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

[Brett Cummings]

Would be plenty of “say that again” Matthew?

Would there though? He'd have to say something controversial for that to happen. He's boring as shit in the media.

 

[1970crow]

I’m just waiting to see how our R1 team looks like.

Think we will know what 2025 is in store for us looking at that side - Laird to HBF and Murphy out of the team.

Even Laird at half back with his insipid efforts would be a bad sign. It's not hard to select 7 back half players ahead of him. Murray, Butts/Keane, Worrell, Max, Hinge, Cumming, Bond, Nankivell. That's 8 and I'd have Jones ahead of him as an actual small defender, but happy to concede that to avoid argument.

 

[WetCrow1991]

https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/20/living/aisha-tyler-self-inflicted-wounds-success/index.html

CNN: Throughout the book, you share stories of your self-inflicted wounds. In some way it is an anti-self-help book, showing how failure can help in your success. Why write about the failures?

Tyler: I always tell people that success is not the absence of failure, success is persistence through failure. So it does show how failure can help. I mean I think there are a lot of people who are crippled by a failure. Crippled by something that goes wrong in their lives. And we’re crippled by a fear of failure.


Yikes.

Yeah and it seems he missed the point. You're supposed to learn from the failures, not repeat them.

 

[rocket18]

I’m just waiting to see how our R1 team looks like.

Think we will know what 2025 is in store for us looking at that side - Laird to HBF and Murphy out of the team.

Smith, Laird and Murphy should all be out of the R1 side, but we know Nicks suffers summer amnesia so I'm preparing for all 3 to front up in R1, Nicks believes they are all a big part of our future.

 

[kirky]

Even Laird at half back with his insipid efforts would be a bad sign. It's not hard to select 7 back half players ahead of him. Murray, Butts/Keane, Worrell, Max, Hinge, Cumming, Bond, Nankivell. That's 8 and I'd have Jones ahead of him as an actual small defender, but happy to concede that to avoid argument.

I’m fully aware of what should actually happen but Nicks to remove Laird from our side - I just don’t see that happening.

 

[kirky]

Smith, Laird and Murphy should all be out of the R1 side, but we know Nicks suffers summer amnesia so I'm preparing for all 3 to front up in R1, Nicks believes they are all a big part of our future.

Don’t disagree but Nicks thinks he is on the right track - probably Smith misses the cut but the other two? Who ****ing knows!

 

[adelaidecrows]

Don’t disagree but Nicks thinks he is on the right track - probably Smith misses the cut but the other two? Who ****ing knows!

Based on Nicks selection policies his round 1 side is just as likely to be

B: Michalanney Murray Smith
HB: Hinge Worrell Milera
C: Scholl Dawson Soligo
HF: Keays Walker Murphy
F: Rachele, Fogarty, Thilthorpe
R: O’Brien, Crouch, Laird
I/C: Burgess, Berry, Jones, Nankervis
Sub: ANB

Emerg: Peatling, Cumming, Curtin

 

[1970crow]

Don’t disagree but Nicks thinks he is on the right track - probably Smith misses the cut but the other two? Who ****ing knows!

Reckon Smith misses, but the other 2 are locks.

 

[Rags_118]

When you only have too clubs to choose from it makes it likely we will win sometimes. Luko was a test because it really tested our sales pitch. Along with every other player who turned us down this year.

As for the best in our club history, the trading in the 90s wins hands down. Like its not even close.

But in the last 20 years, I agree with you. It has been better. But again, we are only attracting players who want to come home in the first place.

Jacobs, Betts, Lynch, Jenkins, Brown & Seedsman were a fair haul from 2010-2015 that help set up the 2017 minor premiership/GF team - particularly with our draft penalties and only mediocre picks.

Traded in a few spuds in that time too.

 

[Rags_118]

So having a quiet beer with a footy mate over the weekend, we turn to the Matthew Nicks topic. It meanders on as a discussion which ended with him posing a question to me.

"Would you swap Nicks for Kane Cornes as coach right now?"

After laughing... I had to stop and think.

What would you have answered?

Kornes could be the first AFL coach that his players tape to the goalpost at training, take shots ant him from 50m, then leave him there overnight.

 

[cleanhands]

So having a quiet beer with a footy mate over the weekend, we turn to the Matthew Nicks topic. It meanders on as a discussion which ended with him posing a question to me.

"Would you swap Nicks for Kane Cornes as coach right now?"

After laughing... I had to stop and think.

What would you have answered?

 

[Brett Cummings]

Jacobs, Betts, Lynch, Jenkins, Brown & Seedsman were a fair haul from 2010-2015 that help set up the 2017 minor premiership/GF team - particularly with our draft penalties and only mediocre picks.

Traded in a few spuds in that time too.

We had way better coaches during that time. Right now is the worst we've ever been

 

[Pugsley]

Less said, the better!

That's because he was looking for the Aeroguard.

 

[Pugsley]

Should have thrown a drink at him.