Opinion Matthew Nicks: Adelaide's Coach

[MRB37]

Jenny Williams starting with the crows? Caught the last part of the story on 7 news

AFLW side only it looks like.

 

[SaltPeter]

AFLW side only it looks like.

Yep, I just watched the tweet you posted. Great to have her on board.

 

[Mutineer]

 

[SaltPeter]

Didn’t even know his position was up for election

 

[MRB37]

 

[Cap]

On Monday or has he already [emoji15]

 

[SaltPeter]

On Monday or has he already [emoji15]

Already, press play

 

[mattymac]

He has said more than that before about us wanting a smaller forward line to increase forward pressure and being a team that punishes on the turnover.

Yeah I remember those punish the turnover comments from when he first signed up. Tonight was all contest contest contest though.

Perhaps he's realised the group he has to work with.

The thing about contest, you need a team that is mentally and physically prepared to make it to all the contests. And eventually you need to do something once you win the contest.

The contest itself is basically passing go and collecting 200 dollars. What you gonna do then? We can't bomb it on Tippet's head any more.

 

[1970crow]

Yep, I just watched the tweet you posted. Great to have her on board.

Speaks well on AA. Seems to know her stuff.

 

[spenze]

Yeah I remember those punish the turnover comments from when he first signed up. Tonight was all contest contest contest though.

Perhaps he's realised the group he has to work with.

The thing about contest, you need a team that is mentally and physically prepared to make it to all the contests. And eventually you need to do something once you win the contest.

The contest itself is basically passing go and collecting 200 dollars. What you gonna do then? We can't bomb it on Tippet's head any more.

If you can't win the ball, you don't direct play.

We need to win the ball and execute the 35 metre kick twice, then you are out in the open. If there was one thing I liked about Gov...and there were a few ( besides him making me look thin) was that he took that option on from HBF. We have some kids coming through from the 2018 draft who have some good footskills, we need to back some of them in to get our ball out from the back 40 over the wall.

What we can't do, is line up with Hartigan, Talia and Kelly, stuttering and trying to make the decision someone elses problem

 

[Sanders]

Gotta love your expert opinion 3 years after the fact if youre so smart why arent you a recruiter or list manager ??? Fact is no one knew things would fall this bad but we have had a list clean out and i can see s lot of positives this year but according to you there wont be so until the games start and we see how it is going to play out how about await and see till people start their negative talk cause our team may surprise you but then again there is always people who think they know better than the experts doing the actual job but not willing to put their balls on the line

is this meant to be a serious opinion? Hope not

we just sacked the top 3 people in our football department and you went with an appeal to authority?

just ****ing wowzers

 

[mistylake]

I actually agree with everything you said in the above post. My previous comment was a dry humour attempt rather than a serious one.

Though I think we should all give each other some slack during the off-season, when discussions are going on a tangent. None of us really know the inner workings of the club until we see more actual live acts (during the on-season). There’s only so much you can comment on, on the training videos and media interviews.

Some on here probably know directly or through acquaintances a fair bit about how it’s going.

 

[kulak]

Yeah I remember those punish the turnover comments from when he first signed up. Tonight was all contest contest contest though.

Perhaps he's realised the group he has to work with.

The thing about contest, you need a team that is mentally and physically prepared to make it to all the contests. And eventually you need to do something once you win the contest.

The contest itself is basically passing go and collecting 200 dollars. What you gonna do then? We can't bomb it on Tippet's head any more.

Our midfield is incapable of scoring goals from clearances, they don’t have the burst power.

Our defence is average at generating rebound because we have quite a few who provide zero offence. (Compare to the 97-98 defence who could all attack)

That leaves one approach:
1. Push it forward from the contest (win contested possessions / clearances for territory battle although not scoring directly from them)
2. Apply pressure
3. Forward half intercepts and repeat entries
4. Score through weight of entries

Bad news for Nicks is that our forward line has been one of the worst in the league at applying forward pressure since Charles departed. Probably because Hamish has never used a main draft pick on a pressure forward.

No idea how Nicks is going to put the pieces together.

 

[Apsaalooke]

Our midfield is incapable of scoring goals from clearances, they don’t have the burst power.

Our defence is average at generating rebound because we have quite a few who provide zero offence. (Compare to the 97-98 defence who could all attack)

That leaves one approach:
1. Push it forward from the contest (win contested possessions / clearances for territory battle although not scoring directly from them)
2. Apply pressure
3. Forward half intercepts and repeat entries
4. Score through weight of entries

Bad news for Nicks is that our forward line has been one of the worst in the league at applying forward pressure since Charles departed. Probably because Hamish has never used a main draft pick on a pressure forward.

No idea how Nicks is going to put the pieces together.

So apart from our backline, midfield and forward line we're not too bad. That's reassuring.

 

[Scorpus]

Our midfield is incapable of scoring goals from clearances, they don’t have the burst power.

Our defence is average at generating rebound because we have quite a few who provide zero offence. (Compare to the 97-98 defence who could all attack)

That leaves one approach:
1. Push it forward from the contest (win contested possessions / clearances for territory battle although not scoring directly from them)
2. Apply pressure
3. Forward half intercepts and repeat entries
4. Score through weight of entries

Bad news for Nicks is that our forward line has been one of the worst in the league at applying forward pressure since Charles departed. Probably because Hamish has never used a main draft pick on a pressure forward.

