Massive name re-signed!

[The Sloane Ranger]

Not sure why people are blaming the club

The club appts the Senior Coach, the Senior Coach selects the people in his structure

Bickley signing on for two more years would be a direct result of Sando wanting Bicks in his coaching structure

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Don't understand re-signing Bickley. Our forward line stinks.

At the very least they should move him to other duties.

 

[King Elvis]

Would rather Neeld, or Jonas, or Stewart, or Craig or...

 

[BACCS]

Maybe hes going to coach the reserve team, that's what I think

That wouldn't surprise me at all.

 

[BACCS]

Don't understand re-signing Bickley. Our forward line stinks.

At the very least they should move him to other duties.

Our forwardline stinks cos it doesn't have Tex and Tippett anymore. Nobody was complaining last year... He's had a few things out of his control go against him. But still, I hope he moves to coaching the reserves, and somebody fresh comes into the role.

 

[headache1]

Why was he re-signed???...

Our forward line has looked woeful this year and as a result Bickley should be sacked.

Is rightly the scapegoat - and our forward line not functioning this year has nothing to do with the loss Tippett and Walker.

Big losses no doubt, but the fact that our forwardline has had basically zero structure throughout any point of this year is an indicator that Bickley may not be the best candidate for the role. If he were to become our midfield coach, or the reserves coach, then that's a different story. We need a forward coaching our forwards though.

To be honest, I'm surprised Bickley didn't move on himself (assuming any of the other clubs were interested). If he still has aspirations of being an AFL senior coach, he needs to leave the nest at some point.

 

[FR0GGY]

Dasher, Bicks and Campo all signed on

 

[cmndstab]

Don't mind this, really. Sando is clearly a fan. Our forward line was functioning quite well until all our established tall targets went down. We've seen several young talls perform well down there this season.

The bigger issue is our delivery into the forward line. Frustrating to see them leading properly only to have the ball booted over their heads, or dropped 5m in front of their feet.

 

[The Big Sauce]

Don't mind this, really. Sando is clearly a fan. Our forward line was functioning quite well until all our established tall targets went down. We've seen several young talls perform well down there this season.

The bigger issue is our delivery into the forward line. Frustrating to see them leading properly only to have the ball booted over their heads, or dropped 5m in front of their feet.

This they've had to reinvent our forward structure a few times this year for various reasons.

We planned losing Tippett, but Tex on top of that was killer. The flow on effect is that our third and fourth targets turned to crap when we brought in guys who had under 10 games to replace top 10 KPFs (Lynch & Jenkins initially).

Tex & Tippett made our delivery into the forward line look better than it was, even last year it wasn't sublime. Merely functional, now when under more pressure the mids are kicking worse to forwards who are a lot worse than the guys we had.

Bickley hasn't been great, but I still have more issues with our midfield and ruck coaches who are the main reason we've been so horrible.

I actually want Bickley as our Reserves coach, I don't hate the reappointment. As long as Campo is gone then I can live.

 

[NTRabbit]

If Bickley takes the job as our reserves coach, it will essentially be surrendering any hopes he had of one day being a senior coach somewhere in the league.

He would, of course, absolutely take the job if it was offered to him, because it seems like he can't handle being somewhere else.

 

[Mike Smyth]

Trigg: 1
Supporters: 0

Correction:

Trigg: 1
AFC Agitators: 0

 

[Mike Smyth]

If Bickley takes the job as our reserves coach, it will essentially be surrendering any hopes he had of one day being a senior coach somewhere in the league.

He would, of course, absolutely take the job if it was offered to him, because it seems like he can't handle being somewhere else.

At most clubs I would agree with you but this is the AFC where employment opportunities are not based on performance and results.

 

[SugarShane]

If he could spend a week or 2 of those 2 years on goalkicking, well that would be peachy.

 

[weekend at bernies]

Bickley to take over the midfield and Campo to be moved on..

 

[PrideOf]

Bickley to take over the midfield and Campo to be moved on..

Cameron Ling's available. And he's worked with Sando before.

 

[FR0GGY]

Campo re-signed aswell apparently

 

[Sanders]

Our forwardline stinks cos it doesn't have Tex and Tippett anymore. Nobody was complaining last year... He's had a few things out of his control go against him. But still, I hope he moves to coaching the reserves, and somebody fresh comes into the role.

If our forward line is so dependent on 2 players, where should we spend the savings from not having a forward coach ?

 

[moogerfooger]

Cameron Ling's available. And he's worked with Sando before.

Ling would be awesome.

apparently the AFL has confirmed Goodwin will not be charged re the Essendon fiasco and there are rumors he is looking to return to Adelaide (the city, not necessarily the club). he may be a candidate as well.

 

[PrideOf]

Ling would be awesome.

apparently the AFL has confirmed Goodwin will not be charged re the Essendon fiasco and there are rumors he is looking to return to Adelaide (the city, not necessarily the club). he may be a candidate as well.

Let's make sure he absolutely has nothing hanging over him from the AFL, before we end up with yet another assistant coach who can't assistant coach because he's been suspended for another club's shit.

 

[Niximus]

Let's make sure he absolutely has nothing hanging over him from the AFL, before we end up with yet another assistant coach who can't assistant coach because he's been suspended for another club's shit.

Goodwin: Hey Dimwit, just checking that I'm in the clear from all this.
Dimwit: Yep, all good mate, you're fine, no charges for you.
Goodwin: Awesome! Hey, did I tell you I'm heading back to be an assistant at the Crows?
Dimwit: 2 year ban!
Trigg: Thank you sir, may we have some more?

 

[adelaidecrows]

Don't understand re-signing Bickley. Our forward line stinks.

At the very least they should move him to other duties.

Actually I disagree. We seem to be scoring well in most games. The loss of tex and Jenkins made a difference. I think we would be even better if the midfield didn't kick so poorly and bomb away. Very rarely have we been out of scoring options in games. Our set ups have been good. Just delivery has been poor.

 

[cmndstab]

If our forward line is so dependent on 2 players, where should we spend the savings from not having a forward coach ?

You build your forward line around your tall targets. When they go down, it throws things into disarray.

It's like saying we should sack our defensive coach because we're relying on Rutten and Talia to hold up key posts.

 

[Sanders]

You build your forward line around your tall targets. When they go down, it throws things into disarray.

It's like saying we should sack our defensive coach because we're relying on Rutten and Talia to hold up key posts.

If we have no structures, and plans then yes we should.

But that's not what i'm saying

 

[Godallblighty]

Our forwardline stinks cos it doesn't have Tex and Tippett anymore. Nobody was complaining last year... He's had a few things out of his control go against him. But still, I hope he moves to coaching the reserves, and somebody fresh comes into the role.

Actually, I complained last year. I don't think we got our smalls positioned correctly at marking contests. It was a problem all year and particularly in the finals. Also think Walker roved too far up the ground.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Actually I disagree. We seem to be scoring well in most games. The loss of tex and Jenkins made a difference. I think we would be even better if the midfield didn't kick so poorly and bomb away. Very rarely have we been out of scoring options in games. Our set ups have been good. Just delivery has been poor.

Agreed with this. I'm one many people here who thinks our midfield is rubbish and I've been calling for Camporeale's head most of the year. Surprised to see he's still got a few supporters on the Adelaide board. These people are gluttons for punishment. He's a mediocre assistant whose had one good year out of four.