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

[Cromulant]

Im not sure how you think his team first mantra is anything special. Its literally a cut and paste job of every other afl coach. Its a cliche. Its not special.

He came into a broken club and pulled the place back together.

Attack his coaching all you want, but don't play the man.

 

[ABAB]

So the playing group aren't that bad. Nick just can't get them up to playing consistent,winning football.

The right playing group aren't that bad but carrying the same 3-4 players each week doesn't give you the best chance of winning does it.

 

[hippyhippy]

He came into a broken club and pulled the place back together.

Attack his coaching all you want, but don't play the man.

Has he pulled the place together? Given what's happened with Rachele, i don't think he's changed the culture at all. Still a boys club.

Look at how Hawthorn handle ginnivan... Backed him in publicly, probably told him to cool his head privately.

 

[Cromulant]

Has he pulled the place together? Given what's happened with Rachele, i don't think he's changed the culture at all. Still a boys club.

Look at how Hawthorn handle ginnivan... Backed him in publicly, probably told him to cool his head privately.

I'm sure whatever Nicks said to Josh privately was fine.... I mean he hasn't spat it and left has he ??

I'm more concerned about what Laird said

 

[WetCrow1991]

Au contraire

Amazing argument that demolishes a win percentage of 34.58%*, by far the worst out of coaches that coached in 2024 and coached for at least 2 seasons. Longmuir who is the closest comparison in games coached has a win percentage of 50.48%. Then there is Adam Simpson who got sacked with a win percentage of 50.22% and a Premiership.

But yeah no evidence he is a dud coach.

27.02% (10) of his wins are against the Eagles and Roos who competed for bottom 2 in the seasons we beat them. 4 of the 8 wins in 2022 were from them.

But yeah no evidence he is a dud coach.

The 2024 win percentage of 34.78%* is only slightly above his overall win percentage. 5 wins at home 3 away. I'll give you that is a slightly better ratio to the 9 home/2 away of 2023.

But yeah no evidence he is a dud coach.

Of Nicks' 37 wins only 13 were against top 8 sides and of those 13 wins 11 were at home. 3 of the 11 were Showdowns, which are literally 50/50 across the journey. The two away wins were against the Blues and Bulldogs who finished 8th at the end of the respective home and away seasons. 17 of Nicks' wins are against sides that finished 14th or lower.

The trend across 5 seasons is a mid 30s win percentage. The almost but not quite finals outlier of 2023 was built on the back of a career best 76 goals from Taylor Walker and 9 home wins and an abysmal away record of 2 wins, a fluke against the Hawks who finished 16th, and the Eagles who finished 18th. Of the 11 wins, 5 were against sides that finished the top 8 (including 2 showdown wins) the other 6 wins were against sides that finished 14th or lower. We failed to beat sides that were around us on the ladder away from home, which is a major reason why we didn't make the finals.

But yeah no evidence that he is a dud coach.

These are the results of mediocre flat track bully side.

Nicks as Head Coach isn't wholly responsible for the football department, but neither are the other Head Coaches for their respective clubs. The Head Coaches which his results are compared to and through said comparison it is clear that on the numbers, Nicks stinks.

This isn't even touching on the repeated selection blunders, repeated sub blunders, repeated media blunders, and repeated gameplan blunders. Or the sides that have developed faster than us.

In short: This is why I block your posts.

*Excluding Draw

 

[FR0GGY]

Very hard to get enthused about the club while he is there.

 

[hippyhippy]

I'm sure whatever Nicks said to Josh privately was fine.... I mean he hasn't spat it and left has he ??

I'm more concerned about what Laird said

Given that laird took some kick ins and kicked it directly to the opposition, and his continued free pass in the game. We all saw his soft contests, quite clear Nicks doesn't uphold standards to his favourites.

 

[Bugga1962]

He came into a broken club and pulled the place back together.

Attack his coaching all you want, but don't play the man.

You think this club is together? It's just as broken as it was before with the same people and the same problems. Only difference is we have a spoon now and being a trash club is more ingrained and expected

 

[Cromulant]

Given that laird took some kick ins and kicked it directly to the opposition, and his continued free pass in the game. We all saw his soft contests, quite clear Nicks doesn't uphold standards to his favourites.

You mean the last game of the year ??

Cool, you missed the point entirely

 

[Multiballz]

The right playing group aren't that bad but carrying the same 3-4 players each week doesn't give you the best chance of winning does it.

No, but that's on the Coach not the players. Even our duds have good games every blue moon or two. You reward them with another game when they do. You drop them when they don't. <- This isn't how Nicks operates.

 

[WetCrow1991]

He came into a broken club and pulled the place back together.

Attack his coaching all you want, but don't play the man.

He's a fixer!! Comes into a club that finished with 10 wins the previous season and then takes 4 seasons to beat that by 1 win, in a season with an extra game!

