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

[Scorpus]

I'm calling it. Nicks flat out lied when he said Rachele was not dropped for his celebrations/comments around the Port game

 

[Pugsley]

Monday morning he needs to be out.

We all want that but not the idiots running the club.

 

[Pugsley]

Imagine being a worst coach than Shaw!

God I hope that means we get Malcolm Blight 2.0 next

They would either delist Murphy or make him cry. Hopefully both.

 

[The Karma Bus]

Getting rid of Nicks won't fix a damn thing, as much as he sucks and needs to go.

Any new coach might have a short term sugar hit but give it 2-3 years and we'll be back where we started.

It's the club's core philosophies that are wrong.

Aside from when Blight came in we've been basically a pyramid scheme for senior players and officials since day one.

That's why I struggle to buy into the hysterical Sack Nicks stuff so much.
It's far deeper.
More band aids and they get to look justified when they sack him and just wheel in the next guy.

 

[Owen_AFC97]

That's why I struggle to buy into the hysterical Sack Nicks stuff so much.
It's far deeper.
More band aids and they get to look justified when they sack him and just wheel in the next guy.

You can easily argue that the culture has become worse under Nicks. I didn’t know that was possible at the end of 2019.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

The person I quoted thought Nicks has/had done a great job, I was asking them to expand and describe what particular area Nicks is great at.

The 2 posters claiming Nicks is doing a good job have both failed to articulate any reason.

The vibe doesn't cut it!

 

[119others]

Any chance this is his last game? Or could be his last game based on contracted wins trigger? And he has gone a little nuclear?

Doubtful I know but stranger things have happened - see Sando - even if that wasnt totally football related..

 

[Crowboto]

"Praise in public, criticize in private"
- Vince Lombardi

Nicks falls well short in this space.

So true. He is a gutless campaigner.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

So apparently Simpson available to coach again in 2026…feel like that timing might work well….

Not early enough!!

 

[Rotayjay]

Think I’m might start a closest to the date “Nicks gets sacked” competition.

Winner gets a bottle of Hentley Farm Clos Otto (2020) from my cellar.

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I'll go with 3 June 2025.

 

[CrowBloke]

I'm calling it. Nicks flat out lied when he said Rachele was not dropped for his celebrations/comments around the Port game

I watched him make an even bigger mug of himself on Ch7 News:
Nicks: "I'm here to clarify why we dropped Rachele".

Journos: "Great, why?"

Dickhead: "That's between us and Rachele".

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I'll go with 3 June 2025.

I can't wait that long.

There goes my membership.

 

[FR0GGY]

Genuinely interested in why you think Nicks has done a great job, I was onboard in his first couple of seasons to see how he went but it was apparent very early on he has great difficulty with team selection, player roles, game plan and player development.

Which area(s) do you think he is great at?

Spin, waffle and cliches

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I watched him make an even bigger mug of himself on Ch7 News:
Nicks: "I'm here to clarify why we dropped Rachele".

Journos: "Great, why?"

Dickhead: "That's between us and Rachele".

Clarify for Nix really = confusion.

Now you can see why the players get confused with the game plan which he keeps clarifying... yet we fail to play the Crows way.

Further, can't stand listening to him... like certain people at meeting I switch off from & look disinterested... & if they talk too much, I tell them to stop & let anyone else speak.

How can he be successful when he is uninspiring & boring to listen to... along with being stupid.

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

I watched him make an even bigger mug of himself on Ch7 News:
Nicks: "I'm here to clarify why we dropped Rachele".

Journos: "Great, why?"

Dickhead: "That's between us and Rachele".

Was this followed by:

Journo: surely you can’t be serious with that response.

Dickhead: yes I am, and don’t call me Shirley.

 

[FR0GGY]

Haven’t started it yet. Will commence thread from Monday.

Hopefully it’s too late then.

 

[CrowBloke]

They would either delist Murphy or make him cry. Hopefully both.

Blighty would
--- get Smith to clean out his locker and thank him for his service. Probably Walker too.
--- delist Murphy, McHenry, Gollant, Hamill (edited), Cook. Maybe O'Brien too.
--- scour the SANFL and Interstate for highly-skilled young talent and play them asap AND back them in.
--- drop underperforming players, regardless of seniority.
--- TEACH the midfield how to play.

 

[FR0GGY]

Blighty would
--- get Smith to clean out his locker and thank him for his service. Probably Walker too.
--- delist Murphy, McHenry, Gollant, Hately, Cook. Maybe O'Brien too.
--- scour the SANFL and Interstate for highly-skilled young talent and play them asap AND back them in.
--- drop underperforming players, regardless of seniority.
--- TEACH the midfield how to play.

Stand on a ladder.

 

[pjcrows]

I'm calling it. Nicks flat out lied when he said Rachele was not dropped for his celebrations/comments around the Port game

It's blatantly obvious.

 

[aabp1978]

Blighty would
--- get Smith to clean out his locker and thank him for his service. Probably Walker too.
--- delist Murphy, McHenry, Gollant, Hately, Cook. Maybe O'Brien too.
--- scour the SANFL and Interstate for highly-skilled young talent and play them asap AND back them in.
--- drop underperforming players, regardless of seniority.
--- TEACH the midfield how to play.

Hately? Might be hard from Essendon's VFL team

 

[CrowBloke]

Hately? Might be hard from Essendon's VFL team

Ooops, I was thinking Hamill.

HAtely/HAmill ...

 

[CrowBloke]

Any chance this is his last game? Or could be his last game based on contracted wins trigger? And he has gone a little nuclear?

Doubtful I know but stranger things have happened - see Sando - even if that wasnt totally football related..

Ssshhhhh ...

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

I'm calling it. Nicks flat out lied when he said Rachele was not dropped for his celebrations/comments around the Port game

100% correct

It would be because he'd previously been told to pull his head in, then did this.

So Nicks is being devious in that he was dropped for not following directives about "team first" behaviour.

 

[Scorpus]

100% correct

It would be because he'd previously been told to pull his head in, then did this.

So Nicks is being devious in that he was dropped for not following directives about "team first" behaviour.

I reckon he didn't anticipate this much fan backlash, so made up an excuse that it was some other reason he was dropped (which he won't reveal)

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

100% correct

It would be because he'd previously been told to pull his head in, then did this.

So Nicks is being devious in that he was dropped for not following directives about "team first" behaviour.

Not team first for wanting more midfield time.