|| 2 || 1 || 240 || 130 || 370 || 64 || 29 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 10.0 || 5.4 || 15.4 || 2.7 || 1.2 || 0 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1997 |style="text-align:center;"| | 7 || 11 || 1 || 0 || 78 || 32 || 110 || 24 || 10 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 7.1 || 2.9 || 10.0 || 2.2 || 0.9 || 0 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3| Career ! 151 ! 15 ! 22 ! 1726 ! 738 ! 2464 ! 456 ! 148 ! 0.1 ! 0.1 ! 11.4 ! 4.9 ! 16.3 ! 3.0 ! 1.0 ! 20 |} Coaching statistics |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" | 2003 |style="text-align:center;"| | 22 || 11 || 10 || 1 || 52.3% || 10 || 16 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" | 2004 |style="text-align:center;"| | 22 || 10 || 12 || 0 || 45.5% || 10 || 16 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" | 2005 |style="text-align:center;"| | 23 || 13 || 10 || 0 || 56.5% || 5 || 16 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" | 2006 |style="text-align:center;"| | 22 || 7 || 15 || 0 || 31.8% || 14 || 16 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" | 2007 |style="text-align:center;"| | 25 || 15 || 10 || 0 || 60.0% || 4 || 16 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" | 2008 |style="text-align:center;"| | 23 || 12 || 10 || 1 || 54.3% || 7 || 16 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" | 2009* |style="text-align:center;"| | 12 || 4 || 8 || 0 || 33.3% || 13 || 16 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=2| Career totals ! 149 ! 72 ! 75 ! 2 ! 49.0% ! colspan=2| |} *Laidley resigned as coach in 2009. Darren Crocker coached the club for the remainder of the season. Controversies During a 2006 match against St Kilda, a Kangaroos supporter had a confrontation with Laidley during a period of consistently poor performances. The supporter twice made remarks to which Laidley responded with an honest summation "we are all hurting", later inviting the supporter to the club rooms to see how badly the players were feeling due to their onfield performance. The footage was captured on television and broadcast nationally. The supporter died by suicide later that night, unrelated to the incident with Laidley. In 2007, former Kangaroos' star