Coach's blistering warning to star before trade: WWOS

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Coach's blistering warning to star before trade Mar 8th 2021, 04:40, by wwos Compelling video has surfaced of Adelaide Crows coach Matthew Nicks delivering Brad Crouch a blistering warning during a team meeting early last season, telling him to prioritise defence or "grab your bag, put your shoes in it and walk out". Crouch left Adelaide for St Kilda at the end of last season, ending an eight-year stint with the Crows in which he played 95 games and won the 2019 best-and-fairest award, but not before copping a spray from Nicks after the side's 75-point thrashing at the hands of Port Adelaide. Midfield coach Michael Godden set the scene. "I just want you to be really clear - what we did wasn't good enough," Godden said in Amazon Prime's Marking their Mark documentary. "Our hearts go into it, your hearts go into it and what we saw was not us. "The most embarrassing loss our footy club has had in I don't know how long." Footage was then shown of Crouch not showing enough urgency when the Power had the footy. And while the 27-year-old agreed, conceding he was "just a little slow to get back", he then tried to heap blame on his teammates. "I look at the stuff we can do before that and at that contest and it hangs me out to dry as well," Crouch said. Nicks hit out. "If you don't want to defend, if that's not your priority, grab your bag, put your shoes in it and walk out," Nicks said. "You cannot play in this team." When Nicks took up the Crows' coaching gig after season 2019 the former Swan was tasked with leading Adelaide back to dominance. Since getting comprehensively beaten by Richmond in an upset 2017 grand final defeat, Adelaide plummeted to 12th in 2018, finished 11th in 2019 and collected the wooden spoon last year. They've also lost an avalanche of star-studded talent since the 2017 decider, including Charlie Cameron, Eddie Betts, Jake Lever and Josh Jenkins, while the fall-out of their infamous 2018 pre-season camp has been staggering. For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here! Media files: pickerImage.jpg

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