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Opinion Matthew Nicks: Adelaide's Coach
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Read the first sentence about strong argument, noticed the size of the argument and correctly concluded strength would be severely lacking. If it’s a strong argument you have, a single paragraph will suffice.
Betts was cooked and Atkins we didn’t lose till end of the spoon year. Sauce and Dougie were cooked/retired, then not playing improved the 22. JJ the only player that might have made the 22 on output alone. Your names don’t make it a crash and burn set of list changes. More like moving on dead wood for an immediate uplift in impact. Had we kept Dsice, Dougie and Betts and played them, we’d have been worse.
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I don't know about Betts. He kicked 37 goals and was 15th in the Coleman race for 2019. Losing that in 2020 was a big deal for Nicks and the squad - especially considering the positive impact he had on the playing group. Point made on Atkins.
Just looking at the difference between the 2017 Squad and what Nicks inherited at the end of 2019 - how can you not give him a mulligan to start?
Missing: Douglas, Cameron, Otten, Lever, Greenwood, Betts, Jenkins plus key future players in Keath and McGovern.
Then after the wooden spoon he loses Brad Crouch, Hartigan, Atkins, Knight.
Its pretty unfair on poor old Nicks.
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The same side that was 4th after round 14 and finished 11th, 2 wins out of the 8 and managed to only beat GC (who got pick one priority) and St Kilda in the last 9 games. Who then cleared out Betts (37.21 - second highest scorer) Jenkins (22 - third highest scorer) as well as Keath, Greenwood
Nicks got to catch the falling knife - our squad had already fallen off the cliff
We also stepped into Covid with a new coach and game plan
I don’t think Nicks will be our long term coach - hopefully surprises us - but I understand why the club has given him until 2024. I would expect him to depart between the end of next season and the following years bye if we haven’t seen ladder progress
Development needs some stability - the players appear to be invested with him - and a short term extension made sense
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Agreed - as long as you have a list of ready to go rookies to come in and replace them. And we are aware that our drafting hasn’t been good for a very long time. Once the top end of our squad aged and fell away we had nothing coming through underneath
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Nicks did not come into our club thinking the cupboard was bare, or that we were beginning an incredibly deep, full-blown, car crash rebuild.
I don’t know what caused the invention of this new narrative:
www.afc.com.au
October 16, 2019
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With the Crows undergoing a rejuvenation of their playing list, Nicks assured a passionate supporter base they could be proud of how their Club approaches games in 2020.
I don’t know what caused the invention of this new narrative:
The two key themes of Adelaide's game plan under Matthew Nicks
Matthew Nicks wants his players to seek out the contest and inflict damage on their opposition
October 16, 2019
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With the Crows undergoing a rejuvenation of their playing list, Nicks assured a passionate supporter base they could be proud of how their Club approaches games in 2020.
“For our supporters I can guarantee in what you will see, you'll go away from our games proud of the way the guys have gone about it,” he said.
“It's not so much about the win-loss initially, it'll be more about, ‘look guys, how are we playing our footy?’
“The result will look after itself if our guys are getting some of that right.”
No mention of full, deep rebuild anywhere, not even a hint
But here is Steven Trigg comparing Nicks to Brendan Bolton!!!
Too soon huh?
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the irony is that Nicks hasn’t been under pressure, he’s had a free ride
But here is Steven Trigg comparing Nicks to Brendan Bolton!!!
Too soon huh?
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Former Adelaide and Carlton chief executive Steven Trigg said the Crows' coaching role was "an extraordinarily pressurised role" because of the focus in South Australia on the team.
He was on panels that picked three of the Crows' coaches and one of Carlton's, Brendon Bolton in 2015.
"We [Carlton] needed a coach who could really teach, communicate and drive culture and I think that's probably what the Crows are looking for at the moment and if it's Matthew Nicks I'm sure that is the set of qualities they're looking for," he said ahead of the announcement.
the irony is that Nicks hasn’t been under pressure, he’s had a free ride
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No mention of full, deep rebuild anywhere, not even a hint
But here is Steven Trigg comparing Nicks to Brendan Bolton!!!
Too soon huh?
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Former Adelaide and Carlton chief executive Steven Trigg said the Crows' coaching role was "an extraordinarily pressurised role" because of the focus in South Australia on the team.He was on panels that picked three of the Crows' coaches and one of Carlton's, Brendon Bolton in 2015."We [Carlton] needed a coach who could really teach, communicate and drive culture and I think that's probably what the Crows are looking for at the moment and if it's Matthew Nicks I'm sure that is the set of qualities they're looking for," he said ahead of the announcement.
the irony is that Nicks hasn’t been under pressure, he’s had a free ride
Even if we were planning a full, deep rebuild, would the club have ever admitted they were doing this?
Fair point. But what we wouldn’t have done is spruiked about how supporters were going to be excited about how we went about it
A few days ago I asked what the non-negotiables were in our team, and no one knew
The sooner people realise Nicks is taking the club nowhere the less frustrated they will be.
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At this point does anyone have any idea what his idea for building a premiership team is other than zany contract renewal announcements for players?
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profit
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profit
So if Dawson had missed or Murray had been called deliberate OOB Nicks would have a worse winning percentage than Primus, who was at a club in an even bigger state of disarray.
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Why would he be building a premiership team? That would be a happenstance of our club’s primary mission.
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Sometimes I wonder if you even read what you are responding to. You can disagree with it but the poster clearly outlined the rationale for 2023 being a reasonable timeline.
They were Ricky Gervais level cringe but the dolts lapped it up.
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Selection continues to baffle, no improvement whatsoever on field. Shocking
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He’s got to go. Possibly the worst coach we’ve ever had.
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Out of his depth
The sad thing is that this is all of his own doing.
There is a lot of talent and capacity to develop. But he is blindly backing in the same players. All coaches love the honest triers, I get it. But he is taking it well and truly too far. And the going back to Crouch… well honestly
There is a lot of talent and capacity to develop. But he is blindly backing in the same players. All coaches love the honest triers, I get it. But he is taking it well and truly too far. And the going back to Crouch… well honestly
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