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That would be one of the smoothest rebounds ever seen in AFL coaching history.
Review R18: The Good, Bad and Ugly vs. St. Kilda
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Sadly, next year with a better injury run, a softer draw, and a little more experience in our younger players I can see us challenging for a top 8 spot again
Which more or less means we may be stuck for another 18 months, or worse, in same scenario as Port with Hinkley
Yes, that would be worse
That's my concern, that the natural evolution of the list gets us a finals spot (in spite of coaching and development) and we go down the same path as Port, flogging a dead horse for season after season.
But it contradicts those espousing Nix held the players back until they were ready. The weren't ready the week prior, had a lot of ground to make up, big jump up from SANFL blah blah.
anyone else just a little concerned with Rachele? I thought the conditions might have suited him a bit (a dry hard deck sure doesn't) but he would have been one of the worst performers - again.
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Semantics and honestly, as I've said, nobody bloody knows what goes on. He believed they had more to work on (and all of the kids clearly DO have something to work on)... injury arises and an opportunity presents itself. He could have said "no, they aren't ready" or he could have said "let's see what they've got". When the cupboard is bare, you make do with what you've got. And sometimes you get pleasantly surprised.
He will be one of the best coaches in pro sport....
Ain't happening.
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I disagree. I thought he worked incredibly hard all night, pushing the ball forward, doing the team things. Keays, Laird and Soligo all had a worse DE% than Rachele did.
Genuine concern about this.
Season 2024 has shown he is tactically inept. His first real season there is expectation to make coaching moves to win games.
Has failed. Ultra defensive knee jerk game plan. Sub use is horrible. Calling a cooked Smithers the future and failing to cut Laird's midfield time easy examples of his inept coaching.
But we are quite likely, with better injury run and Rankine not suspended, to make 7/8th next year.
The concern is that our list is good enough to "contend " but the coaching not good enough to win a flag.
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What about Nank not debuting this year until round 4, playing well, made sub after a strong game against Port to fit Smith in after he produced two kick ins when he came on as the sub against Port.
Do you think Nicks held Nank back because he wasn’t ready or was it blatant favouring an out of form senior player over a talented kid who showed last year he was ready? Or you playing we don’t know card?
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or the constant calls from the fans to get Woz in the side. took a season long injury to Dood for him to get a chance.
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Sexy: that Bond 1 handed pick up off the ground in the wet.
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I think rachele will be elite. But it won't happen under nicks. They are going to waste another year with this loser in charge.
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Who knows, hes Roos mate afterall. Bit concerning another poster just mentioned Burton walking Adelaide Oval on numerous occasions this year. Has he secretly been employed by the club again?
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So another 20 odd games puts him in McHenry territory? In terms of games played before we started to make him sub and then started completely leaving him out
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Ok, I'm not going to disagree with your timeline of events, as we can base that on fact.
Curtin starts off in the SANFL as the tallest defender in a side of very short people due to injuries and poor top-ups. He is played as a key defender and doesn't do that well - nobody is happy with the state of the squad to allow that, but it seems that the crows take the opportunity to see if Curtin can play key position. Despite not playing that well, Curtin is getting the ball, although the game against Glenelg he was out of his depth.
The next week he is moved up the ground, and responds by getting 31 disposal and gets forward to kick a goal against North.
He is rewarded with a debut vs Port. He plays pretty well, I kept a close eye on him at the game and thought while a couple of times he look lost, he was also ignored a couple of times as players chose to go up the boundary line out of defense instead of cutting back in to Curtin. He looked a bit tired at the end, with Smith as the sub it wasn't a surprise he was subbed off. A good start.
Next game was a bit tougher, unfortunately he was subbed off after Brisbane outcoached that match up, putting Ah Chee on Curtin and exposing his lack of pace out the back.
Back to the SANFL, where Curtin continues to build his game, never dropping below 10 possessions. He doesn't play KPD again, even though week 3 lives on in the memory of posters like it was last weekend.
Curtin finally moves up onto the ball and Dowling and Taylor both move up to AFL, although you wouldn't know it on here, as the memory of that game at full back vs Glenelg is seared into the minds of the more repetitive posters.
Some posters are calling for Curtin to ask for a trade at this point. Meanwhile Curtin plays pretty well in a losing side against Norwood, as the legs continue to dominate the SANFL. Curtin kick 2 goals, and probably could have kicked two more from marks inside 50.
The media isn't calling for Curtin to come into the side, must be because they don't realise their voice at match committee is so strong.
Meanwhile, we all wait in anticipation for Curtin to return to the side. We know that Nicks rarely changes sides that win, except to return proved first 18 players back into the team (like Thilthorpe). But surely Curtin is only a couple more games away from playing.
I'd be penciling in round 22 against the bulldogs as the game to watch for a comeback, but hoping he is in next week vs Essendon for Smith - but it doesn't seem likely with Hinge already to come back in. If he comes back R22, Curtin can get 3 more games in for the year.
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So coaches votes as follows
6 Lachlan Sholl (ADEL)
5 Jordan Dawson (ADEL)
5 Rory Laird (ADEL)
3 Jake Soligo (ADEL)
3 Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera (STK)
You would think they were as follows -
5 Jordan Dawson (ADEL)
4 Ben Keays (ADEL)
3 Lachlan Sholl (ADEL)
2 Jake Soligo (ADEL)
1 Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera (STK)
4 Ben Keays (ADEL)
3 Lachlan Sholl (ADEL)
2 Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera (STK)
1 Jake Soligo (ADEL)
So did Nicks give Laird 5 votes?
Adelaide v St Kilda
8 Ben Keays (ADEL)6 Lachlan Sholl (ADEL)
5 Jordan Dawson (ADEL)
5 Rory Laird (ADEL)
3 Jake Soligo (ADEL)
3 Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera (STK)
You would think they were as follows -
5 Jordan Dawson (ADEL)
4 Ben Keays (ADEL)
3 Lachlan Sholl (ADEL)
2 Jake Soligo (ADEL)
1 Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera (STK)
Or
5 Rory Laird (ADEL)4 Ben Keays (ADEL)
3 Lachlan Sholl (ADEL)
2 Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera (STK)
1 Jake Soligo (ADEL)
So did Nicks give Laird 5 votes?
Not sure if anyone has mentioned that dangerous tackle call on cook... He slung the player but he's head was nowhere near the ground... Am i the only one that think that was a totally bs call?
