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Opinion 2023 Pass mark (Nicks keeps job)
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it's still not about wins as far as I'm concerned. If we're in every game and just get blown away in a couple of patches and finish bottom I'll be happy. It's not our win:loss record tyat has me thinking Nix will never be a succesful senior coach.
I was going to opt for 7... but that's not even an option.
In reality, his "keeps job" criteria won't be based on number of wins anyway.
In reality, his "keeps job" criteria won't be based on number of wins anyway.
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Nicks WILL BE the Crows Coach in 2024...
I think he just needs to be around what we produced in 2022.
Finish 11th or 12th ideally.
Finish bottom 4 and I'd question it.
10 wins
One win.
Nicks needs to win a showdown.
Preferably with a kick after the siren.
Nah, ...but yeah.
We'd have to be completely non competitive for him to be sacked. We're not going to be that in 2023. We'll be in most games until those one or two inexperience mistakes/skill errors cost us.
Nicks needs to win a showdown.
Preferably with a kick after the siren.
Nah, ...but yeah.
We'd have to be completely non competitive for him to be sacked. We're not going to be that in 2023. We'll be in most games until those one or two inexperience mistakes/skill errors cost us.
He needs 6 by the mid point of the season, in my opinion.
Otherwise Media pressure will start and he'll be sacked.
That's just my opinion of course, could be wrong and he somehow survives.
So I guess if we play Hawks North and WCE in the first 12 he might be on track.
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For me - Still in finals contention come Rd 20.
2022 was always going to be the plateau/regression year
I expect 2023 to be the year we improve. If we can't, I dont want to see Nicks hanging around beyond this year.
2022 was always going to be the plateau/regression year
I expect 2023 to be the year we improve. If we can't, I dont want to see Nicks hanging around beyond this year.
I think you're about a year early on your expectations re: our progression.
the allocation of 12 games at Adelaide oval won’t change 11 home and 1 away.
It's 11+1 normally. Magic Round should bring that up to 12 + 1...
I say "should"... I wouldn't put it past them to argue that we already have 12 games in SA, scheduling it as one of our normal home games, and giving us an extra interstate game. Effectively, we could end up with an 11-1-11 (home/SA/away) split, instead of our normal 11-1-10 split.
10+ wins
Transitioning Smith, Keays and McHenry out of the starting 22 by seasons end.
If in form, playing Taylor, Pedlar for 10+ games.
Only playing Crouch and Sloane in ‘break glass’ situations
Transitioning Smith, Keays and McHenry out of the starting 22 by seasons end.
If in form, playing Taylor, Pedlar for 10+ games.
Only playing Crouch and Sloane in ‘break glass’ situations
It won’t be a number of wins or ladder position that determines if he continues into 24. He’ll see out 23, get between 7-10 wins and then it’s finals or gone in 24.
2025 is the finals target year
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Probably... but you can't categorically say he WILL BE!
1 year is a long time in football & if our season goes pear shaped...
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Irrelevant to an extent.
It's about how we are rebuilding & style of play with younger players developing with an eye to the future.
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OK... it's not a 100% certainty - but it would be close to a 99% probability, almost regardless of on-field results.
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No, it would be more like 90ish % imo.
A lot could easily go wrong with an inexperienced squad.
Much higher than 1% chance of being sacked.
Not without tangible progress. We’ll need to show something more than we’ve seen so far
And given the dream injury run we’ve had, he’s a gust of bad luck away from trouble.
His future is a straight up wait and see
If we regress in terms of win/loss in 2023 it's likely because of injuries to key players, particularly experienced players. We went into the rebuild light on experience, then lost Sloane and Seedsman.
So given where the squad sits, I think that we're exceeding expectations.
Say a Dawson, Laird or Walker are lost to a long term injury I can see us going backwards in wins. I'm not really ok with that, but it's possible.
It's more about seeing development. Progression isn't linear, but I reckon that so far we're ahead of where we'd expected to be. We still enter 2023 with the youngest and most inexperienced list.
I am really excited about where we are headed, we just need 3-4 more guns from somewhere (draft/trade/FA). That includes a key defender, and a gun mid.
The forward line is pretty much sorted, we have so much talent there it's incredible.
We also have some decent midfield talent coming through.
I'm expecting for us to get more wins in 2023, but it's not a coach killer if we don't.
So given where the squad sits, I think that we're exceeding expectations.
Say a Dawson, Laird or Walker are lost to a long term injury I can see us going backwards in wins. I'm not really ok with that, but it's possible.
It's more about seeing development. Progression isn't linear, but I reckon that so far we're ahead of where we'd expected to be. We still enter 2023 with the youngest and most inexperienced list.
I am really excited about where we are headed, we just need 3-4 more guns from somewhere (draft/trade/FA). That includes a key defender, and a gun mid.
The forward line is pretty much sorted, we have so much talent there it's incredible.
We also have some decent midfield talent coming through.
I'm expecting for us to get more wins in 2023, but it's not a coach killer if we don't.
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I expected 2022 plateau (Sophmore blues)
2023 push for finals - 10-13 wins
2024 a drop off (Sloane/Walker retirement and everyone else having to carry their own way) - 8-10 wins
2025 finals or bust. - 12+ wins
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For who? You,the club or Nicks?
I'm all for a bit of patience and tempered expectation but another two years before we push for the bottom of the 8 is crazy talk.
