{"id":32438,"date":"2015-11-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/don-pyke-s-big-challenge-as-adelaide-crows-coach-2\/"},"modified":"2015-11-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T00:00:00","slug":"don-pyke-s-big-challenge-as-adelaide-crows-coach-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/don-pyke-s-big-challenge-as-adelaide-crows-coach-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Pyke\u2019s big challenge as Crows coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>New coach Don Pyke says he\u2019s in an unusual position as he takes over the Adelaide Crows.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an interesting situation,\u201d Pyke told Rowey and Bicks on FIVEAA, \u201cbecause you\u2019re taking over a side that\u2019s made the finals, and that doesn\u2019t happen that often.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of things that we\u2019re doing have been really effective and worked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Don Pyke, Adelaide Crows | FIVEAA\" title=\"Don Pyke, Adelaide Crows | FIVEAA\" height=\"745\" width=\"819\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pyke-studio-2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pyke said his challenge was to work what to keep in the team\u2019s game plan and what to add.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cLet\u2019s keep those things and keep adding and building to improve as well as then putting my own slant and direction on the side and where we\u2019re going,\u201d he said.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>LISTEN to Don Pyke here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/233271702&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pyke said it was tough to say what his imprint on the game plan would be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want us to be efficient in all areas.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cThese days sides are too good at shutting you down if you\u2019re only good in one component. I want us to be good at everything,\u201d he said.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Don Pyke, Adelaide Crows | FIVEAA\" title=\"Don Pyke, Adelaide Crows | FIVEAA\" height=\"714\" width=\"813\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pyke-studio-3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pyke said he was looking forward to getting the players back from their break.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cI\u2019m itching to get them back on deck. They\u2019ve had a pretty extensive break.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/crows-fans-the-dumbest-in-the-competition-graham-cornes\">CROWS FANS THE DUMBEST IN THE AFL? \u2013 GRAHAM CORNES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/ruby-rose-cops-backlash-over-offensive-tweet-about-paris-attacks\">AUSSIE STAR COPS BACKLASH OVER \u2018OFFENSIVE\u2019 PARIS TWEET<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New coach Don Pyke says he\u2019s in an unusual position as he takes over the Adelaide Crows. \u201cIt\u2019s an interesting situation,\u201d Pyke told Rowey and Bicks on FIVEAA, \u201cbecause you\u2019re taking over a side that\u2019s made the finals, and that doesn\u2019t happen that often.\u201d \u201cA lot of things that we\u2019re doing have been really effective [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":20604,"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-32438","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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