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

[1970crow]

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 Nicksy a tie breaking 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.

It's a board, they all get a vote. The chairman's only extra power comes from a tie breaking extra vote. You can't single Olsen out from the rest of the board on this, they all wield the same influence.

 

[adelaidecrows]

It's a board, they all get a vote. The chairman's only extra power comes from a tie breaking extra vote. You can't single Olsen out from the rest of the board on this, they all wield the same influence.

Nah, don't under estimate the power of the top position. Its clearly Olsen and that he told the board to tow the line. Think about it. There are figures on there who are sycophants of the club. At least half of those would be easily persuaded into factions.

However, all those who voted for Nicks need to be outed. Sadly we will never know the truth. Both Kate Elis and Graeme Goodings have links to five aa so five AA are simply going to look the other way. No doubt why Rowie isn't going hard at the decision. Why Cornes is trying to do PR. Meanwhile us fans are treated like utter garbage because of nepotism and poor professionalism.

We are effectively going to have to wait for someone like Caro to out the board and without five aa to ask the question, then we will simply never know.

 

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

Things might have changed.

I unfollowed the page years ago and haven't ever gone back on there again so maybe most of those people/idiots have left that Facebook group because it definitely used to be like that.

Someone even once said that they thought most of the posters on the Adelaide BF board were Port supporters pretending to be Crows supporters and we're just bagging the club to make it look bad.

That's happened around the time I left, I just couldn't tolerate that level of stupid.

 

[1970crow]

Nah, don't under estimate the power of the top position. Its clearly Olsen and that he told the board to tow the line. Think about it. There are figures on there who are sycophants of the club. At least half of those would be easily persuaded into factions.

However, all those who voted for Nicks need to be outed. Sadly we will never know the truth. Both Kate Elis and Graeme Goodings have links to five aa so five AA are simply going to look the other way. No doubt why Rowie isn't going hard at the decision. Why Cornes is trying to do PR. Meanwhile us fans are treated like utter garbage because of nepotism and poor professionalism.

We are effectively going to have to wait for someone like Caro to out the board and without five aa to ask the question, then we will simply never know.

No, the other directors know their legal duties and the power they wield. Apart from a casting vote, the chair is merely a figurehead with no extra influence than the other members of the board. They are not granted any further singular powers than afforded by the constitution or the associations act. In practice, for meaningless crap like which restaurant to have someone's birthday dinner at, you're right. But when it comes to extending a $700k contract for 2 years, each director wields equal power. If anyone used a casting vote on a decision not time critical, the rest of the board, including those concurring, should ensure they never vote again.

 

[CrowBloke]

Were we ever a legitimate chance of winning?

Not sure what you mean by "legitimate", but we might have pinched the win vs GCS.
In hindsight, I'm glad we didn't.
A win-from-behind would have created even more false hope than the we-are-Finals-bound-illusion based on 2023.
(rethink:
Who knows? A close win might have given the playing group confidence, which they sorely need now)

2. That was me

5 decent quarters out of 16 is pathetic; Bottom-4 stuff.

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.

To be fair, I think Nicks has created this ultra-defensive chip-around nonsense on the false assumption pre-season that we are going to play Finals in 2024. If true, we needed to tighten up the defence, but that emphasis has thrown the Forwards into Burns' disarray.
Nicks has also forgotten about playing Rachele and Rankine through the midfield more and they have clearly neglected kicking skills and teammate communication in the off-season.

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

I felt that pain after only 2 Rounds and it's like a massive brain-ache since.
I do not think the Crows will make the 8. If they do, their % will be shat.
I'm dispirited; cannot believe how badly they've regressed from last year.
I've lost all faith in Nicks who stubbornly repeats poor decisions. He does not have the hard-nut toughness, imagination and tactical nous to take us to a Flag.

I am without hope. 2024 is going to be like 2020/2021.
Nicks will be sacked (the sooner the better imo), the Board will appoint another Board-thinking dud and the cycle of mediocrity will repeat itself.

 

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Nah, don't under estimate the power of the top position. Its clearly Olsen and that he told the board to tow the line. Think about it. There are figures on there who are sycophants of the club. At least half of those would be easily persuaded into factions.

However, all those who voted for Nicks need to be outed. Sadly we will never know the truth. Both Kate Elis and Graeme Goodings have links to five aa so five AA are simply going to look the other way. No doubt why Rowie isn't going hard at the decision. Why Cornes is trying to do PR. Meanwhile us fans are treated like utter garbage because of nepotism and poor professionalism.

We are effectively going to have to wait for someone like Caro to out the board and without five aa to ask the question, then we will simply never know.

I definitely get the vibe that Olsen is a protected species to some.

I miss the old days where we were all united with our criticisms of Chapman/Trigg /Burton and could criticise their performance without being accused of "having a secret agenda"

The decision to re-sign Nicks has been a massive disaster and the board and Chairman are ultimately responsible for signing off on it.

 

[1970crow]

I definitely get the vibe that Olsen is a protected species to some.

I miss the old days where we were all united with our criticisms of Chapman/Trigg /Burton and could criticise their performance without being accused of "having a secret agenda"

The decision to re-sign Nicks has been a massive disaster and the board and Chairman are ultimately responsible for signing off on it.

