Meaning of coach killer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A particularly frustrating, usually simple mistake made by a player.
   Australia
2. A player who apparently causes coaches to be sacked.
   US
3. A performance that results in a coach's sacking.

Examples

“The counterattack is swift and should result in a goal but Miers drops a chest mark uncontested! […] That was a coach killer.”

“"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.”

“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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