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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