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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  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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  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)

 

[Jeffcrowe]

That’s because you’re not getting it. Let’s say the club through all their research thought he was the best man for the job, went for him and got him, fine.

But the chances of that actually being the case given all you know about our club and our difficulties? Especially when it’s being reported in the media how difficult we were finding it to fill the role. Do you think being the coaching director of the Adelaide Crows, overseeing Nicks and his band of quality coaches would be a sought after gig?

What do think is more plausible. We nabbed the best candidate with no experience in the job or worked our way down a long list?

I suppose some of us are just disappointed that we hoped we might have actually pulled off a coup and actually got the experienced targets we were after. But we clearly haven’t.

It might turn out to be great appointment and then awesome. But at this stage it’s just hope and wishful thinking and weren’t you hoping for more?

No experience

Come on … you’re disappointed because you’ve never heard of the guy


Let’s be honest , even the most informed on here haven’t got much clue re who the best assistant coaches are across the league

We all know about the former gun players that coach eg Nathan Buckley et Al but no one on here is picking a Phil Walsh or Chris Fagan for a prime role before they were well known as we don’t know

A bit like when there was minimal excitement for James Rahilly because no one had heard of him

 

[Amacca 23]

I think it’s called waiting to see how it plays out given no one knows any details

Pretending to know all about it without any information could end up a bit embarrassing

A bit like going off the deep end when we drafted Soligo because no one had heard of him much

Patience

Exactly no one knows the detail of his position and until the club states this everybody is jumping at shadows , would of i liked , monty ,dew absolutely but i will say this id take monty before dew as dew wasnt a great coach either

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[Scorpus]

I think it’s called waiting to see how it plays out given no one knows any details

Pretending to know all about it without any information could end up a bit embarrassing

A bit like going off the deep end when we drafted Soligo because no one had heard of him much

Patience

I've been waiting a long time for the club to make the right moves. That patience has worn thin.

 

[jenny61_99]

I'm amazed people are still giving the club the benefit of the doubt

Why the **** would you not take it at face value? In the last couple of weeks we've announced a couple of good players who have nominated us, and while we knew they weren't going to sack Nicks, they've done the next best thing in hiring someone (hopefully more than one) who comes from a successful organisation who can steer this ship out of rocky waters. IF they get the right someone, we may even have a ready made replacement!

 

[WaynesWorld19]

I've been waiting a long time for the club to make the right moves. That patience has worn thin.

Jeff is right, you jump off the deep end without all the facts ....it goes back to the paranoia surrounding choosing Dangerfield

Wisdom hopefully comes with maturity ....but then, I'm assuming your posts are just part of your schtick

 

[FR0GGY]

Good news ....he disappears in good times & wins .....somehow though, with the recruitment wins (ANB, and Cumming, and pick #4 in a Superdraft) and structural changes at the Club ....like a good journalist, he's found the doomsday slant on everything

What a load of shit, George posts the same amount no matter what.
I don’t agree with him on this occasion but you need to stop making stuff up.

 

[CrowToon]

I'm amazed people are still giving the club the benefit of the doubt

Is this in relation to Davis?

Because if so you need to step back and differentiate between the club and person.

Can't hang a bloke for taking on a job.

 

[George Kramer]

And George Kramer is a broken record .....if I've seen him post about the 4 games once, he's posted the same thing a 100 times

Good news ....he disappears in good times & wins .....somehow though, with the recruitment wins (ANB, and Cumming, and pick #4 in a Superdraft) and structural changes at the Club ....like a good journalist, he's found the doomsday slant on everything

lol. I’ve posted about the 4 games 100 times to counter the 100 times you’ve talked positively about Nicks and tried to ignore you called him rogue bonkers.

And I disappear in the good times and wins? Care to actually back that up again? No, you can’t, so will you pull another Wayne and slink away?

I’m happy with ANB but said we shouldn’t give up pick 25 and sacrifice a potential long term player in a strong draft for short term gains that won’t help us win a flag.

I’ve posted about being happy to get Cumming and he’s a good get.

Happy about pick 4? Thats a win? Ignoring that’s “earnt” because of how shit we’ve been and it wouldn’t have been possible without our coach going rogue bonkers ……

Structural changes? Which ones? The only structural changes is the assistant we’ve got from Brisbane to be our coaching director to fill a role we’ve struggled to fill. I’ve also said if he’s coming as an assistant I’m happy with that.

But tell me Wayne, for someone who bemoans the quality of opinions and posting on this board, what is it do you think you bring to the table? You get ridiculed for your opinions but it’s your hypocritical posting, your trolling, your outright bullshitting and your slinking away when exposed which makes you a joke and a flog.

 

[jackster83]

Exactly no one knows the detail of his position and until the club states this everybody is jumping at shadows , would of i liked , monty ,dew absolutely but i will say this id take monty before dew as dew wasnt a great coach either

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His first press conference will give us more insight.

Hopefully he's not another "work harder, trust our systems" crowbot type.

 

[George Kramer]

What a load of shit, George posts the same amount no matter what.
I don’t agree with him on this occasion but need to stop making stuff up.

