I am not aware of Rucci's influence in Adelaide, but I live in Melbourne, and he does a segment with Kevin Bartlett on SEN weekly. So, only going from what I have heard from him, this is my impressions of him.
I heard that he is a Port Adelaide "member". Big deal. That doesn't mean he loves the club, and may have just bought the membership to feel that he has a right to criticize the club.
I remember a few weeks ago, when Ratten was touted as Port coach, Rucci was heavily pushing for him to take a cushy job at GC or GWS instead, and almost asked why he would go to a club with no facilities and a poor list (reading between the lines, he means "basketcase"). He built up Gold Coast as heaven on earth, and Port Adelaide as "hell on earth". Yet this guy claims to be a Port Adelaide "member".
A member sticks with the club through thick and thin. A member follows their team year after year, whether close to a flag, or a hundred years away from it. Members suffer rain to see their team play,will travel if they have to, want to watch every game, and want to see their club succeed. Their anger at the club is borne from frustration, rather than hate. Their loyalty can't be questioned. They expect loyalty from their players and coaches, like they have modelled themselves.
A member buys a membership every year, to be part of something. They follow the lean years, and the good ones. They remember their past heroes, and celebrate their new ones. They embrace new players, or the new coach, and welcome them, as if they were one of their own.
Michaelangelo Rucci does none of these things. He may have bought a membership, but he is not a member. Not in the least.