Port Adelaide supporters showing their support at Adelaide Oval. Picture: Simon Cross Source: News Corp Australia
HERE is a question asked in all seriousness: How many Crows fans wish their club was like Port Adelaide?
As deep — and bitter — as the rivalry is between the two SA-based AFL clubs, how many Crows supporters are surveying the landscape today and concluding things are being done better at Alberton?
Crows fans, do you want your club to be more like Port Adelaide?
On the field, the Power has:
A TEAM that ranks as the competition pacesetter with an 8-1 record. Adelaide has not known such a status since 2005 when Neil Craig introduced "zones" to make the Crows the toughest team to play against.
BETTER players. There would be more Power players today up for All-Australian nomination than at Adelaide.
A MORE entertaining game plan that has stood up in every Showdown against the Crows since Ken Hinkley arrived as senior coach last year. Hinkley has built his game on defence, but it also demands exciting, hard-running plays through the centre corridor to make the Power a high-scoring team.
A SOUNDER football program — with a proven fitness coach in Darren Burgess and a genuine development system in the SANFL with the Magpies.
SMARTER recruiting system with Geoff Parker and list manager Jason Cripps having delivered in the off-season with Jared Polec, Matt White and Jarman Impey.
Off the field, Port has:
A SAVVY events team that is constantly developing a far better pre-game build-up at Adelaide Oval than the Crows who should question how giving the "19th Man" flag a lap of honour before a match can be considered entertaining.
Flag raising — and folksy chants — simply cannot compare with the "Never Tear Us Apart" theme that accompanies the Power team in the 60 seconds before the opening bounce.
MORE appeal to the "neutral" fan wanting to experience the Oval as an event rather than just a football game.
A YOUNGER supporter group that is giving the Oval a feel that is the talk of the nation — and inspired Brownlow Medallist Gerard Healy to dub the venue as "The Portress".
GREATER national media appeal, as evidenced by AFL360 crew on the Fox Footy Channel "adopting" the Power as their team.
STRONGER voices — particularly from president David Koch who has given up seeking any friends in the old guard at SANFL House. This is strange considering Koch is based in Sydney and his Adelaide counterpart Rob Chapman is in town.
As the most-powerful man in SA football, Chapman is well connected in business. He can call up any of the many Crows ambassadors in the media to take up a club cause — or to set the agenda — in a 10-minute radio spot.
The Crows are now independent of SANFL control, so there is no risk of Chapman or his chief executive Steven Trigg being asked to hand back their club tie should they say anything out of line with the SANFL script.
So, as much as it hurts to think it, would Crows fans prefer the Adelaide Football Club to resemble Port Adelaide today?
Are Crows fans jealous of Port Adelaide?
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