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

[1970crow]

All these coaching jobs have a 6 month clause - that is you only have to pay them 6 months if you sack them.

Not all of them.

 

[GameofSloanes]

Longmuir was still talking about 6months

Would depend when the new deal kicks in, and when the coach signed their contract I reckon

Edit: looks like it depends if you are on AFL assistance

 

[bluebob1]

Longmuir was still talking about 6months

might be 12 months only for new contracts ie. from the day announced Nicks would now qualify Longmuir may not.

 

[ftmch]

If the club has another mediocre year, we absolutely have to sack him.
We cannot afford to waste another 2 years right when we should be hitting our straps.

Surely you're not describing last year as mediocre?

 

[AFC979810]

Love the hardline approach here by only extending him two years.

Pressure on Nicks. If he doesn't make the finals in his first 7 years as coach - he is gonna be really up against it to get another contract.

 

[Rotayjay]

When I saw the updated thread title, my thought was '****!'

 

[Geoffa32]

I have a slightly different take.
If Nicks spent this year coaching for his survival, he would be more inclined to stick to conservative selections and no variation in game style.
He now has some certainty to allow for more flexible thinking - it is just a matter of seeing if he has the capacity to do that.

We found a positive.


When does Murphy get dropped?

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[CrowBloke]

Surely no one was actually surprised by this signing

Am I surprised?
Given the club Admin. satisfaction with mediocrity (reflected in the decision),
no,
but I am disappointed.

I'll accept the decision (having no choice) and hope like hell that I am wrong about Nicks.

 

[Geoffa32]

If he's only on $400k I would expect the rest of our football department to be stacked, which it isn't

Burgess would be on a fair bit.

More than Nicks.


At Port he was on close to $600k including the sponsorship arrangement with UniSA.

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[Peter Doherty]

Not all of them.

Yep, Hardwick and Clarkson would not have this clause.

 

[cleanhands]

Am I surprised?
Given the club Admin. satisfaction with mediocrity (reflected in the decision),
no,
but I am disappointed.

I'll accept the decision (having no choice) and hope like hell that I am wrong about Nicks.

Obviously we are hence the resigning

 

[cmndstab]

Not that this surprises me in the slightest, but if we were going to re-sign the guy after round 1, why not just do it in the preseason?

What could we have possibly learned after one round of football (a loss, to boot) to have convinced us that, yep, this is the time.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

The 6 month clause is for all senior coaches for all clubs.

Re-signing after a Round One loss where we checks notes kick one goal in the first half and only played about 17mins of actual football?

Sold!

AFL insists on six-month payout clauses for coaches​

The Age
https://www.theage.com.au › Sport › AFL › AFL 2020

18 Sept 2020 — The new guideline mandates a maximum six-month settlement to any sacked coach at an AFL-funded club regardless of the length of his contract.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

The club being 100% sure on a coach that hasn't made finals yet is bad

Damn !!! .....fancy not making the Finals in each year of a rebuild ....the audacity

Clarko and Mitchell are in real trouble then

 

[Peter Doherty]

Tit's only for AFL-assisted clubs like Suns and St Kilda.

AFL insists on six-month payout clauses for coaches

New guidelines to AFL-funded clubs limits payouts regardless of the length of contracts. But the coaches' association believes it gives incompetent boards a ''get-out-of-jail-free'' card.

www.theage.com.au

I find it hard to believe Hardwick would agree to such a clause.

Some coaches have more negotiating power than others.

 

[CrowBloke]

The club being 100% sure on a coach that hasn't made finals yet is bad

Agree totally. Saturday's Crows looked as inept for a bit over 3 quarters as the Crows early last year.

The Club would know a lot more around Bye time, after which it's either bye-bye-Nicks, or a contract extension.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Why after round 1?

He was probably already signed

It didn't take Houdini to work out, the essence of the agreement was already settled .....OK shoot me George Kramer ...I missed the actual announcement by a week

 

[FR0GGY]

Surely you're not describing last year as mediocre?

How would you describe it?

 

[WaynesWorld19]

I find it hard to believe Hardwick would agree to such a clause.

Some coaches have more negotiating power than others.

IF Hardwick was to be exempted from the AFL Coach payout policy .....it would rebound onto all other AFL Clubs facing a coaching payout

 

[FR0GGY]

AFL insists on six-month payout clauses for coaches​

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The Age
https://www.theage.com.au › Sport › AFL › AFL 2020

18 Sept 2020 — The new guideline mandates a maximum six-month settlement to any sacked coach at an AFL-funded club regardless of the length of his contract.

Thats 4 years ago, a bit has happened since then.

 

[George Kramer]

Damn !!! .....fancy not making the Finals in each year of a rebuild ....the audacity

Clarko and Mitchell are in real trouble then

You’re back on the scene, laid low after our loss on the weekend?

 

[CrowBloke]

ANOTHER Short-sighted move we may come to regret ...

... of many.

 

[Scorpus]

Damn !!! .....fancy not making the Finals in each year of a rebuild ....the audacity

Clarko and Mitchell are in real trouble then

Making finals isn't the issue

It's being 100% sure that a coach who hasn't had any success is the right coach

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Thats 4 years ago, a bit has happened since then.

Tell me the changes where's it has changed ?

Only thing I've read, is the AFL Coaches Association wanting the 6 months extended to 12 months payout ....this was last year

Most Clubs should be out of the AFL Covid funding period soon anyway .....so getting close to being a redundant argument

 

[kirky]

Well supposedly Sanderson got paid out $1.2m on the final year of his contract.

We are ****ed as a football club.

Nicks needs to land a flag.