 11 games to go crashing to the bottom reaches of the ladder.

Veterans Glen Jakovich and Dean Kemp stood up throughout, the former winning his fourth Club Champion award and the latter leading a midfield that included youngsters Ben Cousins, Chad Morrison and Rowan Jones. As Scott Cummings' form began to wane, pint-sized Phil Matera took over as the major avenue to goal. Future captain Darren Glass won the club's Rookie of the Year award as he began his apprenticeship under Ashley McIntosh.

Honour board

Coach: Ken Judge

Captain: Guy McKenna

Deputies: Glen Jakovich, Mitchell White, Peter Matera

Club Champion: Glen Jakovich

Rookie of the Year: Darren Glass

Best Clubman: Phil Matera

Leading Goalscorer: Phil Matera (49)

All-Australians: Nil

Rising Star nominees: Andrew Embley (round 14), Chad Fletcher (round 21)

Milestones:

200 games: Glen Jakovich (round 17))

150 games: Drew Banfield (round 5), Mitchell White (round 21)

100 games: Fraser Gehrig (round 4), Daniel Metropolis (round 13), Chad Morrison (round 13), Ben Cousins (round 22)

Squad

Offseason player movements

	Senior list
4	David Antonowicz	40	Joel Duckworth	39	Adam Hunter*	5	Chad Morrison	44	David Wirrpanda
6	Drew Banfield	32	Andrew Embley	27	Glen Jakovich	31	Kane Munro*	13	Josh Wooden
45	Laurie Bellotti	7	Chad Fletcher	18	Rowan Jones	21	Michael O'Brien
34	Scott Bennett	19	Michael Gardiner	2	Dean Kemp	36	Phil Read
10	Michael Braun	26	Travis Gaspar*	28	Chris Lewis	42	Chad Rintoul
15	Callum Chambers	7	Fraser Gehrig	30	Peter Matera	22	Nick Stone
9	Ben Cousins	23	Darren Glass*	33	Phil Matera	16	Paul Symmons
35	Jaxon Crabb	38	David Haynes*	11	Ashley McIntosh	50	Ryan Turnbull
14	Scott Cummings	20	Brandon Hill	17	Guy McKenna	12	Mitchell White
29	Andrew Donnelly	25	Todd Holmes	8	Daniel Metropolis	37	Andrew Williams
	Rookie list
48	Dean Cox*	43	Simon Duckworth	47	Kasey Green*	46	Toby McGrath*

(* indicates new addition to playing list)

Player reviews

#	Player	Games	Goals
2	Kemp	20	4
4	Antonowicz	3	0
5	Morrison	22	13
6	Banfield	17	6
7	Gehrig	19	34
8	Metropolis	21	5
9	Cousins	17	9
10	Braun	12	6
11	McIntosh	22	9
12	White	12	12
13	Wooden	8	1
14	Cummings	13	47
15	Chambers	6	4
16	Symmons	8	1
17	McKenna	9	1
18	Jones	20	8
19	Gardiner	15	13
21	O'Brien	2	0
22	Stone	3	0
23	Glass	14	1
25	Holmes	1	0
27	Jakovich	22	4
28	Lewis	3	1
29	Donnelly	14	15
30	Pe.Matera	17	22
31	Munro	2	1
32	Embley	13	10
33	Ph.Matera	19	49
34	Bennett	1	0
35	Crabb	8	2
36	Read	19	5
37	Williams	17	5
38	Haynes	7	2
39	Hunter	1	0
41	Fletcher	17	11
42	Rintoul	15	4
44	Wirrpanda	8	6
45	Bellotti	9	1
47	Green	6	2
50	Turnbull	3	1

Results

Rd	Opponent	Venue	Res	Score	Posn
1	North Melbourne	MCG	W	154-111	3rd
2	Sydney	Subiaco	L	70-82	6th
3	St Kilda	Docklands	D	116-116	7th
4	Adelaide	WACA	W	187-73	6th
5	Geelong	Kardinia Park	L	81-162	8th
6	Fremantle	Subiaco	W	178-61	5th
7	Melbourne	Docklands	L	77-138	7th
8	Western Bulldogs	WACA	W	108-102	7th
9	Richmond	Docklands	L	70-79	9th
10	Hawthorn	Subiaco	W	118-88	7th
11	Collingwood	Docklands	W	128-92	5th
12	Carlton	Subiaco	L	78-128	7th
13	Brisbane	Gabba	L	89-173	7th
14	Port Adelaide	Subiaco	L	71-107	10th
15	Essendon	Docklands	L	76-108	11th
16	North Melbourne	Subiaco	L	52-113	11th
17	Sydney	SCG	L	80-151	13th
18	St Kilda	WACA	W	115-29	11th
19	Adelaide	Football Park	L	90-107	12th
20	Geelong	Subiaco	L	78-108	12th
21	Fremantle	Subiaco	L	100-101	13th
22	Melbourne	Subiaco	L	100-170	13th

Club Champion leaderboard

#	Player		Votes		Games
1st	Jakovich		27		22
2nd	Kemp		23		20
3rd	Morrison		21		22
4th	Cousins		19		17
5th	Jones		16		20
6th	Gardiner		15		15
7th	Wirrpanda		14		8
8th	Pe.Matera		13		17
9th	Ph.Matera		13		19
10th	Donnelly		11		14

Stats leaders

#	Goals		Disposals		Disp/game		Marks
1st	Ph.Matera	49 .	Morrison	507 .	Cousins	25.35 .	Gehrig	108
2nd	Cummings	47	Kemp	485	Kemp	24.25	Jakovich	102
3rd	Gehrig	34	Cousins	431	Morrison	23.05	Morrison	101
4th	Pe.Matera	22	Jakovich	426	Wirrpanda	19.63	Gardiner	78
5th	Donnelly	15	Pe.Matera	304	Jakovich	19.36	Kemp	78
6th	Gardiner	13	Banfield	300	Pe.Matera	17.88	Metropolis	75
7th	Morrison	13	Jones	272	Braun	17.75	McIntosh	69
8th	White	12	Fletcher	271	Banfield	17.65	Cousins	67
9th	Turnbull	12	Metropolis	264	Fletcher	15.94	Donnelly	65
10th	Fletcher	11	Read	258	Rintoul	14.67	Pe.Matera	63
#	Kicks		Handballs		Clearances		Tackles
1st	Morrison	338 .	Kemp	188 .	Kemp	120 .	Jones	56
2nd	Jakovich	333	Cousins	170	Cousins	89	Kemp	56
3rd	Kemp	297	Morrison	169	Morrison	63	Banfield	40
4th	Cousins	261	Banfield	138	Jones	56	Pe.Matera	39
5th	Pe.Matera	216	Jones	134	Banfield	54	Cousins	34
6th	Fletcher	181	Jakovich	93	Turnbull	50	Morrison	33
7th	Metropolis	178	Fletcher	90	Gardiner	47	Read	30
8th	Read	169	Braun	89	Pe.Matera	46	Wooden	27
9th	Gehrig	164	Read	89	Jakovich	37	Metropolis	27
10th	Ph.Matera	164	Pe.Matera	88	Fletcher	31	Ph.Matera	26