Tiser at it again

[Stiffy_18]

Adelaide warms to talented youngsters
By RICHARD EARLE
14apr04

AS THE chill winds of the Southern Ocean prepare to whip Adelaide this winter two young Crows will stoke the club house with a warm conviction.

Adelaide has been labelled an ageing also-ran and it's youth recruiting suspect when compared to cross-town nemesis Port Adelaide and WA's West Coast and Fremantle.
Sandringham recruit Fergus Watts, 18, and rookie-listed Aidan Parker, 21, have time on their side and are determined to prove Adelaide's succession planning will pay dividends amid the gloom of the Crows' 0-3 start to the season.

If the 15th-placed Crows' fortunes slide down the West Lakes storm drain this season a purge of Stalin-like proportions beckons.

So which young guns would most likely survive a scorched earth policy and take the club forward?

"Brent Reilly, Jacob Schuback and Trent Hentschel have shown good form in the early games. They are the blokes I think would be there in five years," said Watts, Adelaide's first selection and No. 14 overall in the 2003 national draft.

Centre half-forward Watts believes the Crows can rebound with "good accountable footy". But it is players of All-Australian under-18 forward Watts' ilk that the Crows will structure around in the long-term.

Coach Gary Ayres and captain Mark Ricciuto hailed 197cm Watts' arrival and applauded his competitive work ethic during pre-season. Asked if he felt pressure to meet expectations, the Wesley College graduate said: "Not really. I just keep going the way I have and do what you know is right." Watts covets playing "one or two games" this year depending on team balance.

"It's up to the coaching staff to see if they can fit me in or not," said Watts, who is set to resume with Woodville-West Torrens next week after being sidelined for the past month with osteitis pubis.

"I wouldn't mind playing somewhere up forward but I would just be rapt to get a spot."

The Crows colts were oblivious to speculation linking West Adelaide coach Shaun Rehn with the Adelaide coaching set-up next year but said "it would be interesting".

"He's done very well with Westies and is the most passionate man I've ever seen. He wins a game and goes out and gives high-fives to his players. He's amazing," said Parker, who was forced into the Panther reserves with the return of AFL pair Brendon Lade and Jason Torney on Saturday.

"I guess he would be good to have around the club as there are a few guys that obviously know him well.

"He's well respected and would be handy for our ruckmen."

But can Adelaide make the finals this year?

"I would bet every last dollar I had that the Crows will make the eight," Parker said after holding a successful Crows in Schools program with Watts at Kidman Park primary school.

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Is it just me or did we have a discussion not that long ago whether Rehny should coach us next year??????

 

[macca23]

Originally posted by Stiffy_18

Is it just me or did we have a discussion not that long ago whether Rehny should coach us next year??????

We should feel honoured Stiffy.

At least they rate our work good enough to steal ideas from!!

 

[Stiffy_18]

Re: Re: Tiser at it again

Originally posted by macca23
We should feel honoured Stiffy.

At least they rate our work good enough to steal ideas from!!

Its just becoming ridicilous. If we are discussing something at BigFooty you can bet than in a week at most there will be an article in the tiser on the very topic or at least a pharagraph or 2 in the article dedicated to it.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

The tiser has never been above dubious source material (no offence guys! ) ... several times they've run articles on emails doing the rounds ... you know the ones along the lines of someone born in 1990 will never have seen an episode of The Jetsons ... and those articles make the first half dozen pages!

 

[jmorg1]

Speaking of the tiser, Ferrethead Rucci wrote an article not long ago which started with 'Why? Why? Why?'. I don't know about you but that's about the dumbest start to a news article I've ever seen. What kind of amateurish buffoon starts articles with 'Why? Why? Why?'.

Rucci, I know you're reading this so tell us 'Why? Why? Why?' did you start your article with something as ridiculous as that? That's certainly REVEALING of you.

 

[maccas_no1]

So what are the realistic chances of Rehn coaching the AFC next season???? Looks interesting, Im sure the AFC would compansate Westies

 

[Stiffy_18]

Originally posted by maccas_no1
So what are the realistic chances of Rehn coaching the AFC next season???? Looks interesting, Im sure the AFC would compansate Westies

If Ayres is given the flick, Rehny is a fair chance of getting the job. I still think Craig is number 1 candidate.

