News 2020 Trade and Coaching Rumours

[1970crow]

He's said he wants to be involved in the AFL still after he leaves the Bombers. That indirectly ties him to Adelaide, who may be looking for someone like him to bring in, but he may not be looking to us for a job.

And if he drives back to Perth we're on the way.

 

[Freshj]

Some rumours that Crows are chasing Peter Ladhams

Rate him, but can't see it. Lives in Alberton, family love port. Do you think he will get opportunity with you guys or is he behind your other young ruck (Hayes)?

 

[PowerBaz]

Rate him, but can't see it. Lives in Alberton, family love port. Do you think he will get opportunity with you guys or is he behind your other young ruck (Hayes)?

Can’t you lot develop you’re own?

 

[Bags]

Some rumours that Crows are chasing Peter Ladhams

Weren’t we into him last year? Went fishing for Ladhams but wound up with Frampton

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

Can’t you lot develop you’re own?

Of course we can. Just can’t hold on to them.

 

[FR0GGY]

Can’t you lot develop you’re own?

You mean like your current ruck you developed?

 

[FR0GGY]

Senior assistant won’t work.
When was the last time it did?

 

[SaltPeter]

Can’t you lot develop you’re own?

Ryder or Lycett .. the Poooohwer have been great at developing their own lately .. ****en idiot

 

[FR0GGY]

Ryder or Lycett .. the Poooohwer have been great at developing their own lately .. fu**en idiot

Dixon, all these puzzle pieces.

 

[PowerBaz]

Of course we can. Just can’t hold on to them.

True.

 

[PowerBaz]

You mean like your current ruck you developed?

Yeah compelling...

 

[PowerBaz]

Ryder or Lycett .. the Poooohwer have been great at developing their own lately .. fu**en idiot

We’ve been developing well, and keeping them.

 

[ams4crows]

Some rumours that Crows are chasing Peter Ladhams

We wanted him last year but settled for Frampton.

 

[Kezza86]

He's sold the board on his 3 pronged approach to non-football revenue and you can only promise returns for so long. E-sports, baseball and the production company will prove to have sucked resources from the football department and at the end of the day, that's the only area of performance that matters to the people that pay the bills and he's responsible for reducing investment in that area. I think that you'd expect a little more performance in sleepy SA for nearly a $million per year. He's a snake oil salesman and our board is exactly the type to have been sucked in with his mega million$ pitch.

Baseball specifically will never make a profit. The importance of baseball is like Port playing a game in China. It’s about getting corporate sponsors from Asia.

 

[SaltPeter]

We’ve been developing well, and keeping them.

Soz m7, about the only thing you've been developing is the chip on shoulder

 

[ABAB]

We’ve been developing well, and keeping them.

You are cocky, feeling good about winning the asterisk premiership are you???? You might need to re-sign Hinkley for another 5 years if you end up winning the asterisk premiership this year.

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

We’ve been developing well, and keeping them.

They all go backwards after their first year

 

[Redline]

Senior assistant won’t work.
When was the last time it did?

I agree, I am not a fan. I think they become a distraction.

 

[Mego Red]

Can't seeing bothering with our current board and executive

The current board and executive hired him to replace Walsh. He'd hardly think they don't know what they're doing.

 

[Mego Red]

We’ve been developing well, and keeping them.

Who? You guys just develop players no one wants.

 

[arsene wenger1]

Can’t you lot develop you’re own?

Thought we were the feeder club

 

[hey shorty]

We’ve been developing well, and keeping them.

Developing them ?? Ok Ollie.

 

[DJ75]

I've seen it suggested a few times, so I want to go on record right now;

If Neil Craig sets foot in the AFC in any official capacity again, I will never support the club again.

We may have sacked him, but we entrenched every single one of his philosophies. The 'backing in the experienced player' part is full Neil Craig. His stain is the one we are yet to remove. Bringing him back would be the end of the club.

 

[CrowBloke]

1) To me, one of the glaring issues has been our fitness over the last 2 years, slowly getting worse.
2) They just don't run as hard as pre 2017.
3) Hass has to go.

4) Fitness issue go way back before Hass....We've spent the best part of a decade unfit.

1) Is it fitness, or motivation, or intent/effort? They're interrelated. Fitness can be exploited or hobbled by the latter two, causing players to perform below their ability, even if they are really fit. (Fitness + desire) is a powerful combo. Fitness alone is not enough. Was the "hamstring awareness" fiasco caused by a lack of fitness, or from players being overworked?
2) It certainly appears so, but to me throughout 2018/19 that reflected their state-of-mind. There was something rotten in the playing group post-bye last year and that seemed to be fitness-related because of the way/s they failed to finish games off. They certainly played like a disunited group who had lost interest as well.
3) I am incredulous that Hass is still there --- sometimes somebody's qualifications and ability to Network within an organisation far exceed their value and results. My guess is Hass is expert at deflecting/avoidance and shifting blame/responsibility and at saying all the right things to people who can sack him (I witnessed this for years within the Teaching system where many Empire-builders who were promoted were often inept in the classroom, but they played the bureaucratic game very well). All the more reasons for Hass and the people who keep him on to go.
hey shorty
4) That may be, but do you have any data/links please? I do not think that fitness was a problem in 2015/16/17, especially 2017 when our run-and-overlap and defensive running was as good as any of the Top 4 sides, maybe better.

 

[hey shorty]

1) Is it fitness, or motivation, or intent/effort? They're interrelated. Fitness can be exploited or hobbled by the latter two, causing players to perform below their ability, even if they are really fit. (Fitness + desire) is a powerful combo. Fitness alone is not enough. Was the "hamstring awareness" fiasco caused by a lack of fitness, or from players being overworked?
2) It certainly appears so, but to me throughout 2018/19 that reflected their state-of-mind. There was something rotten in the playing group post-bye last year and that seemed to be fitness-related because of the way/s they failed to finish games off. They certainly played like a disunited group who had lost interest as well.
3) I am incredulous that Hass is still there --- sometimes somebody's qualifications and ability to Network within an organisation far exceed their value and results. My guess is Hass is expert at deflecting/avoidance and shifting blame/responsibility and at saying all the right things to people who can sack him (I witnessed this for years within the Teaching system where many Empire-builders who were promoted were often inept in the classroom, but they played the bureaucratic game very well). All the more reasons for Hass and the people who keep him on to go.
hey shorty
4) That may be, but do you have any data/links please? I do not think that fitness was a problem in 2015/16/17, especially 2017 when our run-and-overlap and defensive running was as good as any of the Top 4 sides, maybe better.

That's when Birdbrain was fitness boss too.

I think to the eye our injury lists were still large in the Poulos days, and many were "too big". Now many say that this was a Sando directive but I don't buy that entirely. The Giants are now running under the same boss and have a huge amount of soft tissue injuries.