Toast CROWS get their man Don Pyke named Adelaide coach

[SpeciousArgument]

yep ....the last month he's showing some stress .....it's a full on job & he needs a rest soon

Trigg left some brochures around for this nice chateau in the south of france...

 

[Long Shanks]

Trigg left some brochures around for this nice chateau in the south of france...

They're next to his book on mismanagement and contract law.

 

[fairfooty]

He doesn't have a book on contract law... nor employment law for that matter...

 

[mistylake]

You do know he has a two month old right?

OMG what a year.

 

[Doombs]

You do know he has a two month old right?

Yep. Does that go against anything I've said?

 

[feenix67]

It's Adelaide though. 1 paper and 3 sport-covering ratio stations.

We only have a handful of journos and that's including wastes of space like Rucci and Rehn.

Rehns not a waste of space. Hell, I could fit him down the end of my garden with all the other little gnomes

 

[Crowfoot]

If anyone is interested here are some links for radio interviews with the coach over the past few days:

MMM

FiveAA

SEN

3AW

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

^^^^
Good work mate

 

[Lawrst]

Geezee the power board is pathetic.
Going into their afl talk thread is like the bay.

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[Lawrst]

Geezee the power board is pathetic.
Going into their afl talk thread is like the bay.

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[RippaRiley43]

Geezee the power board is pathetic.
Going into their afl talk thread is like the bay.

Almost forgot about the Port board. For the last few weeks the Geelong board has become the Port board in a way, with incessant bickering between supporters when Geelong fans pop in to say helli and Crows fans reporting back to us what happened on the Geelong board every day.

 

[Lawrst]

Almost forgot about the Port board. For the last few weeks the Geelong board has become the Port board in a way, with incessant bickering between supporters when Geelong fans pop in to say helli and Crows fans reporting back to us what happened on the Geelong board every day.

I don't usually go in there. Was just going through a few teams boards. Saw that and did a homer into the hedge.

 

[feenix67]

Didn't realise Don was brothers with James. Man, could he hit a ball... I saw him hit a six over the Thebby oval grandstand in my cricketing days. I'm pretty sure that ball hasn't come down yet!

 

[Samcro24]

Geezee the power board is pathetic.
Going into their afl talk thread is like the bay.

Their level of interest in us is quite odd.

 

[I Lost My Keays]

Sounds like a good appointment, everyone seems to rate him highly. Hope he goes well

I hope Bolton does well for you lot

 

[Troy87]

One of the things I liked about Pyke is he said he would look at the skill set of our list when determining the best game style. One criticism of Walsh was trying to turn our team into a kicking side with so many poor kicks on the list.

 

[SNIPER_]

I kid you not, I've seen a port supporters post the following on social media after Pykes appointment. "I hope his Mrs has him insured." Classy bunch.

 

[PrideOf]

Their level of interest in us is quite odd.

Especially for a club that says constantly "we don't give a **** about the Crows".

We know you do lads. And that you constantly measure yourselves against us. It's what little brothers do.

 

[jenny61_99]

Quite ironic seeing peeps with their knickers in a twist about what opposition supporters have to say about us. On their own boards. Hint. You are having a bitch about them having a bitch about us. If everyone stopped bitching, the world would be an infinitely better place.

 

[DD#23]

One of the things I liked about Pyke is he said he would look at the skill set of our list when determining the best game style. One criticism of Walsh was trying to turn our team into a kicking side with so many poor kicks on the list.

Sorry, but here's a bit more information for you, Walsh made it clear that (in his opinion of course) to win games of football in the current state of the game you have to be able to move the ball quickly, whether that be running the football GWS or Bulldogs style, or by foot Hawthorn style.

All of our players are as fast as they're ever going to be, and while the likes of Talia will never kick it like Smith or Walker, kicking skills CAN be improved with proper practice, hence we had to be a kicking side.

Of course if you're happy to be a defensive side instead of an attacking one you could try something out of Lyon or Roo's playbook, but quite frankly **** that.

 

[DD#23]

Ehhh---perhaps because free agency has been around since the 1970's in American sports and perhaps because I am a Clevelander who has watched many a player move on (and---in some cases come back, i.e. Lebron) I don't get to caught up on individual players.

Good luck to him and his family---but once we get the deal we want, he isn't a part of our team and I could care less what happens to him and/or his new team.

All about the name on the front of the jumper and not the back of it. (to modify an American expression)

can't I just have a little crack at Geelong being a hole?

 

[NikkiNoo]

Sorry, but here's a bit more information for you, Walsh made it clear that (in his opinion of course) to win games of football in the current state of the game you have to be able to move the ball quickly, whether that be running the football GWS or Bulldogs style, or by foot Hawthorn style.

All of our players are as fast as they're ever going to be, and while the likes of Talia will never kick it like Smith or Walker, kicking skills CAN be improved with proper practice, hence we had to be a kicking side.

Of course if you're happy to be a defensive side instead of an attacking one you could try something out of Lyon or Roo's playbook, but quite frankly **** that.

Interestingly that we did change and improve some of our kicking options under Walsh. Our entries into the forward line from the outer wing we had our right footed players using their left to kick with to 'open' up the oval. So the change over pre-season to make everyone keep using their non-preferred foot equally during certain drills show that you can improve a players kicking ability and give them confidence to use it.

 

[Slippery Pete]

Rehns not a waste of space.

Rehn's a good fella, knows his stuff. One of the few on Adelaide sports radio.

 

[FR0GGY]

One of the things I liked about Pyke is he said he would look at the skill set of our list when determining the best game style. One criticism of Walsh was trying to turn our team into a kicking side with so many poor kicks on the list.

I would rather we weed out the one who constantly make poor decisions or skill errors.

 

[Slippery Pete]

One of the things I liked about Pyke is he said he would look at the skill set of our list when determining the best game style. One criticism of Walsh was trying to turn our team into a kicking side with so many poor kicks on the list.

Do you comprehend what you just said? A coach encouraged his football team to play football.

Perhaps he should have coached them to play basketball.