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Got in first and I’m not even retiredPort 2023
Well get busyGot in first and I’m not even retired
We'll win by only 7.What’s will it be like IF we are 30 points down at half time Friday night he he
"Crows Coach Matthew Nickshas re-signed with the Club"PLAYERCARDSTARTMatthew Nicks
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I was kinda hoping that was some kind of auto-correct typo, as in "resigned from" .
But, no .
The first half of last week's GCS loss had the Nicks stamp all over it:
--- odd selection decisions (misplaced trust in ineffective try-harders and underperforming seniors and think on this, if Sloane was available, Nicks woulda picked him and given him plenty of midfield time)
--- slow start, no fire/intensity until too late
--- NO game plan for wet weather footy
--- intense fightback for another close loss, as per 2023 from which Nicks has learned nothing.
Yeah, give that another 2 years .
At the very least, the Club could have waited until after Round 5.
If the Crows are 0-5 or even 1-4 it's gonna look like a foolish, premature decision.
They could have aleast tried to make it look like it was performance basedI think this was sorted a little while ago and so was inevitable regardless of Round 1
While Silvers comments in the pre season hinted at some more hoops for Nicks to jump through to get an extension every other comment and action from the club has been clear they are aligned with Nicks, rate what he has done and believe he is the man
I think many of the criticisms people have on this board for him are true of every single coach in the AFL without exception. Macrae was copping it on Collingwoods board last year for some around the edges selections and game plan stuff by supporters and they won the bloody flag!
Surely no one was actually surprised by this signing
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Disagree.All I am hearing is excuses, I'll shut up once there's actually some ******* runs on the board.
Objectively though if you strip everything back and look at it, we announced that we were planning to be out of Footy Park and up and going at Thebarton Oval by 2025 (according to our press release back in 2022). Here we are heading towards mid 2024 and we're running "another" community consultation and still years away from it even coming to fruition.
Clearly the club didn't do anywhere near the level of due diligence in relation to the complexities attached to Kings Reserve prior to committing to it and it's turned into a massive cluster F*.
You can polish this up as much as you want, but it reeks of incompetence. In Olsen's defense, it's not really his fault as the incompetence of this club pre-dated his arrival and will most likely post-date him too, it's just endemic of the club.
I know you have strong emotional ties to Olsen, but at the end of the day I just want the best candidates possible at the club and if you think that the AFC Board have been exemplary in their handling of Thebarton Oval thus far then I guess we can just agree to disagree.
Giving Nicks an extension at this current point is just another mistake on top of a pile of mistakes that this club has made.
Well let's hope you are right, there is certainly evidence that he would be conservative without itI have a slightly different take.
If Nicks spent this year coaching for his survival, he would be more inclined to stick to conservative selections and no variation in game style.
He now has some certainty to allow for more flexible thinking - it is just a matter of seeing if he has the capacity to do that.
I have a slightly different take.
If Nicks spent this year coaching for his survival, he would be more inclined to stick to conservative selections and no variation in game style.
He now has some certainty to allow for more flexible thinking - it is just a matter of seeing if he has the capacity to do that.
I think it was Brad Scott on 360, said all coaching contracts had a max 6 month payout period if coach was sacked.Unfortunately this all but guarantees he will be coaching next year regardless of results this year
Winning takes care of everythingI have a slightly different take.
If Nicks spent this year coaching for his survival, he would be more inclined to stick to conservative selections and no variation in game style.
He now has some certainty to allow for more flexible thinking - it is just a matter of seeing if he has the capacity to do that.
Then why not extend him last year. What could they have possibly seen in the last couple of months that has made them think "* it, let's give him two more"? There has been no trigger to sign him, it's all been stage managed. Our clubs ongoing greatest "strength".Is it a rushed decision? There has been a four year body of work by this point.
The club hierarchy would be 100% certain right now if Nicks - and his vision - would be what they want. Or if it's time to move on, and if the club was like "oh we'll see how he goes in 2024 to make a decision", he should have been sacked at the end of 2023 as we're just wasting time. Delaying really doesn't achieve anything.
Possibly true - we never are privy to details of contracts. I guess that is what fuels all our speculation!If he has a contract bonus to make finals be will still coach conservatively
Two Murphys??Absilutely no excuse for him to not be as aggressive at selection as possible now.
He wouldn't be on much more than $400k a year...Bookmark this post for the massive payout we will need to hand him when sacking him that cripples our football department spending
In breaking news leopards dont change their spotsI have a slightly different take.
If Nicks spent this year coaching for his survival, he would be more inclined to stick to conservative selections and no variation in game style.
He now has some certainty to allow for more flexible thinking - it is just a matter of seeing if he has the capacity to do that.
It depends on the KPIs he's been given. If it's "develop the kids" I agree, if it's "make finals" we are cooked.I have a slightly different take.
If Nicks spent this year coaching for his survival, he would be more inclined to stick to conservative selections and no variation in game style.
He now has some certainty to allow for more flexible thinking - it is just a matter of seeing if he has the capacity to do that.
Coaches Association got that bumped up to 12 months recently.I think it was Brad Scott on 360, said all coaching contracts had a max 6 month payout period if coach was sacked.
We value off field performanceThen why not extend him last year. What could they have possibly seen in the last couple of months that has made them think "* it, let's give him two more"? There has been no trigger to sign him, it's all been stage managed. Our clubs ongoing greatest "strength".
Longmuir was still talking about 6monthsCoaches Association got that bumped up to 12 months recently.
Tit's only for AFL-assisted clubs like Suns and St Kilda.Coaches Association got that bumped up to 12 months recently.