No idea how Nicks is going to put the pieces together.

The trick is changing the team.

Add burst players to the midfield. Remove zero offense defenders. Add pressure forwards.

We can do at least the first two of those things quite easily. Might need to draft a few pressure forwards before that aspect is addressed

 

[Mismatched]

Didn’t even know his position was up for election

Yeah seriously, how does one subscribe to the "memo" about this kind of stuff? Or does the club deliberately bury it at the bottom of an email/their website in the fine print?

As a member of multiple organisations with member elected boards, they generally bombard you with multiple emails and letters when election time comes around. As a member of the AFC all I get is a generic twitter announcement that Jamieson has been re-elected "un-opposed"...

 

[Sidthehat]

Interesting Nicks made a point of bigging up Ben Davis in the five aa interview. Was hoping to hear about McAdam.

 

[baldandbroke]

Probably because Hamish has never used a main draft pick on a pressure forward.

No idea how Nicks is going to put the pieces together.

I see a whole new group coming through.

ROB has astounded me with his development. A truly contested beast in the ruck that fights the good fight.

Doedee, McAsey, Scholl, Butts all look to have attacking tendencies as defenders.

Jones looks like he can hit the contest and the scoreboard.

McHenry is all about pressure.

Himmelberg showed that he could pressure the contest as a big man ... I really liked his work rate (although I was probably comparing it to JJ, that's a low base). Let's see how his marking develops this year, I mean he's only 21 !!

Murphy needs to be taught. He has the right characteristics, they are just poorly applied.

Fogarty is the heart of our future.

Players like McAdam, Gallucci and Stengle are the ones I'm hoping step up this year.

I haven't seen enough of Davis yet, but he is getting some wraps on him from people in the know.

I'm sure there are others that will pop up. I hope Nicks understands how essential it is that we don't keep going with the rusted-on Adelaide thinking with selection.

I'm not expecting much results wise, but I like the look of what is potentially coming through.

 

[MRB37]

Yeah seriously, how does one subscribe to the "memo" about this kind of stuff? Or does the club deliberately bury it at the bottom of an email/their website in the fine print?

As a member of multiple organisations with member elected boards, they generally bombard you with multiple emails and letters when election time comes around. As a member of the AFC all I get is a generic twitter announcement that Jamieson has been re-elected "un-opposed"...

They usually stick it in the back page of the Advertiser in the section with the death notices and ads for "massages".

 

[jackster83]

I see a whole new group coming through.

ROB has astounded me with his development. A truly contested beast in the ruck that fights the good fight.

Doedee, McAsey, Scholl, Butts all look to have attacking tendencies as defenders.

Jones looks like he can hit the contest and the scoreboard.

McHenry is all about pressure.

Himmelberg showed that he could pressure the contest as a big man ... I really liked his work rate (although I was probably comparing it to JJ, that's a low base). Let's see how his marking develops this year, I mean he's only 21 !!

Murphy needs to be taught. He has the right characteristics, they are just poorly applied.

Fogarty is the heart of our future.

Players like McAdam, Gallucci and Stengle are the ones I'm hoping step up this year.

I haven't seen enough of Davis yet, but he is getting some wraps on him from people in the know.

I'm sure there are others that will pop up. I hope Nicks understands how essential it is that we don't keep going with the rusted-on Adelaide thinking with selection.

I'm not expecting much results wise, but I like the look of what is potentially coming through.

There's Hamill as well. A top 30 pick in a strong draft, and looks to have some much needed pace.

 

[Pugsley]

 

[Mr_Moogle]

is this meant to be a serious opinion? Hope not

we just sacked the top 3 people in our football department and you went with an appeal to authority?

just ******* wowzers

The "I'd like to see you do better" argument is always the last ditch option for fanboys who can't accept people criticising the club.

The "you have to trust the experts inside the club to make the right decisions" argument is genuinely hilarious given the club's recent history.

 

[skam85]

The "I'd like to see you do better" argument is always the last ditch option for fanboys who can't accept people criticising the club.

The "you have to trust the experts inside the club to make the right decisions" argument is genuinely hilarious given the club's recent history.

I like to call it the Kane "how many AFL games have you played" Cornes rebuttal

 

[Thegibbsgamble]

As I said I don't nicks is any good and it appears talia was railroaded out of the captaincy. I feel niks was boys club appointment and well, sloane As captain looks. Boys club..

We keep Picking guys into stockmarkets and stuff like Chapman and roo. We keep being conservitive because that's what money men want.

I call it now, milera will leave.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

As I said I don't nicks is any good and it appears talia was railroaded out of the captaincy. I feel niks was boys club appointment and well, sloane As captain looks. Boys club..

We keep Picking guys into stockmarkets and stuff like Chapman and roo. We keep being conservitive because that's what money men want.

I call it now, milera will leave.

Pretty sure Sloane was preferred by the players, Talia didn't even make the leadership group. Also I'm not sure how Nicks can be a boys club appointment when he had no connection to the club prior to being hired.

Meh on your Milera call. Betting against Adelaide's player retention is generally the safer bet.