Port Coach

[mal]

RUCCI QUOTES

The former power capatin becomes just the sixth coach of the port adelaide football club since 1950
WRONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG IF U INCLUDE ALL THE COACHES ITS MUCH MORE THAN 6[refer gadj/sjabc/southees posts]

And it emphasised why an ''insider'' rather than an ''outsider'' using port as a stepping stone to a career at another club- is the right man to lead the power back from footballs wilderness
TRUE, MATT IS THE FIRST INSIDER TO EVER COACH PORT POWER AS HE HAS PLAYED FOR THE CLUB

This is the theme the power relied in in 2001 when then ''outsider'' Primus replaced Gavin Wanganeen as captain
NOW IM CONFUSED IS MATT AN INSIDER OR OUTSIDER

Duncanson said :
He is the right man to lead the new era of success at the port adelaide football club. He is a diamond in our backyard
NOW HE IS AN INSIDER AGAIN

[85 WAS A GOOD YEAR]

Who'd want to be writing the full history of the Port Adelaide Football Club now?

You wouldn't know whether you were Arthur or Martha?

No-one really agrees on when each of them started, only when they dis-entagled.

Who is an insider and who is an outsider?

Lots of refernce material has been posted to back one or the other, but if Rucci can't work it out and he wrote/edited their previous historical book, how the hell can anyone else

[Psyber]

Did anyone catch Choco handing this over to Matty P?

That chalice reminded me of this Danny Kaye scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS75NtlH3gI

[NO-MERCY]

As for Port taking on an outsider, i'd doubt it would happen but it should.
The reason why Port can't look outside the square is they are so far up themselves & self centred they can't stop living in the past.
Have a listen to Rucci & Dittmar on 5AA, they too have no f....n idea, these two moorons are as bad as their supporters who don't want the best for the club. they have an opinion of someone based on their supporters feelings not the knowledge or experience the person has.
Yes you ferral Port supporters i'm talking about Matthew Knights, he should be given a chance to assist Matthew Primus in the year 2011..
You ferrals ( who dislike Knights ) have never given an outsider the support or opportunity in which to give your club some ideas from OUTSIDE the club to go forward, Its something i think you need big time as what your club has been playing on is nothing short of in THE PAST CREED FOOTBALL.
If only the Port Magpies took onboard the new structures & game plan ( when Knights was in charge ) they may well be in a better position than where they are today but no they didn't want to change coz they thought they didn't have to ( their game was invincible ) Well it shows the Port Magpies keep going backwards & the Power hav'nt gone forwards so i'll leave it to the brains trust to decide.

[Barto]

As for Port taking on an outsider, i'd doubt it would happen but it should.
The reason why Port can't look outside the square is they are so far up themselves & self centred they can't stop living in the past.
Have a listen to Rucci & Dittmar on 5AA, they too have no f....n idea, these two moorons are as bad as their supporters who don't want the best for the club. they have an opinion of someone based on their supporters feelings not the knowledge or experience the person has.
Yes you ferral Port supporters i'm talking about Matthew Knights, he should be given a chance to assist Matthew Primus in the year 2011..
You ferrals ( who dislike Knights ) have never given an outsider the support or opportunity in which to give your club some ideas from OUTSIDE the club to go forward, Its something i think you need big time as what your club has been playing on is nothing short of in THE PAST CREED FOOTBALL.
If only the Port Magpies took onboard the new structures & game plan ( when Knights was in charge ) they may well be in a better position than where they are today but no they didn't want to change coz they thought they didn't have to ( their game was invincible ) Well it shows the Port Magpies keep going backwards & the Power hav'nt gone forwards so i'll leave it to the brains trust to decide.

This is why I believe they've been unable to grow their support base, it's off putting to people who were looking for an AFL club to support. It's fine for their supporters to say "**** off then we dont need you", but actually they need all the help and support they can get.

They were selling out games in 1997, this year they had a sub 15K crowd.

[X Runna]

As for Port taking on an outsider, i'd doubt it would happen but it should.
The reason why Port can't look outside the square is they are so far up themselves & self centred they can't stop living in the past.
Have a listen to Rucci & Dittmar on 5AA, they too have no f....n idea, these two moorons are as bad as their supporters who don't want the best for the club. they have an opinion of someone based on their supporters feelings not the knowledge or experience the person has.
Yes you ferral Port supporters i'm talking about Matthew Knights, he should be given a chance to assist Matthew Primus in the year 2011..
You ferrals ( who dislike Knights ) have never given an outsider the support or opportunity in which to give your club some ideas from OUTSIDE the club to go forward, Its something i think you need big time as what your club has been playing on is nothing short of in THE PAST CREED FOOTBALL.
If only the Port Magpies took onboard the new structures & game plan ( when Knights was in charge ) they may well be in a better position than where they are today but no they didn't want to change coz they thought they didn't have to ( their game was invincible ) Well it shows the Port Magpies keep going backwards & the Power hav'nt gone forwards so i'll leave it to the brains trust to decide.

If it ain't buggered - don't fix it !!!

Proved his game plan and style wasn't worth squat at Essendon.

[NO-MERCY]

Timmy brought back the old & where did they come?
He had a few more years at the helm than Knights.

[X Runna]

Timmy brought back the old & where did they come?
He had a few more years at the helm than Knights.

The damage was done...........

[NO-MERCY]

Timmy brought back the old & where did they come?
He had a few more years at the helm than Knights.

The damage was done...........

Jack got them to finals once Knights was gone the next year.

[Royal City]

Who is a better coach.


