Name: Warren Burford
Nickname: Coachy
DOB: 04/01/1975
Height: 180cm
Debut: Round 6 2004 vs. LBCFs
Games: 67
Goals: 20
Recruited
From: Glen Waverley
Achievements: 2004 4th - Vitale Medal
2004 Coach Of The Year
2005 Coach Of The Year
2006 Coach Of The Year
2007 Coach Of The Year
2008 Coach Of The Year
2009 Coach Of The Year/Premiership Coach
2010 Corporate Games Silver Medallist
2010 Coach Of The Year
2011 Coach Of The Year/Premiership Coach
2011 Corporate Games Gold Medallist
Career Highlights: He is the man who created The Bullets...Has
coached every game they have played...Led the team to the wooden spoon
in his first year at the helm...Has recruited some big names to the club...Is
known to sleep with a football (although he prefers women)...Greatest
coaching success came in The Age's 'Dream Team' fantasy football competition
of 1995 where he placed 863rd...Sadly missed a game in Round 2 2005
due to a dental ailment...Kicked his first career goal in the dying
moments of The Bullets' Round 5 2005 clash with Meeniyan...Played his
10th game against The Gnomes in Round 7 2005...Kicked two goals in one
of his best games for the club...Coached The Bullets to back-to-back
wins in Rounds 8 and 9...Led The Bullets to their first finals win against
The Travellers, stretching his winning coaching streak to three games
in the process...Coached the club to a 4-6 record in 2005...Continued
his coaching hot streak by winning the opening encounter of the 2006
season and played one of his best games for the club...Kicked a couple
more goals in Round 3...Guided the club through another hot-streak as
they once again won their last three games of the season to finish with
a career-best 6-4 win/loss record...Was looking to take the club to an
even greater level in 2007...Played his 25th game in Round 2 2007 against
Pencil It In Again, which kickstarted a three-game winning streak...With the club losing it's last five games of 2007, Coachy had to fight to keep his job in 2008...After a shaky start, won the last two games of season 2008 to dodge another 'bullet' from the board...Contested his first Corporate Games in 2009 and finished an honourable fourth...Missed only his second ever game in Round 5 2009...Led The Bullets to the 2009 premiership and enjoyed one of his best seasons along the way, kicking 8 goals for the season...The premiership win against The Wannabees was conicidentally his 50th game for the club...2010 was a year of near misses, losing the 2010 grand final and the 2010 Corporate Games grand final...Led from the front by kicking a goal in each final...Had his most successful year ever in 2011 by guiding the club to both their second premiership and their first Corporate Games gold medal...Still has doubters regarding his coaching style...
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