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I think you've made several good points; your logic is sound.Don't be so sure.
Firstly, there is no way the club would pass a 1-5 start regardless of injuries and watching the style of play unfold.
Murray is a good FB but he isnt the reason for us losing in the manner we are. Thilthorpe also wouldn't make a difference and the reason is the same as last year, instead of players lowering the eyes and hitting up players on the lead which we have been doing and why we have been so accurate, we will get sucked into bombing it long to Thilthorpe in the square.
So based on this alone, no I don't think he would have a pass.
Will the club move on him?
Yes. The reason is the players, not the fans or the media. Why? I think there were clear examples of senior players taking the game on against Essendon against Nicks style and there were clear frustration well before the umpire incident. We may win this game against North and be 2-5 but we are likely to be 2-8 after round 10. If teams start kicking accurately against us players will openly rebel against the coach because we will be truly out of games by half time. The win against Carlton and the cushy results against Melbourne, Gold Coast and Essendon have been nothing but wall paper over the cracks.
Just because a coach is contracted doesn't make his position untenable.
I think the players showed their dissatisfaction with the Nicks defensive, chip-chip slowball against Carlton.
However, I think you've overlooked one crucial thing and it's not just that we're talking about illogical, dysfunctional AFC.
The people who gave Nicks the premature, undeserved, 2-year extension are the same ones who will have to admit they got it wrong, badly wrong, in dismissing him early in which case they'd have to sack Nicks then resign, themselves.
Just because something is absolutely necessary doesn't mean it will happen.
But I'd love it if you're right.