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Nick Daffy - unfairly dismissed on PRE???
- Thread starter The Mighty Wozman
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Hungry said:
Touching on from what Ridley said earlier and this post, Daffy and a few of his clique did indeed start getting ahead of thjemselves.
Walls came to the club and challenged those in "the clique" and told them a few home truths about their attitudes; deficiencies; and overall dedication.
They did not like this. In fact, they refused to take any of Walls' constructive criticism on board. Basically, a soft mutiny took place i.e. "the clique" did not play for him and it was the demise of Walls on that dark Adelaide night.
The tail wagged the dog, as it appeared to when Walls' replacement Gieschen was pushed out a couple of years later.The Mighty Wozman said:
I was quite excited getting Walls....I thought his tactical nouse would help lift us to another level, and was way ahead of Northey, who relied on passion and commitment. Unfortunately, while we may have got one, we lost the other.
Leysy is good mates with an ex-tiger from the late 90's.
He rarely has a bad word to say about anyone & is good mates with a lot of the senior clan at that time. However along with others couldn't stand Daffy & his selfish, self-centred appoach both on & off the field.
Ironically, Leysy understands a similar thing is thought about a current player who plays a somewhat comparible role :-X
He rarely has a bad word to say about anyone & is good mates with a lot of the senior clan at that time. However along with others couldn't stand Daffy & his selfish, self-centred appoach both on & off the field.
Ironically, Leysy understands a similar thing is thought about a current player who plays a somewhat comparible role :-X
Leysy Days said:
hmmmm - Petifer is a HFF only and does not play in the midfiled so I guess that counts him out. Surely he was not referring to Lids....
Punxsutawney Phil said:
Yeah, same happened to the Giesh. Although, by this stage, Gaspar had now become a player in the leading "clique." This is not a joke, these players had more leverage over our club between the period of 1996-2004 than any coach, president or board.
Hungry said:
After the game that prompted Walls' sacking - a 130+ point loss in Adelaide - quite a few players hit the grog and ran amok at the hotel.
I've always hated him, was absolutely rapt when we tarded him, I would taken Shaun McManus or Richard Champion for him. Fair Dinkum, anything to get him out the door.
When Dapne had a big press conference announcing he'd signed 'the big 4' of Richo, WC, MK and Daffy, Me and my entire family collectively thought, 'god help us'. The fact we rated him as part of a big 4 speaks volumes about out administrative ineptitude. We had a big 3 full stop. I honestly reckon it was fatal, think about it, placing an OK player at best as a marque player, imagine what that does to team morale, recruiting and salary cap, not giving kids games, etc etc, its massive. A good coach would have traded him when his stocks were at their highest for a good player and a high pick and snagged a flag. Not us, Nooooo. We give him 4 years and the grandstand.
Reading the above posts confirms my suspicions that he must have been a master at club politics to meneouvre himself into 'big 4' status in the eyes of the heirarchy. While as I said above, acknowledge that he had his rare moments and a couple of decent seasons, (as did Jamie Tape) I always said once he went into the midfield he was a liability, said it then and still say it.
in conlcusion, I suggest that Daffy was fairly dismiised on PRE, and anywhere else he's been dismissed. A millstone that set us back 5 years. But then again we're always getting set back 5 years so he's really a symptom rather than a cause.
When Dapne had a big press conference announcing he'd signed 'the big 4' of Richo, WC, MK and Daffy, Me and my entire family collectively thought, 'god help us'. The fact we rated him as part of a big 4 speaks volumes about out administrative ineptitude. We had a big 3 full stop. I honestly reckon it was fatal, think about it, placing an OK player at best as a marque player, imagine what that does to team morale, recruiting and salary cap, not giving kids games, etc etc, its massive. A good coach would have traded him when his stocks were at their highest for a good player and a high pick and snagged a flag. Not us, Nooooo. We give him 4 years and the grandstand.
Reading the above posts confirms my suspicions that he must have been a master at club politics to meneouvre himself into 'big 4' status in the eyes of the heirarchy. While as I said above, acknowledge that he had his rare moments and a couple of decent seasons, (as did Jamie Tape) I always said once he went into the midfield he was a liability, said it then and still say it.
in conlcusion, I suggest that Daffy was fairly dismiised on PRE, and anywhere else he's been dismissed. A millstone that set us back 5 years. But then again we're always getting set back 5 years so he's really a symptom rather than a cause.
Welcome back Mrs D,
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