Kane McGoodwin
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Unfortunately we have to watch this shit though over & over... & I have reached my limit on the road to Nix where.You get what you deserve
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Unfortunately we have to watch this shit though over & over... & I have reached my limit on the road to Nix where.You get what you deserve
I was in Brisbane Airport last weekend .Unfortunately we have to watch this shit though over & over... & I have reached my limit on the road to Nix where.
Unfortunately we have to watch this shit though over & over... & I have reached my limit on the road to Nix where.
competitive shmompetitiveNick's has the crows competitive in most games. Don't see you guys getting flogged like Port have this season
The best time to plant a tree was 5 years ago. The second best time is now.Nicks at his presser basically said the midfield was smashed, especially in the first half. That should be alarm bells for him given
First Half CBAs
Laird - 13 (3 clearances)
Berry - 9 (3 clearances)
Soligo - 9 (3 clearances)
Rankine - 8 (1 clearance)
Dawson - 5 (1 clearance)
Dowling - 5 (0 clearances)
He's shuffled the magnets around trying many different combinations of players (with the exception of Laird, who was almost always there) and it made little to no difference. Especially given his two best players contributed nothing.
His midfield structure failed (again)
Is there anyone else left to have coffee with?So has Nicks copped any media scrutiny for letting Neale run amok in the first half? Of course not.
Lyon had a dig last night on On the Couch. Unfortunately, he didn’t mention Nicks specifically, but more highlighted that our players didn’t run hard enough with him.So has Nicks copped any media scrutiny for letting Neale run amok in the first half? Of course not
Thats weak as piss. Rowey can say he couldn’t do any better with the list but I’m sure he’s critical of letting Neale run amok. He’s been critical of gameplan, selection and development but he won’t tie any of it to Nicks.Lyon had a dig last night on On the Couch. Unfortunately, he didn’t mention Nicks specifically, but more highlighted that our players didn’t run hard enough with him.
The fact that star mids tear us apart regularly is the lack of a tag which, of course, is a coaching issue.
Simpson is a premiership coach who should have moved on a couple of years ago.Sack Nicks, headhunt Simpson (sacked by WCE) ...?
Adam Simpson gone as West Coast Eagles coach after more than a decade at helm
Eagles coach Adam Simpson will leave West Coast after weeks of pressure on his leadership, with the club saying they have mutually agreed his 11-year tenure will come to an end.www.abc.net.au
I’d say he’d take this year and the next off before looking at an opportunity. 2 GF’s for 1 flag, proven coach. His mistake was not reading the writing on the wall like Hardwick and getting out when he should’ve but he obviously thought he could steer the ship back on course. Their injury list at one stage though was insaneSimpson is a premiership coach who should have moved on a couple of years ago.
Reckon he needs the remainder of the year off, but would be a huge upgrade next year for Nicks.
Good post; really got me thinking.Nicks does have us competitive.
I have no insider info, but I think you're right.We are back to playing an attacking brand of football. Which suits our list profile. But why did it take us half a season for us to start playing this way? I can tell you that it was because Nicks spent all of preseason, undoing everything he built last season so he could build a structure and game plan around an ultra defensive mindset.
I think he started out like that in 2020 to avoid getting flogged, which can crush player confidence. Everything about his game in 2020 and 2021 was about loss minimisation:Why did he do that? i guess no one really knows but Nicks has always coached to avoid being flogged. He has always come with a defensive mindset.
I dunno about the rumours.They were only rumours, but in 2022 it was rumoured that several players were unhappy with the ultra defensive attitude. Last season in 2023 we went with an attacking game plan on the back of Tex and Rankine in some ripping form. We missed the finals.
I reckon he made another big, big mistake --- he assumed on the back of 2023 that we'd make Finals.So did we go back to this team defense counter attack game plan? my theory is his job was on the line, he thought we were good enough to become a dour defensive side and with Tex and Rankine, we'd score heavily on the counter attack. Basically assuring that we stayed in games a majority of the time. But he over estimated our midfield.
Again, all I can say is that I don't think Nicks "let's the team off the leash". I don't think he knows how to; remember, he was a defender himself. I reckon any attacking we do comes from the on-field leaders (mostly Dawson and Walker) and naturally attacking players like Rankine and Soligo.... its got me stumped as to why he has let the team off the leash and we can play an attacking game plan from the start, instead of this flick the switch come back style crap he had at the beginning.
All I can say is, I don't think Nicks 'gets' it, except for footy basics and defence.All I can say is, no point looking like a great team if we cant win matches and we still aren't winning.
I honestly dont know what to think.
