Rumour 2024 Rumours and Speculation Part 2

[Scorpus]

Spoiler: Older Rumors

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Rumors from September 30

• FiveAA claims we are after Scott Borlace, current Head of Development at Brisbane (link)
• Claims of Rory Sloane
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  Rory Sloane

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  heading to Melbourne Demons as a development coach, but maybe not before asking for a job at the Crows first?
• Inside Trading suggests we are interested in Gold Coast's pick 12 (link)
• Inside Trading also suggests Clayton Oliver
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  Clayton Oliver

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  is possibly back on the trade table, but doesn't link him to any specific clubs

Rumors from October 1

• We have offered Darcy Fogarty
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  a five year contract extension early ahead of free agency (link)
• We are attempting to lure Graham Wright to our football department (link)

Rumors from October 2-3

• Graham Wright, who we are chasing as a head of football, is also being chased by Carlton for a CEO position (link)

Rumors from October 4-5

• Gettable claiming pick 25 for Neal-Bullen and a future 2nd for Peatling (link)

Rumors from October 6

• Tom Morris claims we are open to splitting pick 4 (link)

Rumor summary October 8

• Jon Ralph claims we are not prepared to use a future 2nd on Peatling (link)

Rumor summary October 9

• Graham Wright will not join Adelaide, instead taking up the Carlton CEO role (link)
• Tom Morris claims the Peatling trade will involve future 2nd and 3rd round picks, and we have offered him a four year deal at about $600k per season (link)
• Riley Beveridge claims we asked GWS if they were interested in one of our players in the Peatling trade (link)

Rumor summary October 10

• Collingwood are interested in Justin Reid as their new head of football (link)
• GWS want our future 2nd and pick 46 for Peatling (link)

Rumor summary October 11

• Poster claims we are attempting to lure Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, maybe in 2025 (link)
• Tom Morris claims we will do the Peatling deal for pick 46 and a future 2nd provided there are other late pick swaps (link)

Rumor summary October 13

• Tom Morris suggests we have offered a trade involving a swap of future 2nds for Peatling (link)

Rumor summary October 15

• After West Coast got absolutely rogered, Cal Twomey claims we have offered either two future 3rds for Peatling, or a swap of 2nds and a future 3rd (link)
• We have interest in Sam Davidson from Richmond VFL (link)
• Mitch Cleary claims some GWS players are facing suspensions from the AFL due to behaviour at an end of season event (link)
• Brett Montgomery is staying at GWS, meaning we were unsuccessful at luring him (link)

Rumor summary October 16

• Stalemate on the Peatling trade as of 4pm, with us threatening to send him to the PSD (link)

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I doubt any club would ever use the B&F results anyway. Clubs have different criteria to earn points. Everything on the table would be about his future potential and where he fits into the market.

Otherwise we should have traded Murphy at the end of last season..

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

He said nothing at all

He doesn't know lol... or still working through it.

 

[Mostyn]

This seems the kind of appointment that it's hard to be genuinely negative about, so it's good to see people having a red hot go.

 

[George Kramer]

This seems the kind of appointment that it's hard to be genuinely negative about, so it's good to see people having a red hot go.

 

[BunjiMC]

What number does Peatling wear next year? I think #9

 

[George Kramer]

Well I’m shocked to be sitting here to see Mostyn supportive of an appointment from the same club that gave us Nicks and best in class Adam Kelly

 

[Peter Doherty]

lol

One look at that account and it just reads like one of those weirdos on here where creates a new account every 6 months.

There's no credibility to that account.

We're all viewing these on different screens, but these colours look really good to me.

That navy is darker than the one Nine had last night.

I think I know who they are on here.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Leadership is a totally different set of skills to coaching.

You can be a CEO of a telecommunications business and then go be a CEO of an education consultancy company. You don't need to know anything about either of those things to be successful.

You can sometimes tell who has never been in leadership roles.

Sometimes?

