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

[Multiballz]

He is extremely adept at talking a lot without saying anything. Politics should be his next grift after he is sacked. I can see how he conned our selection group dummies of Roo, Kelly, Silvers during the interview process. He has the spin down pat of just continually talking while shifting blame from himself. This is politicial 101 next level s**t.

Hes starting to remind me of Birdman.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Nicks is 10x worse than neil craig.

Tactically nicks is atrocious.

Craig developed a game plan which had us sitting near/on top of the ladder at times.

I have seen nothing from Nicks to suggest he could match what Craig developed.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

We’ll lose this.

Nicks sacked.

Caretaker wins the showdown.

Sadly it's worth losing the game to the wooden spoon team for this outcome.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Assume the board makes the decision on this:

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5 board members should go given the majority think Nick deserved an extension.

They have clearly demonstrated they make poor key decisions.

We need a strong smart football person like Balme or Blight on our board who understands that winning a flag needs to be the priority.

 

[Greenfinger]

I still can't believe the Firmly no (he should be sacked) option in the poll hasn't ticked over 50% yet.

Just changed my leaning no to firmly no . Have been thinking that way for a while

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I would love to know precisely what each of those Board members apparently brings to the table.

What skills, knowledge, connections do that have that can translate into a winning AFL side?

Absolutely.

We appear to lack people who have a good understanding of football.

 

[n4sir]

Sadly it's worth losing the game to the wooden spoon team for this outcome.

If we do lose this game, we are a serious chance at the wooden spoon ourselves this year.

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

Can someone please either email the club or plaster that last comment all over their social posts and ask whether it is acceptable for the senior coach to be questioning the intelligence of the supporter base? That has got me seriously angry.

I’m watching both AFL and SANFL teams and for the life of me can’t work out how players like McHenry are continually selected above the likes of Dowling or even Peds let alone trying Curtin.

Is Nicks watching the sanfl?

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Agreed. He's also not fit to tie Ayres bootlaces.

Which just leaves Robert Shaw - you would think it's not exactly a high bar to clear...

Right now his winning percentage is even worse (33.7% vs 34.6%). That's including Shaw's awful years at Fitzroy (Shaw's tenure at the Crows was 38.6%).

That is damning!

A 35% winning rare in his last 20 games is hardly what you jump the gun to extend him for another 2 years, rather than having a wait & see.

It's why now some of the board need to go too as clearly they are incompetent.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

If we do lose this game, we are a serious chance at the wooden spoon ourselves this year.

Not if we have a new coach...

 

[GreyCrow]

My concern is this year will be explained away as the dip you have when you ""bed in a new structure " and " wait till next year for the spike"

 

[1990crow]

Yeah it is. Hang out at Salamanca markets and the bars around there

Mount Wellington is a great hike.
Cascade brewery worth a visit.

 

[Greenfinger]

Feel like he let the mask slip a bit in that presser today to show his arrogance and some contempt for fans . Very ordinary performance

 

[adelaidecrows]

That is damning!

A 35% winning rare in his last 20 games is hardly what you jump the gun to extend him for another 2 years, rather than having a wait & see.

It's why now some of the board need to go too as clearly they are incompetent.

I'd say he is worse than Shaw.

 

[n4sir]

It's why now some of the board need to go too as clearly they are incompetent.

Sounds like I need to work on a SACK THE BOARD avatar...

 

[1990crow]

We played & won finals under Sando.

Nicks is only close to Shaw.

So we need to sack him & hope the next coach also takes us to 2 flags.

Buckley

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Buckley

Yeah, I think we should target him.

Think he would be better coach 2nd time around.

Good to listen to as a good student of the game.

 

[jackster83]

My concern is this year will be explained away as the dip you have when you ""bed in a new structure " and " wait till next year for the spike"

If we had a 10 win season, maybe.

Regressing back to the bottom four is untenable however. I'm guessing he gets sacked with a month left in the season.

 

[BACCS]

Yeah, I think we should target him.

Think he would be better coach 2nd time around.

Good to listen to as a good student of the game.

Will be one of very few times where Roo could do something good in his tenure on the board, given his strong relationship with Buckley.

 

[George Kramer]

Remember when Nicksy talked up our game against Melbourne….

 

[rocket18]

I would love to know precisely what each of those Board members apparently brings to the table.

What skills, knowledge, connections do that have that can translate into a winning AFL side?

Looks like a case against DEI

Quotas met but wrong people for the role.

 

[Sanders]

Fair comment. The fact was, our previous coach had made a meal of it. Nicks repaired a s**t load of damage.

Did he though?

No signs of the players playing for him, or that they ever did

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Remember when Nicksy talked up our game against Melbourne….

This year?

Surely not.

Setting a low bar if he did.

 

[relapse]

Yeah, I think we should target him.

Think he would be better coach 2nd time around.

Good to listen to as a good student of the game.

Something like that would take a ton of leg work to pull off and there's no way we're in the process of doing that after committing to Nicks for two more years only a couple of weeks ago

 

[George Kramer]

This year?

Surely not.

Setting a low bar if he did.

Yes, he said we showed signs, returned to how we want to play, Melbourne very strong side, then when we beat Carlton he used how we played against Melbourne and Carlton as we had some momentum.

Today he’s saying we only won by 1 kick against Carlton, basically saying we didn’t perform that well.

The bloke has no ****ing idea what he’s said, saying and constantly contradicts himself. He’s Hinkley’s apprentice without the minor round wins.

A complete fraud.