{"id":31505,"date":"2015-11-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/difficult-decision-says-new-crows-development-coach-paul-thomas\/"},"modified":"2015-11-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T00:00:00","slug":"difficult-decision-says-new-crows-development-coach-paul-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/difficult-decision-says-new-crows-development-coach-paul-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Difficult decision\u2019 says new Crows development coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Central Districts legend Paul Thomas said it \u201ctook a little bit of considering\u201d before he accepted his new role at the Adelaide Crows.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIt was a bit of a difficult decision,\u201d Thomas told Rowey and Bicks on FIVEAA, \u201cbut in the end the opportunity to work in an elite environment in something I\u2019d worked towards was just too good to pass up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN to Paul Thomas here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowtransparency=\"allowtransparency\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/boos\/3799645-paul-thomas-now-a-crow\/embed\/v4?eid=AQAAAMjNQ1Zd-jkA\" style=\"background-color:transparent; display:block; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"audioBoom player\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thomas said his appointment as Adelaide&#8217;s development coach \u201chappened pretty quickly\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas was meetin with specialists to determine whether he could play on in 2016 when he was approached by the Crows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was Wednesday and by Thursday another opportunity had presented itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd by the next Wednesday I was retired and moving into the coaching pathway through the development role with the Adelaide footy club,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/matthew-wright-a-chance-to-return-to-adelaide-crows-as-rookie\">THIS DUMPED ADELAIDE CROW COULD RETURN TO THE CLUB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/bernard-fnnigan-fall-out\">COURT REPORTER DESCRIBES THE MOMENT FINNIGAN&#8217;S VERDICT WAS DELIVERED<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Districts legend Paul Thomas said it \u201ctook a little bit of considering\u201d before he accepted his new role at the Adelaide Crows. \u201cIt was a bit of a difficult decision,\u201d Thomas told Rowey and Bicks on FIVEAA, \u201cbut in the end the opportunity to work in an elite environment in something I\u2019d worked towards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":20696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-31505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fiveaa-sports-show","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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