Kilda Football Club senior coach (1999–2000) Watson became senior coach of the St Kilda Football Club, when he replaced Stan Alves, after Alves was sacked at the end of the 1998 season. Watson was then the senior coach of the St Kilda Football Club in the 1999 season and the 2000 season. His success was limited, with the side winning only 12 of the 44 matches they played while he was in charge with one draw and losing thirty-one games in total, bringing a winning percentage to 27 percent. In the 1999 season, St Kilda finished tenth on the ladder with ten wins and twelve losses. In the 2000 season, St Kilda won only two games for the entire season with one draw and nineteen losses, where they finished sixteenth (last on the ladder) for the wooden spoon and Watson resigned during the middle of the 2000 season, where he would step down at seasons end, forgoing the final year of his three-year contract. Watson was then replaced by Malcolm Blight as St Kilda Football Club senior coach. Statistics Playing statistics |- |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1977 |style="text-align:center;"| | 32 || 16 || 16 || 10 || 136 || 69 || 205 || 36 || || 1.0 || 0.7 || 8.5 || 4.3 || 12.8 || 2.3 || |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1978 |style="text-align:center;"| | 32 || 19 || 11 || 8 || 162 || 94 || 256 || 40 || || 0.6 || 0.4 || 8.5 || 4.9 || 13.5 || 2.1 || |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1979 |style="text-align:center;"| | 32 || 23 || 34 || 27 || 223 || 111 || 334 || 82 || || 1.5 || 1.2 || 9.7 || 4.8 || 14.5 || 3.6 || |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1980 |style="text-align:center;"| | 32 || 22 || 42 || 25 || 337 || 199 || 536 || 94 || || 1.9 || 1.1 || 15.3 || 9.0 || 24.4 || 4.3 || |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1981 |style="text-align:center;"| | 32 || 17 || 15 || 21 || 246 || 111 || 357 || 52 || || 0.9 || 1.2 || 14.5 || 6.5 || 21.0 || 3.1 || |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1982 |style="text-align:center;"| | 32 || 22 || 24 || 31 || 384 || 153 || 537 || 85 || || 1.1 ||