Rumour 2024 Rumours and Speculation Part 2

[Scorpus]

Spoiler: Older Rumors

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Rumors from September 30

• FiveAA claims we are after Scott Borlace, current Head of Development at Brisbane (link)
• Claims of Rory Sloane
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  Rory Sloane

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  heading to Melbourne Demons as a development coach, but maybe not before asking for a job at the Crows first?
• Inside Trading suggests we are interested in Gold Coast's pick 12 (link)
• Inside Trading also suggests Clayton Oliver
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  is possibly back on the trade table, but doesn't link him to any specific clubs

Rumors from October 1

• We have offered Darcy Fogarty
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  a five year contract extension early ahead of free agency (link)
• We are attempting to lure Graham Wright to our football department (link)

Rumors from October 2-3

• Graham Wright, who we are chasing as a head of football, is also being chased by Carlton for a CEO position (link)

Rumors from October 4-5

• Gettable claiming pick 25 for Neal-Bullen and a future 2nd for Peatling (link)

Rumors from October 6

• Tom Morris claims we are open to splitting pick 4 (link)

Rumor summary October 8

• Jon Ralph claims we are not prepared to use a future 2nd on Peatling (link)

Rumor summary October 9

• Graham Wright will not join Adelaide, instead taking up the Carlton CEO role (link)
• Tom Morris claims the Peatling trade will involve future 2nd and 3rd round picks, and we have offered him a four year deal at about $600k per season (link)
• Riley Beveridge claims we asked GWS if they were interested in one of our players in the Peatling trade (link)

Rumor summary October 10

• Collingwood are interested in Justin Reid as their new head of football (link)
• GWS want our future 2nd and pick 46 for Peatling (link)

Rumor summary October 11

• Poster claims we are attempting to lure Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, maybe in 2025 (link)
• Tom Morris claims we will do the Peatling deal for pick 46 and a future 2nd provided there are other late pick swaps (link)

Rumor summary October 13

• Tom Morris suggests we have offered a trade involving a swap of future 2nds for Peatling (link)

Rumor summary October 15

• After West Coast got absolutely rogered, Cal Twomey claims we have offered either two future 3rds for Peatling, or a swap of 2nds and a future 3rd (link)
• We have interest in Sam Davidson from Richmond VFL (link)
• Mitch Cleary claims some GWS players are facing suspensions from the AFL due to behaviour at an end of season event (link)
• Brett Montgomery is staying at GWS, meaning we were unsuccessful at luring him (link)

Rumor summary October 16

• Stalemate on the Peatling trade as of 4pm, with us threatening to send him to the PSD (link)

 

[jenny61_99]

Silvers was an "unknown" type who we got to perform a role that he'd never done before, based on him being from a Premiership club. He has been underwhelming, let's face it.

I know absolutely nothing about Davis, but he appears to be a perennial assistant coach who is now performing a role he's never done before, based on him being from a Premiership club.

If the only person we bring in for the football department in this offseason is Davis, and not someone like Balme, and while people like Dew are available, it's another underwhelming offseason. There's still time obviously.

Our football department is more important than who we bring in with future 2nd rounders.

Something you’ll find in common with successful teams, is they are filled with people who have experienced success - either as a player or as a coach. This is something we are sorely lacking.

 

[MRB37]

Have to wait and see on the presser for Davis where someone hopefully asks him what his actual role at the club will be.

I'm not so sure it's a position above Nicks overseeing him and more a guy who is there to oversee/work with the assistant/development coaches to free up more time for Nicks.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

It would certainly help to attract players if we could actually make the finals once in a while.

The trouble is that when that happens we're so enraptured with our players that we sign then all up on long term, high dollar deals. So we can't afford to splash the cash on recruits

 

[Crow_68]

Puts that one to bed.

 

[pjcrows]

Something you’ll find in common with successful teams, is they are filled with people who have experienced success - either as a player or as a coach. This is something we are sorely lacking.

I don't disagree - my point is, if the only offseason change is Davis in, that's not enough. But I would've sacked Nicks, so...

