Mick Malthouse Biography

Former Carlton captain Marc Murphy acknowledges that the second half of his decorated career never reached the heights of success that he had expected, and said the club made "definitely the wrong decision" when it sacked Brett Ratten as coach at the end of 2012 to appoint Mick Malthouse.

"It was probably the most lonely I've ever been, to be honest with you. There were times I just hated turning up to the footy club, which is sad to say when you spend a lot of your life at a place where you should love, and I'd loved for quite a fair bit of my time there," Murphy told the Dyl and Friends podcast, hosted by his former Carlton teammate, Dylan Buckley.

Murphy said he found Malthouse to be a "very autocratic leader" and the pair had a strained relationship from the moment the legendary coach anointed the star player as skipper ahead of the 2013 season.

"I just think his time at Carlton, I don't think he was really in it for the right reasons and once it all turned pear-shaped, it was all about him, unfortunately, at the end and I was left to be thrown under the bus quite a bit," Murphy said.

"He was obviously a terrific coach but unfortunately at Carlton for us, and for me, and for the boys who were working so hard, it didn't work out."

Mick Malthouse says the AFL should cut ties with China as the fallout from the global COVID-19 pandemic continues apace.

"In the present predicament, and what's come out with the spat between Australia and China and probably most of the world, let's face it, certainly the Americans ... I'd be very, very reluctant to go back to China," he told News Corp.

"The last thing we need to do is sell our soul, and I think most people are seeing that. I'm not anti-Chinese. Am I anti-Chinese government? Yes, I am. I don't think we should be seen to be selling our soul to a regimen that clearly has different values than we do."

Malthouse's comments drew a heated response from Port Adelaide chairman David Koch, who confirmed that the Power would look to continue playing games in Shanghai should international bans be lifted.

"When it comes to China, Mick Malthouse has zero expertise and shows zero relevance in any of this," Koch told Fox Footy.

"If Mick Malthouse made any comment on footy, maybe I'd give it a passing glance of attention but when it comes to China, absolutely zero relevance whatsoever. In this regard, he's a bit of a dinosaur."

Nathan Buckley publicly hits back at former mentor Mick Malthouse for the first time after the latter's Hall of Fame induction.

Malthouse fired a barb at Buckley when he said that he refused to take up a coaching director's role at Collingwood at the end of 2011 because his successor, Buckley, would have made it difficult for him to perform the role properly.

"Mick and I don't get on. He doesn't want to know about me because I'm now an enemy in his eyes, and he will rewrite history to make sure that was always the case," Buckley said.

"But I think I understand Mick. He was a young kid scrapping to put that next meal on the plate and that drove him. That was his attitude through his whole life.

"I think, understanding that, I can see the positive in who he is and what he has been able to do, let alone the numbers."

Mick Malthouse is inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame after a career that delivered one premiership as a player and three more as a coach.

"I got on reasonably well with people and could read people pretty well. I found it pretty easy to work people out, whether they were genuine or not," Malthouse said.

"Most players want to be good footballers. I'd like to think I gave them a good chance to be good footballers and a good member of our team."

Mick Malthouse will present the Jock McHale Medal to the winning premiership coach on 2017, while North Melbourne champion Brent Harvey will be the premiership cup ambassador.

As has been expected, James Hird will present the Norm Smith Medal.

Collingwood inducts premiership coach Mick Malthouse as a life member at its Annual General Meeting.

Malthouse told the AGM the players were the people he was most indebted to for any success he had as a coach.

"They're the ones that bleed. They're the ones that break their bones. They're the ones that listen. They're the ones that perhaps at times don't agree with you but they respect what you say and they go out and try to do their best," Malthouse said.

Former Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse says he believes the club was on the cusp of creating "a mini dynasty" after back-to-back Grand Final appearances in 2010 and 2011.

"I think when Nathan Buckley took that job over, that was his side. He had to do what he wanted to do with it," Malthouse told SEN radio.

"I thought the club was on the verge of being a mini dynasty, if you like, because it was one of the youngest premiership sides in recent history."