Let him try and back it up, it’s impossible to do so he will slink away.

 

[croweater 41]

Off trade radio this morning.


"Culture problem "

I think its pretty well documented that it was more of a "home" issue than a "work" issue.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

I've been waiting a long time for the club to make the right moves. That patience has worn thin.

I’d actually give up if I was you , like what is the point ??!!

If the place does come good one day you won’t even be able to see it

Let’s be honest none of us know if this is good appointment or not , we haven’t got the info

I certainly don’t know so will just have to see how he goes then form an opinion , it is good to see some changes in coaches box however ( I think )

 

[Scorpus]

A bit like when there was minimal excitement for James Rahilly because no one had heard of him

That's a lie though. People at the time were impressed with his appointment due to his strong credentials for the role we hired him for

News - Crows hires: Rahilly (forwards coach), Godden (SANFL coach), Chris Sheedy (analyst)

https://www.afc.com.au/news/831673 Rahilly joins us as forwards coach from Geelong Godden returns to coach the SANFL team Chris Sheedy from Port joins as an analyst No more coaching hires

www.bigfooty.com

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Luko's 7 years might rate there soon.

 

[PeterSalt]

I'm amazed people are still giving the club the benefit of the doubt

Perhaps people are giving Davis the benefit of the doubt ..?

 

[CrowToon]

Only a fool does not have have any doubts about an appointment well above demonstrated performance level. The guy has clearly demonstrated his assistant coaching credentials, so as Jenny says, Senior Assistant is not a huge leap from there. But Director of Coaching, if that is his appointment? Maybe they got it right and recognised his hidden talent for this position, we will see. But all of us remember the Burton appointment where the Peter Principle was clearly demonstrated.

Who wouldn't have healthy levels of doubt on ANYONE new to the club?

Success at one place does not guarantee success in a new place even if he was coming from the equivalent role.

Don't talk about doubt and my point, which is giving someone an opportunity to prove themselves, as if they are mutually exclusive. But why let those doubts develop into panic before the man has even arrived? Madness.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Why the **** would you not take it at face value? In the last couple of weeks we've announced a couple of good players who have nominated us, and while we knew they weren't going to sack Nicks, they've done the next best thing in hiring someone (hopefully more than one) who comes from a successful organisation who can steer this ship out of rocky waters. IF they get the right someone, we may even have a ready made replacement!

Spot on .....can you also imagine the outcry if the Club hadn't made any appointment ....."oh the club can't attract anyone" ....or "the club doesn't see anything wrong with the status quo"

The Club is very active !! .....lets applaud that

 

[1990crow]

Luko's 7 years might rate there soon.

Port player. Doesn't count.

 

[1970crow]

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

Actually, it's probably a fair bit worse. Nicks has probably been added to the decision making group.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

That's a lie though. People at the time were impressed with his appointment due to his strong credentials for the role we hired him for

News - Crows hires: Rahilly (forwards coach), Godden (SANFL coach), Chris Sheedy (analyst)

https://www.afc.com.au/news/831673 Rahilly joins us as forwards coach from Geelong Godden returns to coach the SANFL team Chris Sheedy from Port joins as an analyst No more coaching hires

www.bigfooty.com

You mean similar credentials to this guy coming to us ?

 

[Scorpus]

You mean similar credentials to this guy coming to us ?

There is no issue with bringing in someone of his experience onto our assistant coaching panel. In fact he would be an excellent addition because we sorely lack experience from premiership clubs

 

[GreyCrow]

I certainly don’t know so will just have to see how he goes then form an opinion , it is good to see some changes in coaches box however ( I think )

I'm confused by this as well

We would have heard by now if any of our coaches were not being renewed . Is he replacing a coach or are we adding a development coach?

If so then I have no issue - as I have said earlier

Given the media communication its a role above Nicks - which is the role I am most concerned about

 

[Scorpus]

We would have heard by now if any of our coaches were not being renewed .

It was confirmed that all our assistant coaches had contracts for 2025

 

[Crow till I die]

I think its pretty well documented that it was more of a "home" issue than a "work" issue.

Don't change the preferred narrative of this board...he hated being at port!! And can you blame him

Also there was this..check out the number of likes lol

 

[George Kramer]

No experience

Come on … you’re disappointed because you’ve never heard of the guy


Let’s be honest , even the most informed on here haven’t got much clue re who the best assistant coaches are across the league

We all know about the former gun players that coach eg Nathan Buckley et Al but no one on here is picking a Phil Walsh or Chris Fagan for a prime role before they were well known as we don’t know

A bit like when there was minimal excitement for James Rahilly because no one had heard of him

Rubbish no one heard of Rahilly and we weren’t happy to get him.

Rubbish I’m disappointed because I’ve never heard of the guy, why do posters have to make up bullshit to try and win a point.

I’m disappointed that we’ve appointed an assistant coach to be our coaching director, a position that I would have thought should have been an ex-coach of an AFL team or held senior management positions at an AFL club.

It’s a bit like our appointment of Burton and Kelly, both never had suitable experience for their role and look at how they’ve turned out.

And you know Murray wasn’t one of our leading choices, just at least be that honest.