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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on September 24, 2015, 03:55:23 PM
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COACHES BOX | Damien Hardwick is the special guest for the final edition of The Coaches Box of 2015 from 6pm tomorrow
https://twitter.com/SENfooty
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Lets get around him men, I am sure he is still hurting after the finals loss
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Should be an interesting program.
They'll be asking about all the players we are supposedly chasing and those we might be off loading ;D
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Transcript ::)
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Transcript ::)
It'll be a surprise if Dimma gives much away or offers something we don't know already.
Look, we'll continue to look to bring in players who we believe can improve our playing stocks, add to our depth and that can play the Richmond way. Having said that, we still have a young list and we'll expect continual development and improvement from the likes of Corey Ellis, Menadue and others next year.
Look, I'm not going to discuss specific players. There's always heaps of speculation and innuendo at this time of the year. Dan Richardson and Blair Hartley handle that sides of things. They evaluate players that may suit our needs and would fit our model and I have total confidence in what they are doing.
Look, the elimination final result was again very disappointing. We didn't play anywhere near the level we know we can and many of our guys were down on the day. We'll have to live with that for another six months until we can do something about it. We know what went wrong and we'll address it over the preseason.
Brett, Jack and Alex making the All-Australian side was just reward for terrific seasons by all three of them.
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Transcript ::)
It'll be a surprise if Dimma gives much away or offers something we don't know already.
Look, we'll continue to look to bring in players who we believe can improve our playing stocks, add to our depth and that can play the Richmond way. Having said that, we still have a young list and we'll expect continual development and improvement from the likes of Corey Ellis, Menadue and others next year.
Look, I'm not going to discuss specific players. There's always heaps of speculation and innuendo at this time of the year. Dan Richardson and Blair Hartley handle that sides of things. They evaluate players that may suit our needs and would fit our model and I have total confidence in what they are doing.
Look, the elimination final result was again very disappointing. We didn't play anywhere near the level we know we can and many of our guys were down on the day. We'll have to live with that for another six months until we can do something about it. We know what went wrong and we'll address it over the preseason.
Brett, Jack and Alex making the All-Australian side was just reward for terrific seasons by all three of them.
:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol classic Dimma!
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It'll be a surprise if Dimma gives much away or offers something we don't know already.
Look, we'll continue to look to bring in players who we believe can improve our playing stocks, add to our depth and that can play the Richmond way. Having said that, we still have a young list and we'll expect continual development and improvement from the likes of Corey Ellis, Menadue and others next year.
Look, I'm not going to discuss specific players. There's always heaps of speculation and innuendo at this time of the year. Dan Richardson and Blair Hartley handle that sides of things. They evaluate players that may suit our needs and would fit our model and I have total confidence in what they are doing.
Look, the elimination final result was again very disappointing. We didn't play anywhere near the level we know we can and many of our guys were down on the day. We'll have to live with that for another six months until we can do something about it. We know what went wrong and we'll address it over the preseason.
Brett, Jack and Alex making the All-Australian side was just reward for terrific seasons by all three of them.
SEN isn't going to be very happy with you now are they ;D
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Transcript ::)
It'll be a surprise if Dimma gives much away or offers something we don't know already.
Look, we'll continue to look to bring in players who we believe can improve our playing stocks, add to our depth and that can play the Richmond way. Having said that, we still have a young list and we'll expect continual development and improvement from the likes of Corey Ellis, Menadue and others next year.
Look, I'm not going to discuss specific players. There's always heaps of speculation and innuendo at this time of the year. Dan Richardson and Blair Hartley handle that sides of things. They evaluate players that may suit our needs and would fit our model and I have total confidence in what they are doing.
Look, the elimination final result was again very disappointing. We didn't play anywhere near the level we know we can and many of our guys were down on the day. We'll have to live with that for another six months until we can do something about it. We know what went wrong and we'll address it over the preseason.
Brett, Jack and Alex making the All-Australian side was just reward for terrific seasons by all three of them.
OMG! Did you accidentally come across Dimma's script! Better send it to him quickly. He's on in 3 hours. ...
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Great interview Dimma , still going,,,,,,played em on a break :clapping
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Summary:
* We need to improve our list. Some areas we need to get better at. Blair and Dan are working hard at that. It's hard to get them.
* Kreuzer - good player but similar in size and mould to Ivan and Vickery. Enough of those height. If we were looking for a ruckman then it would be a much taller ruckman.
