Opinion Matthew Nicks: Adelaide's Coach (Part 2) - Full Support of the Board

[Stephen2]

How did you feel about Dew?

His weight none of my business, if that's the question.

Damn could he kick a ball! Remember him turning the 2008 grand final

 

[Soggy2112]

Getting buy in from the troops is a key aspect of leadership. If you think that being morbidly obese has no impact upon that, then it's you with the problem.

Imagine looking at that picture of Burns and thinking that’s a morbidly obese man. Ridiculous. That’s a very normal looking man of his age from what is probably an unflattering angle.

Yes he’s been fitter when he played but there could be a million different reasons as to why he might have a bit more fat on him and frankly none of them are anyone’s business but his own.

I see your point about driving standards but other than his personal health there is no reason players should be concerned with his physical fitness.

A coach can lead by example by arriving early, being prepared, presenting themselves professionally etc. Why would there be some creepy interest in his weight?

The idea that a coach needs to maintain their playing physique is ridiculous.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

If your players get demotivated because their coach is fat, that means your recruiters ****ed up big time. I don't think that's a thing that happens though. Dew just wasn't a great coach. Sando wasn't either despite being a beast in the gym.

 

[rabidcrow]

not continuity above everything else.

Most of our team has played under 50 games. I don’t think you can argue “above everything else”


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[Coopers]

I’ve never understood how not renewing a contract before it expires can be a distraction from your job. They are supposed to be professionals and keep their focus on the task at hand.

If they can’t and it leads to poor selections or game day decisions then they’re not the right person. How would they hold up in a grand final under immense pressure?

There’s also an advantage for the coach if he doesn’t renew until the the end of the contract and he takes the team deep into finals or even the whole way. Imagine his price then!

For normal people it's got to be a distraction... because you need a job so you are out there looking for one.

I doubt it bothers Nicks much... if his salary can't see him through a period while deciding what he's going to do next, then that's an issue I think.

 

[Coopers]

Nicks looks cooler with a beard. Less thumb-like.

He just looks like a thumb with a beard now

 

[Gtowncrow]

Imagine looking at that picture of Burns and thinking that’s a morbidly obese man. Ridiculous. That’s a very normal looking man of his age from what is probably an unflattering angle.

Yes he’s been fitter when he played but there could be a million different reasons as to why he might have a bit more fat on him and frankly none of them are anyone’s business but his own.

I see your point about driving standards but other than his personal health there is no reason players should be concerned with his physical fitness.

A coach can lead by example by arriving early, being prepared, presenting themselves professionally etc. Why would there be some creepy interest in his weight?

The idea that a coach needs to maintain their playing physique is ridiculous.

Without a photo reference... I would consider the following coaches as "obese" compared to their glory days.
Voss
Hardwick
Hinkley
Longmire
The GWS guy (having a mental blank.... probably due to my body shape)
Brad Scott
Mitchell
Fagan
Clarkson....et al

I have never heard of any negative comment about Scott Burns. In fact, based on the above list, he's prime to win a promotion to senior coach sometime.

Maybe even at AFC??...

 

[George Kramer]

Without a photo reference... I would consider the following coaches as "obese" compared to their glory days.
Voss
Hardwick
Hinkley
Longmire
The GWS guy (having a mental blank.... probably due to my body shape)
Brad Scott
Mitchell
Fagan
Clarkson....et al

I have never heard of any negative comment about Scott Burns. In fact, based on the above list, he's prime to win a promotion to senior coach sometime.

Maybe even at AFC??...

WTF

 

[skam85]

Without a photo reference... I would consider the following coaches as "obese" compared to their glory days.
Voss
Hardwick
Hinkley
Longmire
The GWS guy (having a mental blank.... probably due to my body shape)
Brad Scott
Mitchell
Fagan
Clarkson....et al

I have never heard of any negative comment about Scott Burns. In fact, based on the above list, he's prime to win a promotion to senior coach sometime.

Maybe even at AFC??...

what a weird post, did John Who steal your login?

 

[Gtowncrow]

what a weird post, did John Who steal your login?

Perhaps out of context. The post responds to 1770 earlier post that obesity can reduce a coaches leadership potential.
My list was simply to show that coaches (men generally) easily get heavier as we age). This post is not intended to be a negative on the listed people.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

He just looks like a thumb with a beard now

That's a penis.gif

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Without a photo reference... I would consider the following coaches as "obese" compared to their glory days.
Voss
Hardwick
Hinkley
Longmire
The GWS guy (having a mental blank.... probably due to my body shape)
Brad Scott
Mitchell
Fagan
Clarkson....et al

I have never heard of any negative comment about Scott Burns. In fact, based on the above list, he's prime to win a promotion to senior coach sometime.

Maybe even at AFC??...

Sure if your base line is when they were elite level athletes in their 20's.

People realise metabolism slows down after 30 right? I'm 37 now. I can't eat a block of chocolate or smash cans of coke without noticing an emerging pot belly anymore.

 

[Samcro24]

The GWS guy (having a mental blank.... probably due to my body shape)

The GWS guy the coach, could bench press the GWS guy, the port power player.

768×432

 

[Gtowncrow]

Sure if your base line is when they were elite level athletes in their 20's.

People realise metabolism slows down after 30 right? I'm 37 now. I can't eat a block of chocolate or smash cans of coke without noticing an emerging pot belly anymore.

Scott Burns likes this.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

I wonder if the saints players have minimal respect for Ross Lyon when he talks because he’s severely overweight …..

I doubt it

 

[LoBu]

Would love to see all the comments where people were suggesting he should have played Centre square - rather than wing.

I am sure there were one or two, but that would be about all


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Well I mentioned in 2022 when making a list management assessment post, and again in Jan 2023, but I had him as somebody we needed to develop in the mid, and had him lining up the start of the season on the wing.

Rachelle/ Rankine + Dawson were my pushes for the midfield.

At the time opinions on this page were so negative it was hard to have a discussion about it without somebody saying Dawson regretted coming to Adelaide, was going to be the next Kade Simpson, that we overpaid for Rankine, and of course that Nicks should be sacked.

 

[Ham]

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[BRL121]

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That's a bit of a joke. So the Club can't do two things at once? There wouldn't be much overlap between the people planning Thebby and those extending the coach. It's just an excuse.

 

[Scorpus]

The longer they take to re-sign him the better

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

If they're waiting for Thebarton to be finalised this could take the whole season

 

[Faaarrk]

If they're waiting for Thebarton to be finalised this could take the whole season

Always the optimist

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Can anyone give me a decent reason we shouldn't just wait until the end of season to sign Nicks? I've previously said bye week would be logical but our inbred neighbours did something like that and it backfired.

 

[adelaidecrows]

Can anyone give me a decent reason we shouldn't just wait until the end of season to sign Nicks? I've previously said bye week would be logical but our inbred neighbours did something like that and it backfired.

I think mid season is fine if we have an outstanding start to the year. I think end of season is the fall back if we have an average or worse start and we want to see how the season finishes up.

 

[PeterSalt]

Can anyone give me a decent reason we shouldn't just wait until the end of season to sign Nicks? I've previously said bye week would be logical but our inbred neighbours did something like that and it backfired.

They put a specific timeline on it

 

[Mr_Moogle]

They put a specific timeline on it

I thought Silvers said the opposite.