This is a club that practically pretended they made the finals last year and had a hangover from that "Success". He didn't fix shit.

It's actually worse.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

He came into a broken club and pulled the place back together.

Oh god. This shit again.

 

[WearyCrow]

Hearing Tredrea on 5AA on Monday and mentions of Carr being involved in the Lukocious deal/Hinkley considering 'walking away' makes it pretty clear that Hinkley is gone.

Meanwhile we're all in on 6th year lucky for Nicksy.

 

[adelaidecrows]

Hearing Tredrea on 5AA on Monday and mentions of Carr being involved in the Lukocious deal/Hinkley considering 'walking away' makes it pretty clear that Hinkley is gone.

Meanwhile we're all in on 6th year lucky for Nicksy.

Im thinking of some new side Nicknames for the club

1st Gear - cant get out of first gear
Idle - happy to sit idle and pretend
Security Light - pretends to do something in front of the members
Casper - friendly enough but a ghost at the trade table
Appendix - Nickname for Nicks. At some point im sure he was useful.
Broken Arrow - For Nicks. Useless as anything, cant be fired.
Toenails - For Murphy, only part of him left not up Nicks arse
Glove Box - for the club, full of shit and you cant shut them up
Erectyle Dysfunction - both suitable for Nicks and Murphy. Useless Dick
Deckchair - suitable for the club, nicks and half the list. Always folds under pressure

 

[hugecannon]

He came into a broken club and pulled the place back together.

Attack his coaching all you want, but don't play the man.

The evidence of this is………….

I see a coach who refuses to take responsibility for poor performances and decisions and constantly blames the players.

Was he putting the team first when he consistently let Rachelle be humiliated, including by Rory Laird????

The best/only way to fix a club is success, he doesn’t have the ability to help the team achieve this.

 

[MatthewB]

can we get him a spot on the 5AA breaky show, almost everyone who has segment seems to leave

 

[WaynesWorld19]

The evidence of this is………….

I see a coach who refuses to take responsibility for poor performances and decisions and constantly blames the players.

Was he putting the team first when he consistently let Rachelle be humiliated, including by Rory Laird????

The best/only way to fix a club is success, he doesn’t have the ability to help the team achieve this.

You may find the Rachele episode could be the making of him .....much like the dressing down Ablett Jnr got from his leadership group

Went from coasting on talent, to knuckling down and adding work ethic .....thus allowing Ablett to maximise his talent

I feel this could be a similar line in the sand with Rachele ....there's definitely a bigger picture at play here

 

[hugecannon]

You may find the Rachele episode could be the making of him .....much like the dressing down Ablett Jnr got from his leadership group

Went from coasting on talent, to knuckling down and adding work ethic .....thus allowing Ablett to maximise his talent

I feel this could be a similar line in the sand with Rachele ....there's definitely a bigger picture at play here

Was it done publicly on a consistent basis?

Was it done by senior players from his own side publicly (who have absolutely no right to question the performance of others)

Or was it done completely behind closed doors, then spoken about years later?

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Was it done publicly on a consistent basis?

Was it done by senior players from his own side publicly (who have absolutely no right to question the performance of others)

Or was it done completely behind closed doors, then spoken about years later?

No, it was quite well known at the time, and leadership players spoke of it ....Ablett himself has spoken of that period and acknowledged the positive impact ....although he hated (as anyone would) the dressing down at the time

 

[kirky]

the team first mantra? the one where after every loss he blames the playing group. Well you are right. He blames the team first.

Sounds like someone else up the road, its “us” when we lose and “me” when we win.

Who would have thought that after spending 6 years under him.

 

[hugecannon]

No, it was quite well known at the time, and leadership players spoke of it ....Ablett himself has spoken of that period and acknowledged the positive impact ....although he hated (as anyone would) the dressing down at the time

So it was done privately, not on tv and radio consistently bashing a young player?

 

[kirky]

You may find the Rachele episode could be the making of him .....much like the dressing down Ablett Jnr got from his leadership group

Went from coasting on talent, to knuckling down and adding work ethic .....thus allowing Ablett to maximise his talent

I feel this could be a similar line in the sand with Rachele ....there's definitely a bigger picture at play here

So delusional.

Rachele has a contract to 2029 so he knows he has comfort of $$$.

I’d be more concerned that senior players spoke in the media on the subject. Leave it behind closed doors, do it inhouse.

 

[Milo Cyrus]

Imagine a bottom three finish next year.

 

[texanmike]

Imagine a bottom three finish next year.

surely next year is his last chance, if we miss finals hes gone.

 

[Nicks_out_now]

Imagine a bottom three finish next year.

That's why trading a future 1st for Lukosius was a massive mistake. We dodged a bullet with that one.