It's usually very obvious whether someone is a competent leader or not.

But you make a very good point that it's a different skill set to teaching.

 

[Mostyn]

I agree ....wasn't he also targeted for a Tassie Role

I struggle to see what the attraction of the ADEL role would be .....

Yeah, I can't really see why Wright would say yes. He's just left that job at a different club.

Good on Silver's for shooting his shot, I guess.

 

[George Kramer]

I think I know who they are on here.

Waynus?

 

[Mostyn]

That was always the most likely outcome but surely Balme comes into play then?

We've offered to Balme multiple times. He doesn't sound like he's well enough to take it on.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

I guess my concern is that we need a "Director of Coaching" that can actually direct and reign in Matthew Nicks. If we're not going to sack him, then he needs to get a lot better at coaching. That's what you'd hope a role above Nicks would be doing, ensuring the entire coaching panel improves, getting them to work together, cutting out the stupidity.

If we're hiring someone that doesn't have that experience base to draw on, how is he going to effectively manage Nicks who actually has experience in that head coaching role? Would Nicks respect him and learn from him? I mean I hope so but the man is stubborn.

You're applying your thoughts & desire to the role being filled .....there isn't a role in AFL Footy, whereby this Director of Coaching, as you put it, directs or reigns in the Club Coach

Mostyn is correct ....those roles are usually aimed at reducing the workload on the Coach ....being a sounding board for the Coach ....and unifying the coaching, recruitment, and development coaches, so everyone is on the same page.

Who Nicks reports to, is probably still Kelly, or whoever the Club gets for that Graham Wright designated role

 

[Peter Doherty]

Waynus?

Na.

 

[FR0GGY]

I think I know who they are on here.

Go on

 

[Mostyn]

The tweet said coaching director

A role he has never held

ie learning on the job

Lol it's not like we're making him the club physio.

He's a career-long AFL coach becoming a director of coaching. It's the exact career path you'd want.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Yeah, I can't really see why Wright would say yes. He's just left that job at a different club.

Good on Silver's for shooting his shot, I guess.

You have to ask the question of Wright ....would be derelict not to

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

The issue is that the same people that decided to extend Nicks have made this decision.

Now they are doing everything possible to cover up the poor decision to extend Nicks by bringing in people who can advise him how to coach better...

 

[Mostyn]

Esp as he could go back into the Pies, the biggest club in the land, in the same role AND stay in his adopted state. Or Blues CEO. Or AFL house…

If I was him, I'd do AFL House. A job for life, very well paid, and never allowed to be criticised.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Lol it's not like we're making him the club physio.

He's a career-long AFL coach becoming a director of coaching. It's the exact career path you'd want.

And VERY DIFFERENT to the path Brett Burton took to his Adelaide Gig

 

[WaynesWorld19]

I cop a lot of stick on being negative to prospective recruits .....Redman, and Brendan Cox

Kornsey lambasting long Contracts on SEN now ....really getting stuck into Cox and his Contract .....stupid contract for a bloke who can't defend

Redman ....well, we avoided a car crash there

 

[Cromulant]

What number does Peatling wear next year? I think #9

Might go to P4, particularly if its Draper being a Crows fan.

 

[Peter Doherty]

Go on

They most likely were a contributor to the cricket thread in the Backyard board. Browse through the Top Contributor list on there.

I'll keep it to myself though, as I'm probably wrong.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Might go to P4, particularly if its Draper being a Crows fan.

Are you allowed to have 00 as a number ....that'd be cool

 

[CrowToon]

Sometimes?

It's usually very obvious whether someone is a competent leader or not.

Well yes, not everyone is a good CEO.

 

[Jars458]

The club seem to believe that Nicks needs more support, that he was left managing too many areas and that he wasn't given the resources to succeed.

That's what it seems like at least.

Well if that's the case yet another reason for Roo and Olsen to resign. No excuses with a club that has our resources.