* Treloar - We put in a good offer and thought we were always a chance until he made his choice. Disappointing but we move on quickly.
* Avoided discussing Yarran and especially Bennell. Just mentioned we want to bring in players that will make us better. Dimma also stated if a guy has elite ability but has suspect character then you'd consider him, whereas if he had suspect character and average ability then you would overlook him. A footy club is made up of a variety of characters.
* Lennon - important player. Spoke to Ben today about the role we want from him. Expect him to be at Tigerland next year.
* McIntosh - we saw traits at VFL that would apply to AFL level. At VFL level, it was more about running patterns rather than winning his own ball. He would develop more at AFL level.
* We were always going to play 3 key forwards against North (so Griffs came in). Playing Lloyd and Lennon meant we had two small forwards which meant one was always the sub. We felt we needed more marking power against North based on rounds 6 & 23. Ben was always going to make way. On Conca - we thought he would be better for the run for the following week.
* Yes, we have looked at our coaching decisions. We thought we could have jumped second up more against Goldstein. Dimma said he takes responsiblity. We had to change our wings as Ellis was being sat on and we needed to move Grigg to a wing to try and get more run. That affected our midfield structures. When you're A-grade gameplan is working then everything is fine but when it's not then you need to try things.
* Cotch tagged - we expected it and thought we did okay initially at stoppages but as the game fell away that protection fell away too. Cotch would also admit he didn't have a good game but he wasn't the only one. If the team falls away 10% then that affects the performance greatly. Most of our leaders were down - Ivan was okay, Brett was down, Chappy was down, Cotch was down while Jack was outstanding.
* The days of the captain being the sole leader are gone. You want all 22 players out there to show some leadership.
* It wasn't a gameplan issue. When you lose contested possessions by -35 then it's not a gameplan issue. We just didn't win the footy and were beaten by a better side on the day.
* We won a number of big games this year. Most Richmond games are big due to the club we are. It's unfair to rate an Elim. final higher than a H/A game. At the end of the day, you go out to win all of them.
* We always thought North would be our hardest challenge. We were confident about beating Sydney, we were looking forward to taking on West Coast again and we had beaten Freo and Hawthorn. Dimma expects North to beat the Eagles tomorrow. Dimma rates North very highly.
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Cop outs left right and centre
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I cannot believe a decent chunk of what he said.
Playing Conca in for the following week :huh
Any H&A game bigger than a final? :laugh:
Ivvy having a good game?
Sheeeeesh
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He didn't say that,
He said that HA games are equally as important , not bigger. Not that I necessarily agree
He said Maric was ok, not great
Maybe retune your hearing aid :lol
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I think his comments were close to spot on. He takes responsibility for the coaching but at the same time the players must take the responsibility for being minus 35 in the contested ball count. I am miffed that he said Ben Lennon was always going to miss though.
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if conca was played to get a run under his belt for the next week, then why not play him the week before :huh3
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oh look...
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Kreuzer - good player but similar in size and mould to Ivan and Vickery. Enough of those height. If we were looking for a ruckman then it would be a much taller ruckman.
Whaddya mean IF?
Sweet Geez.
* We were always going to play 3 key forwards against North (so Griffs came in). Playing Lloyd and Lennon meant we had two small forwards which meant one was always the sub. We felt we needed more marking power against North based on rounds 6 & 23. Ben was always going to make way. On Conca - we thought he would be better for the run for the following week. "
Well, there's the proof he's not up to coaching finals.
Like a deer in headlights.
He's gotta go.
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There were two moves Dimma could have made that may well have turned the game on its ear.
1. At half time change rance into Waite , throw caution to wind that Petrie wouldn't get amongst it
2. Cotch was struggling big time with Jacobs wearing him like latex. I would have switched him to go with Harvey
These moves come off, guess what, we WIN :shh
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Here's the audio link of Dimma tonight:
AUDIO: https://audioboom.com/boos/3617602-damien-hardwick-on-the-coaches-box-finals-week-3
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Dimma: Treloar didn't come, others will
Joshua Papanikolaou
SEN
25 Sep 2015, 07:20PM
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick was very disappointed that Adam Treloar rejected the Tigers’ offer to join the club, but he is confident other players will come.
The GWS midfielder is highly rated and had Melbourne clubs in hysterics when he requested a trade away from the Giants to his home city.
