Opinion Matthew Nicks: Adelaide's Coach (Part 2) - Full Support of the Board

[Sanders]

Yeah I’d buy you a soy latte

With extra mung beans?

 

[Sanders]

Starting to sound like the England cricket team with the moral victories lol.

What did Phil Walsh say about honourable losses?

 

[MsTopG]

"I know the side I'm coaching"

**** off Nicks you fraud.

'We'll never give up': Nicks remains bullish on winless Crows

Matthew Nicks is confident his team can turn its form around despite a horror 0-4 start to the season

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Fixed It For Nicks:

"I know the team i'm destroying".

Yes you do.

 

[FR0GGY]

What did Phil Walsh say about honourable losses?

“They’re Nicksys favorite?”

 

[kirky]

Nicks is what he is.

And the next coach will be what he will be.

But please, Crows fans, for the love of God, direct your vitriol to the right people.

How many coaches & CEOs do we need to go through before people realize what the source of the problem is?

Adelaide Crows - Board members

Board members for the Adelaide Football Club.

www.afc.com.au

Why is that page so outdated - Warren Randall - directorship expired in March 2023.

This is basic stuff.

 

[kirky]

Any of them post here?

I’m occasionally post but it certainly isn’t cheerleading. Quite the opposite.

 

[King Elvis]

Port - the youngest Captain in the AFL, who just said they've basically got an entirely new leadership group this year.

Contrast that to us.

 

[cleanhands]

Was that an away or home game loss?

 

[FR0GGY]

Was that an away or home game loss?

Neutral

 

[skam85]

Port - the youngest Captain in the AFL, who just said they've basically got an entirely new leadership group this year.

Contrast that to us.

We have a relatively young captain and a fairly new leadership group

The leadership group is just full of duds

 

[Pugsley]

The cracks showed from Nicksy at the after match press conference. He is feeling the heat.

 

[CrowBloke]

I'd like to play!

0-1 the fun's begun.
0-2 what can we do?
0-3 Nicks: "it can't be me".

0-4 show Nicks the door

 

[CrowBloke]

Nicks is in the classic death spiral of all failed senior coaches and backing in experienced players that aren't getting it done. He's probably trying to work out how to fit Sloane into the side right now.

No "probably" about it.

Nicks is descending into rarified, worse-than-Shaw air.

 

[King Elvis]

The cracks showed from Nicksy at the after match press conference. He is feeling the heat.

He can't be!

Thank goodness we gave him the contract extension - would be a disaster if our coach did feel the pressure from poor performances.

 

[CrowBloke]

5 years into a rebuild and we are 0 - 4.

This!
It's that simple.

Not just 0-4, but an UNcompetitive 0-4 .
Somebody else posted that we'd played decent footy in 5 out of 16 quarters.
30 goals kicked in 4 losses.
Burns has ruined our Forwards.
Nicks has totally confused the team.
Ricciuto and the Board have wrecked the Club.

 

[Sanders]

Why is that page so outdated - Warren Randall - directorship expired in March 2023.

This is basic stuff.

That a pirate like Randall was ever on the board is a bigger problem

 

[GROTTO]

Got nothing at all against Nicks personally, seems a lovely guy.

My issue is that his coaching is fraudulent.

5 years into a rebuild and we are 0 - 4. Time to try someone else. Anyone.

Earlier this year , at R10 I said we would be 1-9 or 2-8 at best, Im not ruling out 0-10.

North in Tassie is an away game I wouldnt be guaranteeing a win, neither the Dons at AO.

The sheer arrogance to reappoint him by the Club is what I cannot believe. One look at the fixture and it was clear, we could be in a world of pain and had we sacked Nicks, no one would have judged us given our record. They are judging us now though for the early reappointment.

Irony.

 

[MrBarry]

Another one who has been Nicksed...

To be honest I remember a load of our own supporters complaining about Rachs "over celebrations" last year. Bloody ridiculous, just let the kid play.

 

[adelaidecrows]

This!
It's that simple.