When you spell it out like that, they'll give Nicks until 2028.Nicks' best ever season: 11 wins, 12 losses, 117%
Pyke's worst ever season: 10 wins, 12 losses, 101%
Sanderson's worst ever season: 10 wins, 12 losses, 108%
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Craig's worst ever season: 7 wins, 15 losses (sacked at 4-12), 80%
Ayres' worst ever season: 8 wins, 14 losses (sacked at 4-9), 96%
Shaw's worst ever season: 8 wins, 14 losses, 96%
Cornes' worst ever season: 9 wins, 12 losses, 1 draw, 87%
Nicks currently: 5 wins, 10 losses, 1 draw, 103%
Good post; really got me thinking.
Depends what "competitive" means to you.
To me, it means around 9th or 10th but with the personnel and Coach to win a few more than we lose and make 7th or 8th. A team which finishes 7th or 8th has been 'competitive'.
We could debate for hours about being 'competitive' in 2023 or not, but I am confident to say that in 2024 we are not.
I have no insider info, but I think you're right.
Our style in the first 4 games was awful and painful to watch. The players were lost and I reckon they were torn between what they wanted to do (play attacking footy) and what Nicks had been drilling into them, ie Defence first.
The problem with that is it's a negative mindset which partially allows opponents to get the ball, then we defend. It's cart-before-the-horse stuff.
I'd prefer a nearly-balance of eg all out run, overlap and attack when we get the ball, making contested footy the goal ie GET the ball and use it well.
Players have got to be clear about what to do, and when.
We have the ball? Run like Hell, overlap, create loose men, attack, attack, attack!
The flip side is defending when the oppo gets the ball.
They have the ball? RUN LIKE HELL (especially mobile mids to help in defence), man up, plug gaps, chase, scrag, harass, tackle hard, let the bloke know if he gets near the ball he'll be tackled hard and make it stick.
I think he started out like that in 2020 to avoid getting flogged, which can crush player confidence. Everything about his game in 2020 and 2021 was about loss minimisation:
--- clog contests, create congestion
--- force throw-ins, ball-ups <== they use up time.
--- bomb deep into our F50. If we score, great. If we don't the oppo has to use up more time to go end-to-end.
--- that act of bombing high and deep also uses up time when the ball is actually in the air.
It's as if he knew they were gonna lose, so keep it to a minimum <== another negative mindset.
I dunno about the rumours.
Back then, I felt like every time we played attacking football the players lit up. I could see they loved it, loved scoring, loved winning. If anything their attack mode came from Rahilly and from the players themselves, not Nicks.
I reckon he made another big, big mistake --- he assumed on the back of 2023 that we'd make Finals.
Even with Rahilly gone, he assumed the forwards would keep scoring high (with ex-defender Burns taking over, which was as dumb as having Hart as forward Coach), even as he told them all to be more defensive.
You can't do both.
There's a time to attack ie when we have the ball.
The time to defend is when they have the ball. I don't think Nicks sees that, oddly.
Again, all I can say is that I don't think Nicks "let's the team off the leash". I don't think he knows how to; remember, he was a defender himself. I reckon any attacking we do comes from the on-field leaders (mostly Dawson and Walker) and naturally attacking players like Rankine and Soligo.
It was infuriating to watch us play well, only for Nicks to send out the go-slow, chip-chip signal during which time oppo teams scored 2 or 3 red time goals .
All I can say is, I don't think Nicks 'gets' it, except for footy basics and defence and no way am I a Coach.
The nuances of the game, the ebbs and flows, seem to escape him. In simplest terms, I think he should be looking at what other really good teams do and get our players to emulate the best of it.
Why do Collingwood rally and beat us (and other teams) in close games? McRae coaches them how to do that and they practice it.
Other teams often play a loose tall in defence against us. Solution:
--- get one of our now-loose (tall) blokes to man up on him, and
--- do not, ever, bomb the ball high into where that loose tall defender is. Tell our players to look for that bloke and never kick it near him. Nicks should know that; it's Footy 101.
What does Nicks do? He puts PEDLAR on Stewart, ffs, and we haven't seen Pedlar since then.
Sorry for the long rant. I am really pissed off by Nicks' tactical ineptitude.
I know what to think: sack Nicks asap, but we're stuck with him courtesy of that ridiculously premature 2-year extension.
The weather isn’t looking great either probably around the same maybe a bit more.Hopefully the crowd is sub 28k this week.
Enough is enough.
Hooray! I love watching honorable losses year in year out!Nick's has the crows competitive in most games. Don't see you guys getting flogged like Port have this season
This Simpson thing will test Sanders theory that there is some kind of exit clause in Nicks's contract and Olsen doesn't completely suck balls.
This requires one important factor; whether we have the want to change.
If we wanted an experienced premiership winning coach and we were the very least the arseh*le of a ruthless and elite football club we'd have already approached someone like Simpson well before this date. I for one actually think we are so arrogant in our methods, we dont approach anyone. We expect them to come to us. Its a formula that has really served us well....hmmm