Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks put on a timer and allowed his frustrated players a single minute to “vent” their frustration over the heartbreaking umpiring howler that cost them victory over Sydney last week and ended their chances of making the finals.
But he told them they had to move on quickly despite the majority of the club;’ officials and supporters still coming to terms with the outcome that left Crows legend and football director Mark Ricciuto “as angry as I’ve ever been”.
The Crows have vowed to seek some form of “redress” from the AFL in the wake of a concession from league boss Gillon McLachlan that the goal umpire, who has been stood down, made a clear error by declaring the last-gasp shot from Adelaide’s Ben Keays had hit the goalpost.
Adelaide lost the match by a point, leaving them in 13th spot and with a final-round clash against West Coast to…