Not just 0-4, but an UNcompetitive 0-4 .
Somebody else posted that we'd played decent footy in 5 out of 16 quarters.
30 goals kicked in 4 losses.
Burns has ruined our Forwards.
Nicks has totally confused the team.
Ricciuto and the Board have wrecked the Club.

All good points.

Yes uncompetitive. Even in the quarters we took the game on and attacked hard, we really never mustered the energy to get out of 1st gear, it more teams we were playing were dragged to our level. Were we ever a legitimate chance of winning?

2. That was me

3. 30 goals in 4 losses at an average of just 7.5 goals a game is horrendous. Yet Nicks is probably walking around like its some kind of win that teams haven't kicked 100 points on us. Yet this is an undeniable and glaring fact

Scoring shots tells the true story.
R1 Adelaide 14 GC 20
R2 Adelaide 22 Geelong 26
R3 Adelaide 14 Fremantle 24
R4 Adelaide 23 Melbourne 28

Adelaide Total 73
Opposition Total 98

Adelaide Goals Total 8, 11, 4, 8 (31 goals)
Opposition Goals Total 8, 14, 9, 10 (41 Goals)

Adelaide Points 6, 11, 10, 15 (42)
Opposition Points 12, 12, 15, 18 (57)

We aren't even truly close to winning these matches. Even if we kicked straight, the same philosophy can be applied to the opposition. We are truly headed for some pain

 

[adelaidecrows]

To be honest I remember a load of our own supporters complaining about Rachs "over celebrations" last year. Bloody ridiculous, just let the kid play.

I think its not the fact he celebrated. Just that it was an over the top manufactured celebration. None of this complaining about the celebrating stops him from playing, he appears to be doing that on his own.

 

[GreyCrow]

I think its not the fact he celebrated. Just that it was an over the top manufactured celebration. None of this complaining about the celebrating stops him from playing, he appears to be doing that on his own.

Were we behind? I don't mind celebrating but don't bring out the chainsaw if you've kicked a bog standard goal 5 goals down

 

[adelaidecrows]

Earlier this year , at R10 I said we would be 1-9 or 2-8 at best, Im not ruling out 0-10.

North in Tassie is an away game I wouldnt be guaranteeing a win, neither the Dons at AO.

The sheer arrogance to reappoint him by the Club is what I cannot believe. One look at the fixture and it was clear, we could be in a world of pain and had we sacked Nicks, no one would have judged us given our record. They are judging us now though for the early reappointment.

Irony.

As I've said numerous times, the decision maker at the club thought we were a shoe in for finals, despite no evidence to support his findings. We all know it was Olsen. I have my complaints about Roo but Roo is oddly silent and to me this all smacks of a board told to tow the line and shut up by John Olsen. So he signed Nicks for PR so we can wander peacefully in a hail of pr into the finals without the club or Nicks being questioned.

Olsen needs to be called out publicly for this, he clearly did it, he needs to own it, stop employing Sanfl mates in Cornes to sell it for you and man up. He screwed up because he is a gutless and useless club president as he was premier of the state. Live and thrives on PR and he can't help himself. Make no mistake, when it comes to sack Nicks, he will throw the board and Roo under the bus for all the negative PR.

 

[adelaidecrows]

Were we behind? I don't mind celebrating but don't bring out the chainsaw if you've kicked a bog standard goal 5 goals down

Was it a specific reference. I missed half the game. I know I was vocal on it before. Thats why I commented.

 

[MrBarry]

I think its not the fact he celebrated. Just that it was an over the top manufactured celebration. None of this complaining about the celebrating stops him from playing, he appears to be doing that on his own.

Who cares? Have a laugh and lighten up.

 

[adelaidecrows]

Who cares? Have a laugh and lighten up.

Dude you are missing the point entirely.

To prove my point, ask yourself the following question. Name a single super star of the game that does manufactured celebrations. I don't even have to wait. There is none, there was never one. There is a reason. So maybe go educate yourself.