Wow, strange need to bring politics into the discussion. But you are an Adelaide board mod, so it makes a fair bit of sense. The reason Olsen isn't yet isolated is that he's been in the role for only a couple of years and outside of the Nicks extension, nothing has actually gone horribly wrong. I'd definitely sack the entire board over it, but I'm not a child, so I'm not going to blame one person. Even if he is an ex liberal premier.

 

[Burtonsgottago]

Nicks has brought this upon himself. A lack of trust in the young guys, particularly the early draft picks has left him now with a big problems.
Our midfield by now should have been Dawson- Rachele - Pedlar, instead we still have Crouch and Laird. The only positive has been Soligo in the middle.

 

[woofsson]

To quote the late great Peter Cook, something Matthew Nicks

Matthew Nicks

Age

49

Ht

187cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.6

3star

K

9.4

4star

HB

4.2

3star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.7

4star

G

0.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.6

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.4

3star

might like to think about. “I’ve learned from my mistakes and I can repeat them perfectly.”

 

[DJ75]

We sacked Godden and then re-employed him to coach SANFL. Bit he’s somehow wormed his way back into the AFL system. We know he’s not up to it, so why is he still hanging around?

A very good and very fair question.

 

[Multiballz]

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.

Charlie Cameron. Just saying.
His are cringe worthy too.

 

[CrowBloke]

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

Agree totally. I posted similarly.
2-8 is best-case scenario, I reckon.

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.

Definitely a premature extension, proven by our 0-4 start.

The Board needs to act, now, decisively:
--- start looking behind-the-scenes for a new Head Coach candidate, kinda like the AFL did with Hardwick to replace Dew .
--- admit they got it wrong and sack Nicks. Waiting until we are 2-8 (at best) will be justification enough. Tell the Caretaker Coach to bottom out, again, but without making the tanking blatant.
[[Wild idea: throw a pile of money @ Blighty as Caretaker Coach; he won't have to run a pre-season and will have time to cull dead weight like Smith/Sloane and underperformers like Sholl/Parnell/McHenry/Murphy. Yeah, I know, he's 74 with a few more screws loose, but anyone watching him on The Front Bar last Wednesday would see he still has that spark and would teach our mob a lot in half a season]].
--- make sure they scout and appoint an experienced, irascible hard-nut as next Head Coach; someone who will drop underperforming players regardless of seniority, reward performance and develop young players in the positions for which they were selected in the first place.
--- tell the Recruitment Staff not to recruit scrawny kids nor poorly-skilled scrappy triers.
Give them one option/directive: mids. Strong, highly-skilled mids.

--- set up the above, then do the decent thing and resign for their hasty, ill-conceived stupidity.

 

[CrowBloke]

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.

Akermanis?

 

[MRB37]

A very good and very fair question.

Nicks likes him.

 

[Multiballz]

Nicks has brought this upon himself. A lack of trust in the young guys, particularly the early draft picks has left him now with a big problems.
Our midfield by now should have been Dawson- Rachele - Pedlar, instead we still have Crouch and Laird. The only positive has been Soligo in the middle.

The Soligo move is by Peer pressure.
Im sure hed be nowhere near it still if it wasnt for external noise.

 

[1970crow]

Akermanis?

Tredders did a couple.

 

[1970crow]

I'm not sure how anyone thought Crouch's return wouldn't cruel our development of midfielders.

 

[Doctor B]

We sacked Godden and then re-employed him to coach SANFL. Bit he’s somehow wormed his way back into the AFL system. We know he’s not up to it, so why is he still hanging around?

After last season Theo Drop said on the news, not sure of his credibility, that we went after Rutten and Dew, they both said they want to be senior assistants, we've got Burns in the role already.

Also went after Lappin and Jude Bolton, they both said no.

 

[CrowBloke]

Tredders did a couple.

I never paid attention to him or PA. What was his schtick?

Even Eddie had a few "Jeez, that was pretty fkngood" mannerisms. Justifiably!

 

[1970crow]

I never paid attention to him or PA. What was his schtick?

Even Eddie ha a few "Jeez, that was pretty fkngood" mannerisms. Justifiably!

He did the telephone once, which I think had something to do with a soccer player.

 

[Samcro24]

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

A very good and very fair question

I get the impression that there's a convenience factor with some of our appointments.

Already has a club email
He's set up on the payroll
Has club branded clothing
His office has his name on the door

It's just easier than starting all over with a new hire

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

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.

Christiano Ronaldo
Usain Bolt
Tim Cahill

Every US sportsperson

The world is changing!

 

[GROTTO]

I definitely get the vibe that Olsen is a protected species to some.

I miss the old days where we were all united with our criticisms of Chapman/Trigg /Burton and could criticise their performance without being accused of "having a secret agenda"

The decision to re-sign Nicks has been a massive disaster and the board and Chairman are ultimately responsible for signing off on it.

I genuinely believe if the video review of Keays kick last year showed him hitting the post and we missed the 8 because of that and not an umpire error, all this talk that we should have been in the 8 and have played finals wouldnt be there and Nicks wouldnt have been given a reprieve.

The contract extension I believe is a direct result of a reward for Nicks for us "making the 8 in 2023".

 

[adelaidecrows]

Christiano Ronaldo
Usain Bolt
Tim Cahill

Every US sportsperson

The world is changing!

Soccer virtually stops for the celebration and a goal is on average once a game. AFL is nothing like that and players have 30 seconds to get their mind on the job. Completely different. And no, find me this in NHL, NBA and Baseball. The world is not changing, we are trying to make excuses as to not educate our youth.