Adelaide's Collapse Inevitable - Rucci

[Bicks]

Michelangelo's sinking the boots into his "beloved" Crows again in today's Powertiser ....Ah well par for the course with this "gentleman" I guess!!!


http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...e-was-inevitable/story-e6freck3-1225881220528

Adelaide's collapse was inevitable


PERHAPS it was inevitable this unexpected collapse of the Crows.

In January, as Neil Craig's colleagues were hosted at the Adelaide Football Club's new Shed for an AFL coaching program, West Coast mentor John Worsfold and his Eagles' staffers were fascinated in the Crows' pre-season training program.
They heard of demanding three-hour sessions. They wanted detail and they wanted to take it back to Perth. Then they thought again.
Adelaide's season of high expectation - its own expectations being a top-four finish - sank under the weight of an unprecedented 0-6 start.
This came amid the biggest injury crisis the club has known in 20 AFL seasons.
Why? Bad management - from a demanding training regime that even made the Eagles think twice? Or bad luck - inevitable bad luck created by the wear and tear on Adelaide's players after five consecutive final series under Craig and eight in nine seasons.

 

[jo172]

Springy will love this.

Pathetic article though.

Porplyzia was injured on the first day of pre-season training, how on earth is that the fault of a heavy training schedule?

 

[xamol]

Nice deflection Rooch.


Cant say I saw an article about Ports handout by Rooch.

Wonder why???

 

[WALL-e]

A bit of a nothing article there. No substance, just a puff piece about what everyone knows.

 

[Macca19]

Whats exactly wrong with the article? Most here have queried his training regime as well, not just this year either.

 

[The Sloane Ranger]

Rucci - Hindsight is a wonderful thing

 

[Sekaj]

Whats exactly wrong with the article? Most here have queried his training regime as well, not just this year either.

It may or may not have some truth to it (I don't know, I haven't bothered reading it) but the fact that it was written by the same person who predicted a premiership for the Power within 3 years in 2006 makes it hard to take seriously.

2006 was not a premiership season for Port Adelaide. It was a pre-season to a premiership campaign that could take two or three years to fulfil.

 

[jo172]

Whats exactly wrong with the article? Most here have queried his training regime as well, not just this year either.

Because it displays the flawed reasoning and syllogism that makes the people on here incorrect.

Some of us aspire to more than the dumbest poster on bigfooty in the "Chief Football writer."

 

[subaru]

Michelangelo's sinking the boots into his "beloved" Crows again in today's Powertiser ....Ah well par for the course with this "gentleman" I guess!!!


http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...e-was-inevitable/story-e6freck3-1225881220528

He's ****wit ...alledgedly....

Yeah ...broken hands and concussion are all caused by "overtraining"!

 

[taylor_walker_13]

And geez Port Power are ripping it up at the moment arent they Hey Rucci would you like $1 for your Poor Power????

 

[Riggy1]

Rucci's collapse is inevitable

• Riggy1 (a spoof of Rucci's shit)
• From: BigFooty
• June 18, 2010 11:34AM

PERHAPS it is inevitable this unexpected collapse of Rucci.

In January, as Mr. Rucci's colleagues were hosted at the Advertiser's headquaters in the city for a Journolists meeting, The Age mentor Mike Sheehan and his Age staffers were fascinated in the Advertiser's writing technique.
They heard of demanding three-page bashes. They wanted detail and they wanted to take it back to Melbourne. Then they thought again.
The Advertiser's season of high expectation - its own expectations being a bias paper - sank under the weight of an unprecedented 0-6 start.
This came amid the biggest amount of bullshit the paper has known in 20 AFL seasons.
Why? Bad writing - from a demanding bias regime that even made the Age think twice? Or bad luck - inevitable bad luck created by the wear and tear on Rucci's 'brain' after five consecutive final series under Rucci and eight in nine seasons.


The forceful image of bad luck at the Advertiser is Andrew Capel. He finished season 2009 with many advocating his right to be the new head football writer in the Advertiser. He led the 'tiser in relevant football stories.
Today, at the halfway mark of a disappointing season, Capel has had only 13 decent articles in 11 games. He admits this return is far below the standards he has set for himself, let alone the reputation he has built in the newspaper's business in the past five seasons.
"My form has been disappointing, certainly not to the standard I would like and the standard I had last year," says Capel.
This fall can be all attributed to the pre-season when Capel developed a suck Rucci's dick progblem not resolved until the writer consulted a specialist in Sydney during the Australia Day weekend. By then, his readiness for a demanding run for the head writer position was wrecked.
"It took a month ofwriting to get up and going and feeling good again," he said of how he has had to rebuild his writing base during the football season. "And in the past few weeks I've battled with confidence.
"There's no excuses now - the mind is feeling fine - so I have to work hard on the computer and hopefully I'll finish off with a good second half to the year."
This "black cat" curse at The advertiser went beyond Capel to have The Advertser, by this mid-season break, carrying a mental defficency count twice the league average.
But was it bad luck or bad management that put The Advertiser on the path to, potentially, its worst season?
"We're in the process of looking at all that," Rucci says. "Some of it is bad luck I would say," adds Rucci noting how young writer Zan Milbank's season ended with a mind related problem in the summer and how young up and coming writer -CG- broke a bone in a hand when she was typing in work placement at the Advertiser.
"That has got nothing to do with our (writing) program, so you tick those off.
"But we need to look at every situation and be very diligent in all of that. It's not put-your-head-in-the-sand stuff - if there's changes to be made in terms of our conditioning and management and so forth, we need to be very open-minded about that and we will be."
In the pre-season there were worrying signs the Advertiser were living to an outdated writing routine. Or they had been worked out.
Statistically, the Advertiser in the first half of 2009 and this season have averaged the same number of **** ups (190) and stupid remarks (100). But the decent article count is down by 20 (from 197 to 177). This would suggest the Advertiser - as has been evident to the eye - are not able to use good jouralism to get out of tight spots and are not using good articles to create sales.
Statistically, the Advertiser are getting as many people turning their back on them and winning as many TAB Racing related sales as in the first half of last season. But their movement into the newsagency to buy the Advertiser for the Sports section has dropped - and with it so has advertising opportunities and sales.
It is not the Advertiser that, under Rucci, has built a reputation of being shit. But then the cost of building that image across five consecutive final series might have been the strain the Advertiser have clearly not been able to carry physically or mentally this year.












