Opinion Matthew Nicks: Adelaide's Coach

[Bay62]

Classy

 

[ShadeyP]

I did like how he talked about wanting to take the game to sides as well. Maybe we'll stop trying to coach the natural aggression out of every player that walks in with a bit of an edge to them.

We now have Fog , ROB and Billy Boy who all don't mind putting the hurt into the opposition . That excites !!

 

[Bay62]

So it seems that apart from Ratten, who thoroughly deserved another chance, picking an experienced coach is no more likely now than it ever was

 

[The Sloane Ranger]

Pretty classy by Yze

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[goyoucrows]

i've got little doubt if he wasn't appointed head coach of afc, this time next year Port would've appointed him their senior coach.

Senior assistant or head coach?

I thought Schofield was next in line when Hinkley's contract finishes.

 

[matty p]

We now have Fog , ROB and Billy Boy who all don't mind putting the hurt into the opposition . That excites !!

McHenry too (albeit a smaller frame).

 

[jackster83]

Senior assistant or head coach?

I thought Schofield was next in line when Hinkley's contract finishes.

Voss

 

[Bay62]

McHenry too (albeit a smaller frame).

Cannot wait to see this kid do what he’s apparently good at

 

[40porpoise]

Pretty classy by Yze View attachment 765261

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Peter Sumich take note

 

[Sanders]

It just all feels so... so Sando like

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Yze sounds like he was just excited to ride in a real life aeroplane

 

[glengowan]

It just all feels so... so Sando like

Let’s hope Jones gets that handball over to Sloane in the dying seconds of the Prelim after a good run with the umpiring throughout the game. We go on to win the flag. Cruise through trade period this time next year without too many issues. Then the season after, the high flying Fogarty doesn’t land awkwardly on his knee against Carlton early in the season and miss 12 months. Oh, what might’ve been!? What might be?

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

It just all feels so... so Sando like

I wonder if Clarkson felt Schwab like in the initial stages?

I hope so

 

[kulak]

Completely and utterly underwhelmed by him.

But having a shit coach when we're going to be bottom 4 is no big deal really, hopefully someone better is available in 3 years when he gets the boot.

I thought the said all the right things just like you would expect from a slippery new manager

All the talk about relationships is consistent with a transparent AFC media sales job, just like the dishonest videos from the 2019 pre season which many of us thought meant we had a happy group once again.

Says finals are won in the contest, which is simply untrue, but supporters like to hear it

My impression is that he is exactly the kind of slippery snake who says all the right things that I would expect our administration of slippery snakes who say all the right things would hire

With that said obviously hope I am totally wrong and he’s a great success

 

[BACCS]

I thought the said all the right things just like you would expect from a slippery new manager

All the talk about relationships is consistent with a transparent AFC media sales job, just like the dishonest videos from the 2019 pre season which many of us thought meant we had a happy group once again.

Says finals are won in the contest, which is simply untrue, but supporters like to hear it

My impression is that he is exactly the kind of slippery snake who says all the right things that I would expect our administration of slippery snakes who say all the right things would hire

With that said obviously hope I am totally wrong and he’s a great success

That’s a very cynical view

 

[kulak]

I wonder if Clarkson felt Schwab like in the initial stages?

I hope so

From memory there was excitement early on with Clarko.

Like Fagan at Brisbane the energy was obvious even if the wins took some time to arrive

 

[BACCS]

From memory there was excitement early on with Clarko.

Like Fagan at Brisbane the energy was obvious even if the wins took some time to arrive

There wasn’t in his first year when they kept losing games like the previous few years.

Why can’t there be the same excitement with Nicks? Seems like a genuine bloke who you can take on his word, just needs to back it up with actions on and off field now.

 

[StonesThrow]

I don't know how you can say it feels like anything. Coaches are a huge unknown to supporters.

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[kulak]

That’s a very cynical view

Sorry! I genuinely did not previously see our footy club that way until the last couple of years. I am definitely not Roo’s 1 percent of haters.

The first break happened with the Riley Knight “managed” episode. I said there’s no way we would lie about an injury for no reason other than to try to avoid looking bad? Especially in such a transparent manner because the lie would be obvious after one week? It turns out that is exactly what we did.

The second break was the 2019 pre season videos of the happy smiling players. Everyone is happy now! Look now they are playing volleyball! Don’t worry about the camp! Again it was not just dishonest, but incompetently executed dishonesty because it has been clear since then that we remained a divided demoralised group.

But now because Fagan and Nicks said the word Relationships 50 times I can believe it is definitely all okay now?

Sorry but my default position is cynicism, nothing in the interview contradicted that. It that will remain until results suggest otherwise

 

[kulak]

There wasn’t in his first year when they kept losing games like the previous few years.

Why can’t there be the same excitement with Nicks? Seems like a genuine bloke who you can take on his word, just needs to back it up with actions on and off field now.

Most people in this thread are excited. Feel free to join them in expressing your excitement rather than policing what others think

 

[pjcrows]

From memory there was excitement early on with Clarko.

Like Fagan at Brisbane the energy was obvious even if the wins took some time to arrive

Hawthorn lost 6 of their first 7 games under Clarkson and went 5-17 in their first year. I doubt there was "excitement".

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Hawthorn lost 6 of their first 7 games under Clarkson and went 5-17 in their first year. I doubt there was "excitement".

Would Nicks survive a 5-17 2020

Maybe if we picked up a Buddy, Roughead and Lewis in this draft I guess

 

[Tex200]

And a very reliable shot for goal from 40 or so

Other than at a really critical moment in a GF.

Perfectly good otherwise

 

[kulak]

Hawthorn lost 6 of their first 7 games under Clarkson and went 5-17 in their first year. I doubt there was "excitement".

They were much better in Clarko’s first year than the year before

If my memory isn’t enough for you, then check the results:
2004 was 4-18 and 70 percent
2005 was 5-17 and 82 percent

Similar improvement to Brisbane in Fagan’s first year
2016 was 3-19 and 61 percent
2017 was 5-17 and 74 percent

Hence excitement because it’s all about trajectory

 

[rocket18]

Nice comments, probably knows he will be able to re-apply in 2 - 3 years.