Nathan bassett or Matthew primus ????

[X Runna]

Timmy brought back the old & where did they come?
He had a few more years at the helm than Knights.

The damage was done...........

Jack got them to finals once Knights was gone the next year.

But that's JACK.......

[mal]

What NO-MERCY has posted makes a fair bit of sense

A bit off topic but :
Anyways this is what I think
1900-2000 PA = Possibly the greatest achieving or club in Aussie rules footy history
WHY
Because they produced and nutured great footballers within SA
They supplemented with some good interstate recruits
The good old way Of Jack, Fos and others was the way to go, and it worked
2000+
The great breeding system that held PA so highly for the previous milenuim is over
The AFL scavengers devour this sort of talent
Its now a matter of appointing a coach, a good recruiting officer, a good accountant, buy as much talent as possible and reep some rewards[who was the last PA mag medallist ...]

XRUNNA
You are a PA man thru and thru, by all means stick to your beliefs, but for the Power part of the equation look at Bartos post

[NO-MERCY]

Timmy brought back the old & where did they come?
He had a few more years at the helm than Knights.

The damage was done...........

Jack got them to finals once Knights was gone the next year.

But that's JACK.......

Then who f....d it up after Jack?

[The Dark Knight]

As for Port taking on an outsider, i'd doubt it would happen but it should.
The reason why Port can't look outside the square is they are so far up themselves & self centred they can't stop living in the past.
Have a listen to Rucci & Dittmar on 5AA, they too have no f....n idea, these two moorons are as bad as their supporters who don't want the best for the club. they have an opinion of someone based on their supporters feelings not the knowledge or experience the person has.
Yes you ferral Port supporters i'm talking about Matthew Knights, he should be given a chance to assist Matthew Primus in the year 2011..
You ferrals ( who dislike Knights ) have never given an outsider the support or opportunity in which to give your club some ideas from OUTSIDE the club to go forward, Its something i think you need big time as what your club has been playing on is nothing short of in THE PAST CREED FOOTBALL.
If only the Port Magpies took onboard the new structures & game plan ( when Knights was in charge ) they may well be in a better position than where they are today but no they didn't want to change coz they thought they didn't have to (their game was invincible ) Well it shows the Port Magpies keep going backwards & the Power hav'nt gone forwards so i'll leave it to the brains trust to decide.

Has this always been the case then NM?

[james07]

What NO-MERCY has posted makes a fair bit of sense

A bit off topic but :
Anyways this is what I think
1900-2000 PA = Possibly the greatest achieving or club in Aussie rules footy history
WHY
Because they produced and nutured great footballers within SA
They supplemented with some good interstate recruits
The good old way Of Jack, Fos and others was the way to go, and it worked
2000+
The great breeding system that held PA so highly for the previous milenuim is over
The AFL scavengers devour this sort of talent
Its now a matter of appointing a coach, a good recruiting officer, a good accountant, buy as much talent as possible and reep some rewards[who was the last PA mag medallist ...]

XRUNNA
You are a PA man thru and thru, by all means stick to your beliefs, but for the Power part of the equation look at Bartos post

2000+ which teams got their poker venues going and where the mosr successful at it and relate that to success.

[Media Park]

Who is a better coach.


Nathan bassett or Matthew primus ????

Bassett.

[JK]

Who is a better coach.


Nathan bassett or Matthew primus ????

Bassett.

Impossible to answer with any certainty

[Psyber]

Who is a better coach. Nathan Bassett or Matthew Primus ????

Both look good so far, and, of course more significantly, both played for Norwood before joining their SA AFL teams.

[NO-MERCY]

As for Port taking on an outsider, i'd doubt it would happen but it should.
The reason why Port can't look outside the square is they are so far up themselves & self centred they can't stop living in the past.
Have a listen to Rucci & Dittmar on 5AA, they too have no f....n idea, these two moorons are as bad as their supporters who don't want the best for the club. they have an opinion of someone based on their supporters feelings not the knowledge or experience the person has.
Yes you ferral Port supporters i'm talking about Matthew Knights, he should be given a chance to assist Matthew Primus in the year 2011..
You ferrals ( who dislike Knights ) have never given an outsider the support or opportunity in which to give your club some ideas from OUTSIDE the club to go forward, Its something i think you need big time as what your club has been playing on is nothing short of in THE PAST CREED FOOTBALL.
If only the Port Magpies took onboard the new structures & game plan ( when Knights was in charge ) they may well be in a better position than where they are today but no they didn't want to change coz they thought they didn't have to (their game was invincible ) Well it shows the Port Magpies keep going backwards & the Power hav'nt gone forwards so i'll leave it to the brains trust to decide.

Has this always been the case then NM?

I stand by what i've stated, yes.

This year i've seen a bigger improvement in playing youth, its only a matter of time for these youngsters to gain more confidence & ability, unfortunately its a bit of pain to go with it, Tony Bamford's doing a good job at present & will get the rewards very soon.
It sh!ts me to read the crap X Runna writes about Matty Knights, when its proven with the shortage of $$$ the Magpies have had over the years its proved costly, so if you havn't got it ( $$$$ ) you go with youth & that takes time.
Back when Jack was recalled the $$$$ were somehow available & spent, he got what he wanted & the club got a prelim final.
X Runna, Knights wasn't given the same luxury.

[Barto]

I feel for Knights and like Rick Davies in 1989 at Unley, was made to look worse than what he is. It's almost impossible to walk into a hostile environment and be a success, Knights did it twice and the end result was inevitable.