We broke 'em

[mightytiges]

A pic to send to anyone you know who is an Adelaide supporter .


https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/port-forum-general-afl-talk-thread-part-15.1243622/page-342

[one-eyed]

Well the Crows finally got their WEG poster


https://twitter.com/virtualalexb

[Rampsation]

Should have been carrying a wooden spoon. Ive seen better from the Weg team.

[one-eyed]

Looking back, Gibbs believed it [the camp] hurt the club more than he thought at the time, with players uneasy about what had transpired.

“We hopped on a bus on the Gold Coast and ended up in New South Wales. I couldn’t even tell you where we were to be honest. It certainly hurt the group probably more so than I thought it did at the time looking back,” he said.

“I think the playing group lost a bit of trust with the footy department. Obviously a lot of details we weren’t allowed to know going into the camp, we all had to sign waivers just to say we can’t speak about it after.

“It was just strange the way it played out and I think the playing group lost trust with some of the decisions the club was making and some of the decisions going forward.”

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2021-adelaide-crows-training-camp-gold-coast-bryce-gibbs-sas-cult-crows-saga/news-story/0b08df135a4e7c63a5c7b2b416c4e742

[one-eyed]

SafeWork SA confirm investigation into Adelaide Crows' camp​

Peter Ryan
The Age
December 5, 2020

The Adelaide Crows are co-operating with SafeWork SA after the government body confirmed it was conducting a "comprehensive" investigation into the Crows' controversial pre-season camp held before the start of the 2018 season.

The camp, which took place on the Gold Coast after the Crows lost the 2017 grand final to Richmond, has dogged the club since, with reports of players being taken to an unknown location for a series of resilience-building exercises.

SafeWork SA confirmed the investigation on Saturday in a statement to The Age, after a News Corp report on Friday. Preliminary enquiries had started in July, with South Australian Premier Steve Marshall saying at a press conference at the time that he had found some allegations surrounding what happened on the camp "disturbing".

"SafeWork SA’s comprehensive enquiries into the Adelaide Football Club’s 2018 pre-season camp are continuing. Adelaide Football Club has been voluntarily assisting in providing information as requested by SafeWork SA. As this is an ongoing matter, we are unable to provide any further information at this time," the statement said.

The Crows' former chairman Rob Chapman has previously said that an internal review found that relationships within the football department had been affected by the camp, with the club also conceding from midway 2018 that some aspects could have been handled better and communicated better to the players.

The AFL integrity department did not sanction the club after investigating the camp and the AFL Players' Association did not take action.

The internal review into the club, led by former AFL greats Jason Dunstall and Matthew Pavlich, was held after coach Don Pyke resigned as coach at the end of 2019.

They subsequently appointed a new football manager in Adam Kelly and former Richmond utility Dan Jackson to run leadership and culture programs.

John Olsen recently succeeded the long-serving Chapman as chairman.

There are 19 players from the 2018 list who will be at the Crows in 2021.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/safework-sa-confirm-investigation-into-adelaide-crows-camp-20201205-p56kwl.html

[Willy]

 

[Chuck17]

The gift that keeps on giving

[one-eyed]

Simpson broke down what went right and what went wrong across a tumultuous 2020 season.

“We hit a sweet spot, I think we won eight in a row after a poor start and six of those games were at home,” he told Sportsday WA.

“Then we lost to Richmond back up in Queensland and hit a difficult period where we lost probably eight or nine of our best 22 and we dropped two games and you go into the finals and we missed top four by percentage and we lost the first final by a point.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/01/12/eagles-coach-reflects-on-missed-opportunity-in-2020/

We broke another one

[mightytiges]

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2021-brad-crouch-trade-matthew-nicks-amazon-documentary-making-their-mark-adelaide-crows-team-meeting-video/news-story/28cf1cc56639b38da757cdc6fe6cb057

Goes some way to explaining why Brad Crouch left the Crows. Nicks said indirectly pack your bags and leave if you don't want to defend.

[pmac21]

Pretty embarrassing for Brad Crouch. Surprised it's so obviously directed at him!!

[Chuck17]

Well thats that then

https://wwos.nine.com.au/afl/adelaide-crows-cleared-over-controversial-2018-pre-season-camp/e19f1225-d482-4b5f-a17c-64476bd9402a

[one-eyed]

There's actually a wikipedia page about this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Adelaide_Crows_pre-season_camp

[one-eyed]

The directors of the company behind Adelaide's infamous 2018 pre-season camp exclusively reveal what happened and the catastrophic fallout.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/adelaide-crows-camp-collective-mind-directors-amon-woulfe-and-derek-leddie-speak-to-graham-cornes/news-story/2bc14af7ff78b25e9ecdd61db5babe19

Nine Network and football reporters apologise to Collective Mind over Crows camp stories.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-news-2022-adelaide-crows-preseason-training-camp-2018-nine-network-the-age-caroline-wilson-sam-mcclure-apologise/news-story/7c065a2b7e74f08baff2cc1ea478d7c9

[one-eyed]

Sam Edmund reckons Eddie Betts' new biography spills the beans on what happened at Adelaide's camp and his own experience there.

[Andyy]

Ooo juicy. Can't wait.

The part about blokes having to crawl to a knife while being pulled back by dudes with ropes hurling abuse about their confidential lives sounds particularly good if true.