Opinion Matthew Nicks: Adelaide's Coach (Part 3) - The Biggest Loser

[George Kramer]

Good lord. "Nicks is good at media" isn't even true. His pressers are shit.

He’s good at conning the media and getting them to like him, just like Ken

 

[1970crow]

Huh? He dropped Rachele which was widely criticized. The easy (and correct) decision would have been to let Rachele play.



Weird. Who is he giving the middle finger to and why?




Huh - What the hell does this have to do with the Rachele decision 4 years apart. Stick to the topic.

I'm not getting involved, just wanted to say that I think greycrow was referring to Geelong this year.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Well - he isn't really doing media to keep you excited.

I could live with his poor media if he could actually coach!

 

[AFC979810]

Good lord. "Nicks is good at media" isn't even true. His pressers are shit.

According to who?

His media is brilliant. We haven't made the finals in 7 years. He has a terrible record.

The media love him or else they would be burying him relentlessly.

 

[AFC979810]

I'm not getting involved, just wanted to say that I think greycrow was referring to Geelong this year.

Well you just got involved Fox News

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Well no. Coaching an AFL club is incredibly tough. There are so many things that go into it. Once again the AFL is littered with coaches who are brilliant tacticians but can't do the other things correctly.

Not sure why so many people on here can't acknowledge that Mathew Nicks is actually really good at several aspects of coaching.



Incorrect. I said it seems smart to idiots. They might have just liked it because they don't like me.

Coaching is hard for those who are incompetent.

Same goes for most jobs.

 

[AFC979810]

I could live with his poor media if he could actually coach

More brilliance from you.

 

[Brett Cummings]

Here's to 10 years without a grand final like ken.

 

[AFC979810]

Coaching is hard for those who are incompetent.

Every year there are 17 incompetent coaches.

Same goes for most jobs.

Why doesn't it surprise me that you would try and compare most jobs to the AFL landscape!

 

[ABAB]

Nicks "tanking" allow us to secure Draper for the next 10 years.....now he can get sacked next year.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Every year there are 17 incompetent coaches.



Why doesn't it surprise me that you would try and compare most jobs to the AFL landscape!

No, there are not 17 incompetent coaches.

But if a coach can't make finals in 5 years, they are always a failure.

 

[1970crow]

Well you just got involved Fox News

I have no interest, just thought you might prefer to know which incidents he was comparing. Of course I could be wrong and he was referring to our Stengle call.

 

[AFC979810]

I'm irrational

Couldn't have said it better myself.

No I'm practical not emotional as I want the best for my club.

Righto. If practical means one dimensional and locked in - then yes.

You are the one who is emotional offering you excuses for someone who is incompetent.

No. Where have I given excuses for Nicks? Would love to see it.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Couldn't have said it better myself.



Righto. If practical means one dimensional and locked in - then yes.



No. Where have I given excuses for Nicks? Would love to see it.

Are you drunk?
Serious question.

If you don't think you have been offering up excuses for Nicks to be coaching, then seriously wtf do you think you are posting?

But he hadn't lost the players... lol.

It's hardly relevant if he can't cosch

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Incorrect. I said it seems smart to idiots. They might have just liked it because they don't like me.

Dude eat a snickers bar or something. Jesus.

 

[Pugsley]

In conclusion, most of us have figured out that Nicks can't coach.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

In conclusion, most of us have figured out that Nicks can't coach.

Except 2 posters it would appear.

 

[Pugsley]

Except 2 posters it would appear.

Some don't see the bottom line - his coaching record.

 

[Scorpus]

According to who?

His media is brilliant. We haven't made the finals in 7 years. He has a terrible record.

The media love him or else they would be burying him relentlessly.

I get what you are saying but the media historically has extraordinary leniency for middling clubs. Clubs like St Kilda and Gold Coast cop very little heat despite their horrendous, embarrassing records over the years. The media just doesn't care.

The media are too busy being fixated on the horrible teams (2-3 win seasons) or teams facing scandals like Melbourne. Unless you're a massive Victorian club they'll leave you alone.

I've listened to plenty of the pressers and Nicks never gets asked any serious questions that would require massaging or brilliant media work. It's mostly softballs and non-questions. The only time he has ever really copped heat was over the Rachele situation where he had to face maybe 2 hard questions.

The media sees us as a pretty average club, and when we continue to be pretty average, there's no story, we're meeting expectations, so they don't care.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

I've listened to his pressers and he's delusional. I cringe whenever he says "we're a good club" when we're obviously not or "we weren't ourselves" when we put in a performance that is par for the course.

 

[cleanhands]

I've listened to his pressers and he's delusional. I cringe whenever he says "we're a good club" when we're obviously not or "we weren't ourselves" when we put in a performance that is par for the course.

Did your ears bleed

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Did your ears bleed

He's not far off Ricciuto tier for horrible sounding voices.

 

[cleanhands]

He's not far off Ricciuto tier for horrible sounding voices.

I just can’t listen, what comes out his mouth is pure rubbish with no content

 

[Slime Roy]

When did they not want to play for him? Any examples?

2020

 

[Mr_Moogle]

I just can’t listen, what comes out his mouth is pure rubbish with no content

I don't rate media work as very important in the grand scheme of things. As long as it's not club damaging levels of bad like the Birdbrain/Pyke camp presser. I don't understand how anyone could think Nicks is "brilliant" though. Even if it's meant as "good at scamming the media", why should I applaud that?