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I put him on the same level of Silk and Underwood. All equally painful.
I reckon he's going to be something special. We REALLY need to extend his contract soon!
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"A light run" is an obvious move that any Coach with half a brain would make. Luckily, we have one.
No, of course not, and what they say in a Press Conference is usually smoke-and-mirrors blather, anyway.
I don't know what the "or something" should be. I'm not an AFL Coach. 5 changes seems as reckless to me as none, but 2 or three (unforced) changes might have been wise.
That might have been the only game where Nicks has 'outcoached' any other Coach, if indeed it was Nicks.
.It's all right if I dislike Nicks' Coaching immensely and if you think he's a good Coach. I don't understand why you do, but I'm not gonna give you shit for it.so that means he is a one dimensional coach who has no flair, imagination or plan who has NFI on game day
I'll use your end emoji for this asshatteryIf Nicks rotated Peatling, Cumming, Dawson, Hinge and Rankine for say Dowling, Berry, Cook, Pedlar and Jones or something it would have been a disaster and no guarantee we would have won either game (almost guaranteed we get ripped to shreds by GC).
nobody reads this"A light run" is an obvious move that any Coach with half a brain would make. Luckily, we have one.
It's common sense, not Coaching brilliance. Was it enough? I'd say no.
OK, my saying Nicks had "no plan" is excessive. He gave them a light run.
No, of course not, and what they say in a Press Conference is usually smoke-and-mirrors blather, anyway.
Nicks especially is adept at speaking for several minutes without saying anything interesting or revealing at all.
I don't know what the "or something" should be. I'm not an AFL Coach. 5 changes seems as reckless to me as none, but 2 or three (unforced) changes might have been wise.
If losing to the Suns by 4 or 5 goals meant that we beat Geelong 5 days later, I'd take that.
We all know that
--- on GCS Game Day he refused the heat protocols which might have given his players some relief
--- he selected proven dud Murphy who was so (predictably) ineffective that he was dropped after one game.
Would the heat protocols taken with Taylor in the side (instead of Murphy) been enough to jag the win instead of a one-point loss? We'll never know.
I should have said that Nicks could have done more, instead of having no plan, my bad, but 5 years of losing twice as often as we've won has eroded my sense of fairness/sympathy for the Coach responsible for that.
Clearly, I do not have the same level of support for Nicks as you.
That might have been the only game where Nicks has 'outcoached' any other Coach, if indeed it was Nicks.
Getting Murray back certainly strengthened and stabilised our defence.
Nicks has also gained ANB, Peatling and Cumming (all ready-made best-23 players, developed elsewhere, like Rankine and Dawson) and a strong tactical brain in Davis.
Kingsley did a Chris Scott by packing our F50 with one and sometimes two GWS spares.
Nicks has a proven record of being unable, clueless, to do anything to counter spare defenders who roam our F50 and intercept then clear the ball with ease, game after game. Actually, he did put Pedlar (183cms 84Kgs) onto Stewart (190cms 88Kgs and a proven high mark interceptor) once vs Geelong.
Once, and we all know how that turned out.
I have never seen Nicks do that before (respond to loose men in our F50 with 1 or 2 of our own at Clearances), in fact, he did not do that as recently as the week before, vs the Cats.
I think it's ok to ask, why not?
Why did Nicks not not move our 1 or 2 free players into and around Clearances vs Geelong, but suddenly he does that a week later vs. Kingsley/GWS?
Either he finally worked something out (after 5 years and 5 games),
OR
it was Davis' idea --- and --- it worked!
To be frank, I don't care if Nicks or Davis came up with the idea, because it worked and we won.
Just like you, I love it when the Crows win
It's all right if I dislike Nicks' Coaching immensely and if you think he's a good Coach. I don't understand why you do, but I'm not gonna give you shit for it.
Everything outside his kicking was outstanding
Next stage of his AFC transformation is blind kicks around the corner.
What about a laird skyball
Can’t confuse them with too much at once can also be weaved into a blind kick around the corner once mastered
At half time Kingsley actually criticised his backs for pushing too far back and not pressing up enough ( released footage on first crack ) so it wasn’t a conscious effort by giants to have 2 guys just sitting back at all"A light run" is an obvious move that any Coach with half a brain would make. Luckily, we have one.
It's common sense, not Coaching brilliance. Was it enough? I'd say no.
OK, my saying Nicks had "no plan" is excessive. He gave them a light run.
No, of course not, and what they say in a Press Conference is usually smoke-and-mirrors blather, anyway.
Nicks especially is adept at speaking for several minutes without saying anything interesting or revealing at all.
I don't know what the "or something" should be. I'm not an AFL Coach. 5 changes seems as reckless to me as none, but 2 or three (unforced) changes might have been wise.
If losing to the Suns by 4 or 5 goals meant that we beat Geelong 5 days later, I'd take that.
We all know that
--- on GCS Game Day he refused the heat protocols which might have given his players some relief
--- he selected proven dud Murphy who was so (predictably) ineffective that he was dropped after one game.
Would the heat protocols taken with Taylor in the side (instead of Murphy) been enough to jag the win instead of a one-point loss? We'll never know.
I should have said that Nicks could have done more, instead of having no plan, my bad, but 5 years of losing twice as often as we've won has eroded my sense of fairness/sympathy for the Coach responsible for that.
