
This season started with three wins from the first four games but has thudded back to earth with four straight losses, including last week's Showdown defeat to Port Adelaide. Silvers is part of the sweeping change that has washed through Adelaide since its 2017 Grand Final defeat, with the club working through a significant rebuild of its list under Nicks. Matthew Nicks addresses his players, round three, 2021. I can see the key pillars, if we're all aligned, we'll have success." "This club has been in existence for 30 years and had some success, but the decision has been made to rebuild and I'm part of that journey. I see this reset as something similar to what Hawthorn did and we just have to commit to it being a reset and a rebuild for a reason. "Matty Nicks has been around for 18 months, our GM of footy Adam Kelly similar, the chair (John Olsen) has been around for six months and I'm the new kid on the block. "They reset the club and rebuilt it sort of from the ground up and I see my experience coming into Adelaide as something similar," Silvers told. And as Silvers begins his stint as the Crows' boss, he is taking inspiration from the Hawks' ascent from ground zero.

Silvers this year departed the Hawks, where he had most recently been its second-in-charge as chief operating officer, to join Adelaide as its new chief executive, replacing the outgoing Andrew Fagan in March.

Coach Alastair Clarkson was about to start his tenure, football manager Mark Evans had taken over the reins, Ian Robson had begun as the club's chief executive and Jeff Kennett's presidency was in its infancy. WHEN Tim Silvers joined Hawthorn's administration in 2004, the club was embarking on significant change.