Post inspired and heavily influenced by the article : http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...e-was-inevitable/story-e6freck3-1225881220528

 

[subaru]

Your best work to date , Riggster.

 

[marvin]

In January, as Neil Craig's colleagues were hosted at the Adelaide Football Club's new Shed for an AFL coaching program, West Coast mentor John Worsfold and his Eagles' staffers were fascinated in the Crows' pre-season training program.

They heard of demanding three-hour sessions. They wanted detail and they wanted to take it back to Perth. Then they thought again.

Maybe given the way West Coast are going, Worfold and his Eagles staffters should re-think their re-think.

A bit more fitness training might help their rookie get to more than 2 contests a game....

 

[WALL-e]

Riggy trolling for 'good' now?

Enjoyed that piece Riguch

 

[jackster83]

Adelaide's collapse was inevitable


PERHAPS it was inevitable this unexpected collapse of the Crows.

Cool story bro.

How's Port Power travelling?

 

[Punchy Bassett]

Whats exactly wrong with the article? Most here have queried his training regime as well, not just this year either.

So why no spotlight onto Port and why you cannot get Hartlett and Grey on the field consistently?

 

[neddy36]

I summon birdmanptr to enter this thread.....

 

[WAG]

Classic Roach journalism.

 

[Allefgib]

So why no spotlight onto Port and why you cannot get Hartlett and Grey on the field consistently?

Maybe someoen else is writing about that? Maybe that's coming? Maybe its totally unrelated????

Surely our decline is far more newsworthy that the usual troubles down at Port?

Why not try debating what is wrong rather than just arcing up. Sheesh.

 

[Punchy Bassett]

Maybe someoen else is writing about that? Maybe that's coming? Maybe its totally unrelated????

Surely our decline is far more newsworthy that the usual troubles down at Port?

Why not try debating what is wrong rather than just arcing up. Sheesh.

More than happy to, I just ask for some balance in our media. A lot to ask for I know.

 

[Allefgib]

More than happy to, I just ask for some balance in our media. A lot to ask for I know.

He's dug the boot into Port too hasn't he?

Look I think he's a dick at times and far from a good journalist.

I just hate how so many of us respond to him in ways that make us look as stupid.

 

[Punchy Bassett]

He's dug the boot into Port too hasn't he?

Look I think he's a dick at times and far from a good journalist.

I just hate how so many of us respond to him in ways that make us look as stupid.

Agree with your last point, I rarely read his articles or respond to threads about his articles these days, this one just hit a nerve in the fact that Port have similar issues.

Possibly I am in a grump from too many World Cup nights as well lately

 

[Macca19]

So why no spotlight onto Port and why you cannot get Hartlett and Grey on the field consistently?

Maybe because we didnt come out and say we had our best list ever, were a top 4 chance and a real premiership threat...then come up with a 0-6 start.

Hes dug his boot in many times with us over hte past 3 years, and with a lot more venom than the usual off the cuff or snide one liners that send Crows fans into a tizzy.

In any case, it seems like these articles are part of a mid year review type thing isnt it? So id expect Ports to come up pretty soon.

 

[afc1991]

Hes dug his boot in many times with us over hte past 3 years, and with a lot more venom than the usual off the cuff or snide one liners that send Crows fans into a tizzy.

Like an entire page in his roast dedicated to shit canning us, none better than after this years showdown?

Seriously we are sick of his crap, so yeah, even small things set us off. Given how port supporters react to their 'lack of fair and even coverage' at times, I wonder how you'd go if the Chief footy writer in the tiser bled red gold and blue and made bagging port his favourite past time.

 

[Tex200]

Like an entire page in his roast dedicated to shit canning us, none better than after this years showdown?

Seriously we are sick of his crap, so yeah, even small things set us off. Given how port supporters react to their 'lack of fair and even coverage' at times, I wonder how you'd go if the Chief footy writer in the tiser bled red gold and blue and made bagging port his favourite past time.

...and then paranoia set in