 

[Scorpus]

Is this how we get people to come here?

Instead of offering side grade roles we create a new "higher" position so we can "promote" them into it

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

Have to wait and see on the presser for Davis where someone hopefully asks him what his actual role at the club will be.

I'm not so sure it's a position above Nicks overseeing him and more a guy who is there to oversee/work with the assistant/development coaches to free up more time for Nicks.

What you described in that 2nd paragraph is very similar to what Roo described on radio this morning.

 

[Cromulant]

Puts that one to bed.

Well that could put them up the pointy end again

 

[Crow till I die]

Puts that one to bed.

F**king Geelong. Bailey Smith AND Oliver. Get them both done and they are going to be right up there again...brrrrr

 

[MRB37]

Well you can't win them all.

Given what we were looking for in a coach at the time, I don't think tactical nous was very high up on the list at all, so hard to get too mad at Smyth there.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Puts that one to bed.

Cats just keep getting players...

Will be interesting to see what the trade deal is

 

[Cromulant]

Muzza (yes that's what I'll call him) has coached the NT Thunder lads, albeit a while ago.

Would've been a very interesting gig

 

[jenny61_99]

I don't disagree - my point is, if the only offseason change is Davis in, that's not enough. But I would've sacked Nicks, so...

It won’t be.

 

[Crow till I die]

Cats just keep getting players...

Will be interesting to see what the trade deal is

Well..The poor old Dogs must be sweating and if the Oliver one gets done first, its going to limit what trade capital they have left to trade for Smith.

 

[skam85]

OK now I'm convinced this guy knows SFA.

I've come in on the tail end of this, but how is this a Dutch auction? The price/terms keep going up...do they not? That's the opposite to a Dutch auction.

He thinks it's a Dutch auction because GWS wear orange

 

[Cromulant]

Well..The poor old Dogs must be sweating and if the Oliver one gets done first, its going to limit what trade capital they have left to trade for Smith.

I reckon they'll get Oliver for very little

 

[CutAboveTheRest]

Something you’ll find in common with successful teams, is they are filled with people who have experienced success - either as a player or as a coach. This is something we are sorely lacking.

I agree with this and have been sorely lacking for years.

 

[1990crow]

Cats just keep getting players...

Will be interesting to see what the trade deal is

You can't tell me they play by the same rules

 

[jenny61_99]

You can't tell me they play by the same rules

Surely it has to be questioned? Jack Martin, Bailey Smith, Clayton Oliver….

 

[FullyBigKPro]

Feels like we are trying to save face and indirectly make Nicks an 'assistant coach' without sacking him.

This feels like a very modern AFC thing to do here:

-Make a bungled rash decision like extending Nicks in March only for it to backfire and finish bottom 4
-To carefully 'stage manage' the situation to avoid sacking Nicks (so the likes of Silvers/Olsen/Kelly et al can continue to hold onto their gold pass roles and avoid serious egg on said faces) we now look to make some big 'off field' appointments.
-Try to land a big name in Graham Wright (to look like we are being 'aggressive')
-Appoint a lower profile 'assistant coach' from a premiership team and make him 'Coaching Director'
-If dont land any more of Wright, Dew, Montgomery etc fall back position to above point and say it was a 'huge coup'.

The sheer amount of off field window dressing going on at the AFC is amazing at the moment.

 

[Crow till I die]

I reckon they'll get Oliver for very little

Even worse...pay stuff all for him and if he comes good, look out competition

 

[Jars458]

David Noble look a like!

 

[Amacca 23]

Which ALF club?

Whats that mean ? Did chris fagan coach an afl before brisbane ?

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[Cromulant]

Even worse...pay stuff all for him and if he comes good, look out competition

That's the interesting bit.

How much of his enormous contract will they pay

 

[pjcrows]

Adelaide chasing Oliver: Two 1sts and a 2nd, prying him out of Victoria.

Geelong chasing Oliver: 4th rounder gets it done, lad needs a fresh start.