2011 season History of the Adelaide Football Club



without retired stars, young adelaide side endured worst season in history in 2011. after upsetting highly touted hawthorn side in round 1 (in re-match of club s inaugural match 20 years earlier), crows lost 12 of next 15 matches, including 9 margins of @ least 5 goals. after 103-point loss fading champions st kilda, club s longest-serving coach neil craig stepped down, handing reins assistant coach , former premiership captain mark bickley caretaker remainder of season. under bickley club won 3 of next 4 games, lost final 2 richmond , west coast, finishing in 14th place 7 wins , 15 losses, both club worsts.


scott thompson won malcolm blight medal 2011, new skipper nathan van berlo finishing runner-up. emerging forward taylor walker led goalkicking 32 goals in 13 games. no crows named in all-australian side or received rising star nominations in 2011. scott stevens retired during season due complications multiple concussions, while brad moran retired @ end of season, , phil davis announced defection new club greater western sydney.


adelaide active on trade table in 2011 off-season. promising forward jack gunston requested trade hawthorn, , got wish via exchange of draft picks: picks 53 , 71 went hawks, while adelaide received picks 24, 46 , 64. pick 24 on-traded gold coast picks 27, 31 , 68; pick 31 on-traded essendon rookie forward josh jenkins , pick 41, while pick 68 traded along pick 35 , tony armstrong sydney s lewis johnston. in other deals, adelaide traded pick 10 , first-round compensation pick davis greater western sydney luke brown , pick 2 in 17-year-old mini-draft, , traded out ruckman ivan maric richmond pick 37, on-traded st kilda tom lynch.


with mini-draft pick, adelaide selected 17-year-old star brad crouch, not eligible play until 2013. adelaide selected sam kerridge top-40 pick in national draft, pick 27, , drafted rory laird pick 5 in rookie draft.


also in off-season, adelaide board undertook search craig s replacement senior coach. candidates role included bickley, west coast assistant coach scott burns , geelong assistant brenton sanderson. sanderson, 200-game player , former best , fairest geelong had played 6 games crows @ start of career, hired role.








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