Adelaide Football Club - proudly not accepting mediocrity since the day before yesterday
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Adelaide Football Club - proudly not accepting mediocrity since the day before yesterday
smoovy
Premiership Player
Can't wait to see him blow up in the coach's box over an umpiring decision.
#HoundLove
If my passion for politics has taught me anything it's that a healthy contempt for the media will never steer you wrong
The modern journalist is a precious, largely spineless character subsisting entirely on cozy relationships with insiders in whatever field they happen to work in. If they're ever forced to independently react to an event rather than acting as a glorified stenographer the results aren't pretty.
NSWCROW
Make me an Admin!
Need to wait and see who we appoint as Senior Coach first!
Over the past 2 years, we have won 11/35 games against teams that didn't end up in the bottom 4.
31%
31%
- Apr 18, 2010
- 7,542
- 6,041
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- Adelaide
- Other Teams
- NorwoodFC, Chic Bulls, Gldn State
Glad Goody is off the table. Now Melbourne can deal with him being suspended for 3/4ers of the the season.
I think most in the media are just unhappy things aren't handed to them on a plate
normally when a Victorian club cuts their coach there is speculation for weeks and lots of chunky stories of who will take over etc, the same as the Harvey/Lyon incident
This has sucked the life out of it, clean quick kill minimal speculation and limited idea of what next.
normally when a Victorian club cuts their coach there is speculation for weeks and lots of chunky stories of who will take over etc, the same as the Harvey/Lyon incident
This has sucked the life out of it, clean quick kill minimal speculation and limited idea of what next.
- May 26, 2013
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Good interview with Roo on MMM. Some people talk about not accepting mediocrity and its just words. Never got that impression with Roo on the field, and not now.
- Apr 18, 2010
- 7,542
- 6,041
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
- Other Teams
- NorwoodFC, Chic Bulls, Gldn State
jackflash=BomberJackflash is having a bitch about this on the main board
Chris Judd was a meth addict? FMD.
Who in their right mind would coach this rabble?
Because it's amazing to go out in straight sets hey??
- Feb 3, 2004
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- 24,204
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- Adelaide
- Other Teams
- panthers, ukraine & broncos
Shame it has taken 16 years of accepting mediocrity to get there!
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Fine with this and I think they will perform much better under a gun coach. I am sure we have a gun lined up. It fits with Roo's MO. All along, for a year or two before he joined the board I kept hearing him say theres no point spending 10 million on players and then skimping on the off-field staff. We will get someone who is elite and the playing group will fire.
Macca Pakka
Team Captain
- May 27, 2013
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1. These two make sense and would have proved a powerful combination.
Just posted in the Bernie love thread, that of all the players Tex seems to demand the respect of everyone, board included.
Danger is an interesting one, he seems like a very switched on guy, and this kind of move shows he is keen to stay IMO. It would have been far easier for him to have walked to another club on big $$$, but obviously he thinks the current players are going to be a special group. Would also partially explain Danger's poor year.
Hopefully this has only galvanized the playing group. I reckon we are a shoe in for finals in 2015 now.
Interesting point
The main thing that stuck out for me from Chapman's presser was when he said it wasn't just about win/loss then immediately said it was about relationships and culture. Seemed to confirm everything we've heard
Meantime during the week Matthews was on 5AA talking about senior assistants etc and said he's a big believer in partnerships, two people working together to balance each other's strengths and weaknesses, and that he hoped Sando could get someone to do that. But the main thing is he referred to his partnership with Gubby Allen at Collingwood then Brisbane and said that where he was always the "grumpy coach" Allen was good at the relationship stuff so they made a good pair.
Maybe we needed Allen on the selection panel instead
- Mar 20, 2013
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If all the rumours are to be true it almost sounds as if Sando didn't pay the youngsters enough respect and have enough time for them which alienated them. This is both communication and selection.
As for the gun players players, he seemed to favour them but it seems as though they want someone to challenge them more. As you say Danger is switched on, maybe a coach who lets him do as he pleases he sees as not getting the best out of the team OR out of himself. The player revolt may actually signal a need for someone who demands respect, not holds their hand.
Johnny Rutten
Anarchy for the AFC, it's coming sometime...
Great stat, just about says it all about are 'mediocrity.'
I know this is hindsight and I'm not meaning to kick a man when he's down..but it always surprised me when Sando would say that Sloane was his favourite. It's one thing when other players nominate him as the "teacher's pet" but thought it was a bit strange for the coach to openly agree rather than saying he doesn't have any favourites. He'd say "I love Sloaney, love so and so.." and I'd think "so how do the other players feel about hearing this?"
Anyway all done with now!
Anyway all done with now!
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