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Analysis The Sack List: who stays, who goes in an AFC cleanout?
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Burton and Hass crack the hungy
He wasn't a great coach, but he'd probably do really well as Football Operations Manager.
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Be was a pretty good coach in his time
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He was unlucky in 2005 & 2006. After that, his lack of flexibility became more and more of a handicap.
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Agreed. If he had two or three more good days in the box, we would remember him as a premiership coach and our subsequent history would be very different. No Walsh, no Pyke, no Tex?
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what exactly does the chief operating officer do?
Perhaps we can throw in our media people into the mix.
Perhaps we can throw in our media people into the mix.
Who cares?
At least the fans can see that the club would be taking 'some' correct steps in rectifying it's issues and starting with a clean slate. Couldn't give 2 shits about what the media would have to say about that.
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There is a prevailing culture of clean-cut limp-wristedness about the Adelaide Football Club that just... Will. Not. Die.
It is evident in every department in the club. It’s evident in the board, the administration, the recruiting (when was the last time a real arseh*le played for us? I’d settle for anyone with a tattoo at this point) the assistant coaches, and most of all, in the on-field performances. The club, for most of its history, has been an alpha male vacuum, with ideas on leadership that don’t stack up in the real world (Nathan van Berlo anyone?).
The few assholes we actually have are clueless.
We win our fair share of games, but when we win, it’s on system, not fire. It’s on excecution, not boldness. It’s on playing by the rules, playing fair, being better on the day.
While “respected” is a word used often by opponents to describe the AFC, “feared” is a word rarely used. We’re not, and never have been, legitimately FEARED. That’s because opponents always know what they’re getting from the AFC. Good steady gameplan. 19 possesions from Mackay. No on-field retaliation. No Joel Selwood shrugging his way to eight free kicks to **** you over.
Be better than Adelaide’s system and you win, on and off the field.
We’re predictably competent (though not this year), predictably nice, and without so much as a hint of machiavellianism.
Sure, there have been fleeting moments of testicular fortitude... Blight, for one. Walsh, for the very brief moment he was there, looked to be a leader the likes of which we hadn’t seen before.
It’s been these moments that have served to illustrate the stark contrast between what the club could be, and what the club actually is.
It is evident in every department in the club. It’s evident in the board, the administration, the recruiting (when was the last time a real arseh*le played for us? I’d settle for anyone with a tattoo at this point) the assistant coaches, and most of all, in the on-field performances. The club, for most of its history, has been an alpha male vacuum, with ideas on leadership that don’t stack up in the real world (Nathan van Berlo anyone?).
The few assholes we actually have are clueless.
We win our fair share of games, but when we win, it’s on system, not fire. It’s on excecution, not boldness. It’s on playing by the rules, playing fair, being better on the day.
While “respected” is a word used often by opponents to describe the AFC, “feared” is a word rarely used. We’re not, and never have been, legitimately FEARED. That’s because opponents always know what they’re getting from the AFC. Good steady gameplan. 19 possesions from Mackay. No on-field retaliation. No Joel Selwood shrugging his way to eight free kicks to **** you over.
Be better than Adelaide’s system and you win, on and off the field.
We’re predictably competent (though not this year), predictably nice, and without so much as a hint of machiavellianism.
Sure, there have been fleeting moments of testicular fortitude... Blight, for one. Walsh, for the very brief moment he was there, looked to be a leader the likes of which we hadn’t seen before.
It’s been these moments that have served to illustrate the stark contrast between what the club could be, and what the club actually is.
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There is literally nothing in this post anyone can argue against.
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i do care because all the media bullshit is no fun. It would be better than the death by a thousand cuts we're getting at the moment. And your right that it would show the fans that the AFC wants to change.
Who to sack? Who to sack? Hmmm so many options so little time.
In the end it doesn't matter so much who goes, but who comes in.
Want the really, genuinely great news?
As well as his good guy qualifications, club man degree, and being a lifelong gold pass holder, Andy Otten is currently completing a Sports Science qualification.
You know what is happening next....
In the end it doesn't matter so much who goes, but who comes in.
Want the really, genuinely great news?
As well as his good guy qualifications, club man degree, and being a lifelong gold pass holder, Andy Otten is currently completing a Sports Science qualification.
You know what is happening next....
Kane McGoodwin
Make me an Admin!
- May 21, 2001
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Burton & Hass need to go as a minimum.
We also should be looking to refresh the board & management.
What does Smart do these days?
We also should be looking to refresh the board & management.
What does Smart do these days?
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Listed as COO, so imagine he would report directly to Fagan
Kane McGoodwin
Make me an Admin!
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I know he is COO, but we hardly hear from him...
Also, from what I have heard, he is not exactly an "operational" person, which makes his job title ironic. Should be a CSO!
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There is never much information published in the AFC website, which I continue to find irritating. FFS - Bec Goddard is still listed as the woman senior coach
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Seemed to pop-up around discussions about esports. Did he make an appearance after the Bite announcement, I didn't pay any attention?
Once Clarko developed his cluster the mid 2000s flood style of play was done.
Craigy could not move on from that.
Watch Port and you see Craigy's protege, Bassett, attempt.to bring the mid 2000s flood back. That win last week whilst kicking one goal in the second half with massive numbers down back was vintage mid 2000s era footy.
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Why on earth would you want to keep Chapman.
Would rather cop pathetic sprays from useless journo's about what our club is doing in house, if we were making the decisions that needed to be made, and the decisions that would put us in a better place for the future, than to sit on our thumbs and worry about what idiots like Rucc and McClure will report.
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Does anyone know we are paying Hass. What makes me ask is listening to Burgess on AA. PA paid top money for a highly credentialed person. Our club has money to burn from reports and we hired a nothing more than work experience person in a major club position. Nick Poulos seemed very highly credentialed
and his leaving seemed strange. I recall Phil Walsh being impressed with him when Phil arrived at the club.
and his leaving seemed strange. I recall Phil Walsh being impressed with him when Phil arrived at the club.
Basically the second in command and probably gets to oversee areas that Fagan can’t or doesn’t want to take responsibility for, from appearances, things like the eSports stuff being one of them.
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I have often wondered why the club prefers nice football and mongrel football is discouraged. Especially when shining examples of the success of mongrel teams are well documented i.e. Hawthorn, Geelong, Brisbane.
Given the age of our members would it have anything to do with scars from the old SANFL days "at least we don't play like those dirty Port Adelaide Magpies mongrels".
Given the age of our members would it have anything to do with scars from the old SANFL days "at least we don't play like those dirty Port Adelaide Magpies mongrels".
- Oct 8, 2012
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Now you see why the club remains mute. Chapman is a moron with horrible media skills. I'm not sure why he thought it would be a good idea to publically single out aboriginal players.
