Review R10: The Good, Bad and the Ugly vs. Collingwood

[Scorpus]

I’m not defending him but we had our chances, all the players failed when they could have nailed the goals. Blame him for the crap but today had nothing to do with his decisions

Players keep failing in big moments because of the culture and philosophies Nicks has instilled.

It's a systemic cultural issues that stems from the identity and personality of the coach, which is why it affects the vast majority of the playing group

 

[CrowBloke]

Came to see how the Muppets blame this on Nick's.

So many players fading in and out of the game, terrible in front of goal and some atrocious decision making.

So much confirmation bias by the CJ vocal minority.

The loss IS on Nicks; the Crows are as weak as their Coach!
They play how they are Coached --- BADLY --- tentative, no coolness-under-pressure, indecisive, no killer instinct etc.

All of the failings of Nicks as Coach were on display this afternoon.

 

[Moonwatcher]

ugly:

being collingwood's bitches.

5 of the last 6 have been close despite Collingwood having a premiership capable team in that time and Adelaide being bottom 4.

 

[Southerntakeover]

Let's have a bet..??

Loser has to watch the last 11 matches against Collingwood and try to learn something for once?

 

[ABAB]

Settle down, ROB destroyed Darcy Cameron in the ruck and Laird was clearly our best defender today......Milera however ugh.

Hinge was our best. RoB was still tapping to opposition players, fresh air kicks, stuffing up in general play when he should have just handball to the open player beside him and getting into our forward's way. If that's a "good" game from him then his baseline is very low (unsurprisingly).

 

[Southerntakeover]

Players keep failing in big moments because of the culture and philosophies Nicks has instilled.

It's a systemic cultural issues that stems from the identity and personality of the coach, which is why it affects the vast majority of the playing group

And more particularly, because there are no consequences for it. Guys like Milera can be streaming into 50m with a minute to go and spot up Collingwood and nothing will be said.

 

[footy4ever]

Loser has to watch the last 11 matches against Collingwood and try to learn something for once?

Gaaaaaargh!!

 

[Eddie Murphy]

No that’s silly. The worst thing would be to fail to make finals

If we fail to make finals Nicks is sacked and we take a serious look at our coaching staff and admin. We scrape into finals in the form we’re in now (unconvincingly) then the season is considered a success and we back the same coaching staff.

 

[CrowBloke]

Game played on Collingwood’s terms. McRae keeps owning us.

Nicks is McRae's bunny ... and Chris Scott's and Hardwick's and ... and ... and ...

 

[Eddie Murphy]

Its even worse than that.

Scraping into the Finals WILL 100% guarantee Nicks stays on.

Yeah basically what I mean. It doesn’t matter the manner we make finals, the club will look at it as though everything is in order.

 

[Samcro24]

300

I dont think it’s that. He’s still got the “yeah he’s completely cooked but we’ll give him 1 more year anyway” contract to come.

It’s the inane obsession with playing the best 23 regardless of form or fitness.

 

[whattagun07]

cbf with this thread

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

Different day same shit

 

[Redleg Crow]

Curtin was good just missed an important goal.

He was ok for 3 quarters. Was in the carpark for the 4th.

 

[Geoffa32]

Game played on Collingwood’s terms. McRae keeps owning us.

Yep, saw how Port controlled t

 

[Scorpus]

And more particularly, because there are no consequences for it. Guys like Milera can be streaming into 50m with a minute to go and spot up Collingwood and nothing will be said.

Exactly.

The biggest way it directly affects the players is that they are told they have made mistakes (I'm assuming) but are not actually held accountable for them.

So they know they'll get blasted for poor performances - Nicks blames the players constantly - but they aren't actually told to go back and improve your game

Result: players are worried about feedback (pressure on game day) but don't work through that to improve

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

Milera was awful today, but what the hell happened to Keays? The guy was completely invisible the entire match.

Looked injured, couldn’t run

 

[Hell Boy6669]

I believed in this group in 2023.

Unfortunately too many are mentally weak and wilt when the opportunity presents itself. Is that coaching or the players? I’m not sure

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Hinge was our best. RoB was still tapping to opposition players, fresh air kicks, stuffing up in general play when he should have just handball to the open player beside him and getting into our forward's way. If that's a "good" game from him then his baseline is very low (unsurprisingly).

Not enough impact in marking contests, useless around the ground, competes well in the ruck but couldn't tap to a teammate to save his life. On top of all that he's recently developed a habit of trying to take on tacklers and getting involved in handball chains. Just an awful footballer.

 

[Redleg Crow]

Be honest - we never looked like winning even when we were ahead.

 

[Barneythecrab]

I don’t think that was that bad. The major blip was the kicking at goals. Rankin and Rachelle kick those and we don’t lose. With the style of play that both coaches were enforcing they wouldn’t have won.

 

[Mutineer]

Hinge was our best. RoB was still tapping to opposition players, fresh air kicks, stuffing up in general play when he should have just handball to the open player beside him and getting into our forward's way. If that's a "good" game from him then his baseline is very low (unsurprisingly).

Bullshit Laird was clearly our best defender 9 intercepts, 4 score involvements 27 disposals at 85.2%, 419 metres gained.

Yeah, that's why Gary Lyon mentioned at one point ROB late in the 2nd quarter had 10 hit outs to advantage compared to Cameron's 4...and just after he said that Rob hit our mid on the tit who won the clearance at a boundary stoppage. There's clueless then there's you.

 

[CrowBloke]

If we want to be a force we need a squad not a team muchMUCH better Coach!!

Ftfy

 

[pjcrows]

Teams embody their coach and his philosophies

Nicks isn't a hard, tough, uncompromising coach that instills a winning culture.

We constantly shit the bed in these situations because Nicks is a loser that comes up clueless in big games/moments. That's the culture he's set, and the players follow

This is evident when we tighten up at the crunch (usually 3rd quarters), then when we're down by 4 or 5 goals, the players start to play on instinct and we come back, only to just lose. Then Nicks gets to say we were brave.

 

[Geoffa32]

I know ANB had a defensive job today.

But, this is the kind of game we need him to stand up and be an on field leader.

Senior Premiership player with MCG experience

Didn't see much evidence of that today.


One reason we can't beat Collingwood is their on field leaders.