 

[maccas_no1]

I dont think Craig is the answer, I want success this season but in a way I dont cause if we dont Ayres is gone, but if we succeed we are stuck with that bogan

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Originally posted by Stiffy_18
If Ayres is given the flick, Rehny is a fair chance of getting the job. I still think Craig is number 1 candidate.

Don't think Craig is a gimee, like may have been a couple of years back.

How about Jonas as head coach, with Rehn ruck coach, Craig midfield coach, Jars forward/skills coach & a new backline coach?

 

[Stiffy_18]

Originally posted by Kane McGoodwin
Don't think Craig is a gimee, like may have been a couple of years back.

How about Jonas as head coach, with Rehn ruck coach, Craig midfield coach, Jars forward/skills coach & a new backline coach?

I wouldn't mind that coaching set up. Maybe even have Jars as skills coach/backline coach and Wayne Carey as a forward coach

However its unlikely to happen because Rehny is still under contract with Westies and the only way he can break it is he is give a head coaching job (I nearly said a head job there ).

I think we would do really well if we got Rehny. He is the bloke that capable of getting the best out of his youngsters and players, has a simple and effective game plan and commands a lot of respect. The bloke is a natural and would get a lot of respect from players, board, supporters and everyone involved in a game.

 

[sog35]

As Stiffy said, Rehn will not leave West Adelaide unless it is another head coaching position.

I'm pretty sure his current contract is up at the end of the year so if things level out and Ayres doesn't get the sack during the year then breaking the contract wouldn't be an issue even for an assistants job, but I don't really think he would move if that's all they have got to offer.

 

[Stiffy_18]

Originally posted by sog35
As Stiffy said, Rehn will not leave West Adelaide unless it is another head coaching position.

I'm pretty sure his current contract is up at the end of the year so if things level out and Ayres doesn't get the sack during the year then breaking the contract wouldn't be an issue even for an assistants job, but I don't really think he would move if that's all they have got to offer.

I was always under the impression that Rehny signed a 3 year deal

I say get him before other clubs realise how good a coach the bloke really is. If he takes this current Westies squad to the finals, the bloke deserves a medal. This years squad is significantly weaker than last year's and their foward line doesn't reseble that of last year. They lost 9 key players from last year including a leading goal kicker and replaced them with kids.

If Rehny gets the bloods to the finals this year the bloke would deserve a coach of the year reward.

 

[maccas_no1]

Originally posted by Stiffy_18


I think we would do really well if we got Rehny. He is the bloke that capable of getting the best out of his youngsters and players, has a simple and effective game plan and commands a lot of respect. The bloke is a natural and would get a lot of respect from players, board, supporters and everyone involved in a game.

Couldnt have said it better myself

 

[DaveW]

Parker being shunted down to reserves is worrying.

 

[Jars458]

Rehny should not coach the Crows whilst so many of his former team mates are still playing there. I don't think he is ready yet anyway and should be an assistant somewhere else first.

If Ayres contract is not renewed then Craig should not get the job in my view either. He is part of the current team and has to take some of the responsibility in my view if Ayres is seen as a failure

I would go from someone outside the system with some new ideas.

Gary O'Donnell for instance.

I would love to get Paul Roos as coach but doubt that would happen.

 

[sog35]

Originally posted by Stiffy_18
I was always under the impression that Rehny signed a 3 year deal

I say get him before other clubs realise how good a coach the bloke really is. If he takes this current Westies squad to the finals, the bloke deserves a medal. This years squad is significantly weaker than last year's and their foward line doesn't reseble that of last year. They lost 9 key players from last year including a leading goal kicker and replaced them with kids.

If Rehny gets the bloods to the finals this year the bloke would deserve a coach of the year reward.

You may be right about the contract but it isn't really normal for a coach to get anything more than a 2 year contract, especially one that is not proven.

Although we have lost some key players, I still think we can make the finals. The team is still to be strengthened with a few players who were in the team last year (Rutten and Rattley) and hopefully the return of Simon Munn. He really is a great youth coach already and in some aspects I agree with Jars that he shouldn't go to the Crows whilst some of his teammates are still going round (although there aren't that many are there?).

An irony in him going back would be his appointment by effectively an entity that he is suing.

 

[Crow-mosone]

Read the article more closely, at no point does it even imply that Rehn will be the head coach next year, rather suggesting he may join the coaching set-up .

that's not even close to saying he will be our head coach, maybe an assistant? He just will not be our next head coach.

His contract will have an out clause relating to certain AFL offers, what specifically they are, who knows?