Disagree 101%. If we’d gotten nearly any other coach ie Macrae, they’d have been perfect too. Being not Pyke is a feature that 99% of coaches exhibited.
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Disagree 101%. If we’d gotten nearly any other coach ie Macrae, they’d have been perfect too. Being not Pyke is a feature that 99% of coaches exhibited.
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Viney has been out of the game for a year or two so wasn’t tied to anyone - makes it easier
And Clarkson and North have had a fair amount of time to prepare. I think Clarko would have worded up some of his contacts months ago that he was likely to coach this year somewhere and would they join him
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I am not endorsing it as a brilliant move. Instead pointing out that Nicks isn't as rigid as many on here suggest.
So he has plan A and slow plan A. I’ll concede he’s made the a few more positional moves than Neil Pyke, I mean Don Craig, did. But then he reverts. Keays to forward, brilliant game, then back to guts week after. In a developing/rebuilding side, he’s favoured continuity far too often.
And still refuses to deepen our midfield rotations. I accepted there were valid reasons last year, but not this year. The continuity imperative extends to midfield strategy. That alone consigns him to certain failure as a senior coach.
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Has Burns been sounded out for one of the top jobs going ?... why not ?
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Listen to the first 5 minutes ....explains why contested players are king in Finals and why the outside players like Sholl and Newchurch dry up
So you can see why Nicks is putting so much emphasis on winning contests, with a very young list
So you can see why Nicks is putting so much emphasis on winning contests, with a very young list
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Don’t think anyone has an issue with a focus on individuals winning contests, it’s when he gives the illusion of winning contests by pushing up forwards around the ball an emptying our forward line. It gives the illusion of winning contests but unless you’re going to maintain that what’s the point? And if you are going to maintain you’ve adopted a defensive game plan and given the forward line we are building that would be madness.
So in the end what have you taught your players?
Did the video support this game plan by Nicks?
But you also need outside class able to break lines and deliver the ball to your forwards quickly.
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Kind of a chicken and egg argument from King. He’s not wrong but he’s out of context.
They dry up only if the blokes on the inside are being beaten.
If McLeod, Bickley and Johnson are winning the ball, guess who cleans up on the outside?
Couple of blokes called Thiessen and Eccles.
Your outside players don’t need to be world-beaters, they just need to be able to USE the ball.
Can ours??
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Keays played a similar role for much of the rest of the season. Turns out he just sucks at it and the Carlton game was a fluke.
What game have you been watching for the last 20 years, there is no such thing as a stay at home forward anymore.
What he really meant is we put extras up at the around the ball contest. Leaving us short up forward and down in defense. We don't empty our forwardline of people altogether but we empty it of a numbers advantage.
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Us Crows supporters analyse every decision, our Coach makes .....people question Nicks, but can you imagine RICH supporters today ......3 x Premiership Coach, who ALL YEAR has refused to tag
Opposition's best MID's have had field days against RICH ......last night it cost RICH a Finals Match ....if that were Nicks, we could add another 20 pages to this thread
Opposition's best MID's have had field days against RICH ......last night it cost RICH a Finals Match ....if that were Nicks, we could add another 20 pages to this thread
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Hawkins does not exclusively stay in the F50, he gets up the ground quite often during a game and covers a lot of territory. Sure, he’s not Cameron in that regard, but he doesn’t just sit within the F50 all game.
We’ll max out at bottom of the 8 under him, he’ll never be a flag coach. Too risk averse.
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Three years at the bottom, would want to be moving up this year
I’m not fussed if we move up or not. I just want to see more midfield depth and not see either Crouch or Sloane in there. Even if Laird or Keays gets injured.
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2020 - 18th (3w)
2021 - 15th (7w)
2022 - 14th (8w)
We're heading in the right direction.
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We've been waiting since 1998, a couple more years isn't going to make that much difference!
I think he will be sacked at the end of 2023 if he doesn't drastically improve the team. The Collingwood coach demonstrated that a decent coach can have a big impact on a clubs fortunes.
You can’t just ignore list profile when comparing coaches.
I’m ok with an 8-10 win 2023 as long as we see continued growth in the likes of Thilthorpe, Fogarty, Berry, Soligo, Rachele, Butts, Murray, Jones, Worrell, Pedlar, Taylor, Parnell, Cook, Hamill, Nank.
2024 is when we need to sustainably spike - finals or seeya Nicks.
We shouldn’t be extending his contact until we’ve qualified for finals, either.
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