Clearly, I do not have the same level of support for Nicks as you.
That might have been the only game where Nicks has 'outcoached' any other Coach, if indeed it was Nicks.
Getting Murray back certainly strengthened and stabilised our defence.
Nicks has also gained ANB, Peatling and Cumming (all ready-made best-23 players, developed elsewhere, like Rankine and Dawson) and a strong tactical brain in Davis.
Kingsley did a Chris Scott by packing our F50 with one and sometimes two GWS spares.
Nicks has a proven record of being unable, clueless, to do anything to counter spare defenders who roam our F50 and intercept then clear the ball with ease, game after game. Actually, he did put Pedlar (183cms 84Kgs) onto Stewart (190cms 88Kgs and a proven high mark interceptor) once vs Geelong.
Once, and we all know how that turned out.
I have never seen Nicks do that before (respond to loose men in our F50 with 1 or 2 of our own at Clearances), in fact, he did not do that as recently as the week before, vs the Cats.
I think it's ok to ask, why not?
Why did Nicks not not move our 1 or 2 free players into and around Clearances vs Geelong, but suddenly he does that a week later vs. Kingsley/GWS?
Either he finally worked something out (after 5 years and 5 games),
OR
it was Davis' idea --- and --- it worked!
To be frank, I don't care if Nicks or Davis came up with the idea, because it worked and we won.
Just like you, I love it when the Crows win
It's all right if I dislike Nicks' Coaching immensely and if you think he's a good Coach. I don't understand why you do, but I'm not gonna give you shit for it.
usually, every game, Hinge is going to do 1-2 sickening turnovers... he didn't this week hey? maybe he flogged em off to Dawso. love that.
Why not Worrell to full forward and Peatling to back pocket? That would have confused Geelong too.
Doesn't Hinge have the equal best disposal retention stats in the entire league? That was discussed on the ESPN podcast a week ago.
"A light run" is an obvious move that any Coach with half a brain would make. Luckily, we have one.
It's common sense, not Coaching brilliance. Was it enough? I'd say no.
OK, my saying Nicks had "no plan" is excessive. He gave them a light run.
No, of course not, and what they say in a Press Conference is usually smoke-and-mirrors blather, anyway.
Nicks especially is adept at speaking for several minutes without saying anything interesting or revealing at all.
I don't know what the "or something" should be. I'm not an AFL Coach. 5 changes seems as reckless to me as none, but 2 or three (unforced) changes might have been wise.
If losing to the Suns by 4 or 5 goals meant that we beat Geelong 5 days later, I'd take that.
We all know that
--- on GCS Game Day he refused the heat protocols which might have given his players some relief
--- he selected proven dud Murphy who was so (predictably) ineffective that he was dropped after one game.
Would the heat protocols taken with Taylor in the side (instead of Murphy) been enough to jag the win instead of a one-point loss? We'll never know.
I should have said that Nicks could have done more, instead of having no plan, my bad, but 5 years of losing twice as often as we've won has eroded my sense of fairness/sympathy for the Coach responsible for that.
Clearly, I do not have the same level of support for Nicks as you.
That might have been the only game where Nicks has 'outcoached' any other Coach, if indeed it was Nicks.
Getting Murray back certainly strengthened and stabilised our defence.
Nicks has also gained ANB, Peatling and Cumming (all ready-made best-23 players, developed elsewhere, like Rankine and Dawson) and a strong tactical brain in Davis.
Kingsley did a Chris Scott by packing our F50 with one and sometimes two GWS spares.
Nicks has a proven record of being unable, clueless, to do anything to counter spare defenders who roam our F50 and intercept then clear the ball with ease, game after game. Actually, he did put Pedlar (183cms 84Kgs) onto Stewart (190cms 88Kgs and a proven high mark interceptor) once vs Geelong.
Once, and we all know how that turned out.
I have never seen Nicks do that before (respond to loose men in our F50 with 1 or 2 of our own at Clearances), in fact, he did not do that as recently as the week before, vs the Cats.
I think it's ok to ask, why not?
Why did Nicks not not move our 1 or 2 free players into and around Clearances vs Geelong, but suddenly he does that a week later vs. Kingsley/GWS?
Either he finally worked something out (after 5 years and 5 games),
OR
it was Davis' idea --- and --- it worked!
To be frank, I don't care if Nicks or Davis came up with the idea, because it worked and we won.
Just like you, I love it when the Crows win
It's all right if I dislike Nicks' Coaching immensely and if you think he's a good Coach. I don't understand why you do, but I'm not gonna give you shit for it.
equal best disposal retention doesn't mean "every single one of his kicks hit a target all the time"
.Definitely! and doubled when the ferals get done; the bigger their loss, the better.At least we agree on the Crows winning makes us happy
OH, that's waaaaay over-the-top whinge gripe moan (<== some hyperbole
).I was gonna ask, on what criteria? Win-loss-draw (41-70-1)? That's a 3.7/10, converted.
. .
I think Dawson gets a little bit of the Brodie Smiths in key moments, which impacts his D.E. Will ask for the short handball that puts his own possession under pressure. And chooses the long kick option when shorter options are open, especially if a 50m+ goal is potentially on.
just a very wide range on his execution, and the bad ones are very bad (usually not even high risk, high reward) - but he is mostly very, very good. for sure.
