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

[crow2crow]

Nicks also said thanks to our squad of 43 players.

Our squad is 44 players.

sloane didn't play

 

[adelaidecrows]

Even the AFL dont understand us and put us in 15th spot

rigged system.

 

[Scorpus]

sloane didn't play

He retired 8 weeks into the season. He was part of the squad, as is Toby Murray and Karl Gallagher or whoever else didn't play

 

[FR0GGY]

Nicks also said thanks to our squad of 43 players.

Our squad is 44 players.

No it’s 43 plus Rachele

 

[WeeBlake]

Chris Scott

Chris Scott

Age

48

Ht

182cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.6

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.2

4star

K

10.2

4star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.4

3star

“we have got to be a little bit careful that we don’t assume we do things better than everyone else”.

Matthew Nicks

Matthew Nicks

Age

49

Ht

187cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.6

3star

K

9.4

4star

HB

4.2

3star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.7

4star

G

0.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.6

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.4

3star

“at no point did anyone question the path that we are on”

 

[WeeBlake]

Matthew Nicks

Matthew Nicks

Age

49

Ht

187cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.6

3star

K

9.4

4star

HB

4.2

3star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.7

4star

G

0.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.6

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.4

3star

“success isn’t the absence of failure, it is persistence through failure”

Everything makes sense now

 

[Scorpus]

It was a really awful and uninspiring speech wasn't it?

 

[WeeBlake]

He’s very obviously not up to the job. You don’t have to be super smart, but if you’re not you at least need some insight.

 

[jackster83]

It was a really awful and uninspiring speech wasn't it?

It sounded similar to a politician who knows he/she is about to be turfed out. Very defensive and much shorter than his usual waffle.

 

[GreyCrow]

Matthew Nicks “success isn’t the absence of failure, it is persistence through failure”

Everything makes sense now

That one slowed me down a bit - which is probably the purpose of it

Sounds good and you miss the next sentence

 

[John Who]

The Club must believe that it's the list and the players themselves and the Assistants who are responsible for the nightmare of the last FIVE years. 18th-15th-14th-10th-15th is about everybody but Nicks.
By doing all the above the Club has absolved Nicks and backed him fully.
For the life of me, I cannot see why unless it's to deflect attention/responsibility from the people that gave him 2 more years.

5 years of nightmare is an overkill statement. Yes, we were an absolute shambles in 2020, but understandably with a very young squad. The next 3 years, we had shown a near linear improvement, and that’s all we can really ask of a team who just won their wooden spoon.

The question now becomes, was this season the upper limit of Nicks’ coaching ability or a mere anomaly, and not reflective of recent years’ trend? Is there enough data that will tell us either way for next season?