“We always thought we were a genuine chance and we were under the impression between his manager and Adam that they didn’t really make up their mind until just prior to the decision on the day,” said Hardwick on SEN’s Coaches Box.
“We thought we put forward a pretty good case and were prepared to do anything to try and get him across.”
Hardwick did not shy away from admitting that the club would be far more aggressive at the trade table than they were this time last year.
Carlton defender Chris Yarran has been heavily linked with the club, but he did rule out Ben Lennon as potential trade bait.
“Obviously we need to improve our list and we didn’t quite get where we wanted to this year,” he explained.
“There are some areas that we feel we need to get better in and we’ve got Blair Hartley and Dan Richardson working their backsides off to deliver those players.
“No, Ben (Lennon) for us is a really important player and I spoke to him today about the role I see for him going forward for us.”
Next season will be Hardwick’s seventh year in charge at Punt Rd, and given he is still yet to win a final the pressure will be high from Round 1.
“It always is tough winning finals there’s no doubt about that,” he said.
“We are incredibly disappointed with the performance we put out there, North were incredible they played really well.
“I wouldn’t say the Richmond fans are more accepting of (not winning a final), and we as a footy club are disappointed.”
http://www.sen.com.au/news/09-15/dimma-treloar-didnt-come-others-will#yoFwVbfbZ0roIZGy.97
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thought dimma was Ok.....said we have identified some weaknesses and attempting to fix them..Lest see what happens
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And a bit more from Dimma ...
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick has said if first round draft picks play too much VFL early "they become a VFL player"
https://www.facebook.com/AFLSeasonAndOffSeasonNews
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Must be why he clearly only rates Lennon as one....
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mcbean too. Spoken like a true bum.
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mcbean too. Spoken like a true bum.
the comment was around first R draft picks, suggesting you play them early to become afl players , not pick 40s ::)
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* Avoided discussing Yarran and especially Bennell. Just mentioned we want to bring in players that will make us better. Dimma also stated if a guy has elite ability but has suspect character then you'd consider him, whereas if he had suspect character and average ability then you would overlook him. A footy club is made up of a variety of characters.
Claw, what do you think of that reasoning?
Lets be honest folks, we needed to bring in a tall forward and unfortunately Griffiths was our only man (LOL Hampson and McBean wouldn't of been the right choice). Anyone could see in round 23 we got destroyed by their talls going forward. We needed an extra to attempt to stretch them across the ground
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Avoided discussing Yarran & especially Bennell......
Can this be considered Racist? Booooooooooooooooo!
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Who then wants to be Drafted by Richmond after the first round?
If you do then you are Screwed.
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mcbean too. Spoken like a true bum.
the comment was around first R draft picks, suggesting you play them early to become afl players , not pick 40s ::)
Liam was a highly rated second rounder not a blowout pick beyond the 40s
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mcbean too. Spoken like a true bum.
the comment was around first R draft picks, suggesting you play them early to become afl players , not pick 40s ::)
Liam was a highly rated second rounder not a blowout pick beyond the 40s
Bj is correct all the same.
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Damien Hardwick says Trent Cotchin, Richmond leaders, don’t have an issue in finals
Herald-Sun
September 27, 2015
DAMIEN Hardwick will back Richmond’s leaders to stand up in finals again despite a disastrous performance this year.
Captain Trent Cotchin was held to an equal career-low nine disposals by Kangaroos tagger Ben Jacobs and senior players including Brett Deledio and Troy Chaplin were well down on their home-and-away form.
Cotchin had 16 disposals in last year’s elimination final against Port Adelaide and 26 and two goals against Carlton in 2013.
Asked if the Tigers had an issue with on-field leadership in September, Hardwick answered: “Absolutely not.
“They didn’t have a great day. That happens. The Swans, they went out in straight sets as well, did their leaders not perform? The reality is sometimes you just meet a better side on the day and you don’t play as well as you’d like.
“Unfortunately these things happen, it’s what you learn from it and how you move on from it that’s important.”
In a lengthy interview on SEN radio, Hardwick hinted Richmond was in the market for Gold Coast bad boy Harley Bennell, said Ben Lennon was a required player, defended his decision to pick underdone pair Ben Griffiths and Reece Conca against the Kangaroos and declared finals matches were no bigger for his players than home-and-away games.
“Round 1 (against Carlton), then we play the Dreamtime game, we play a game against Collingwood — we’re the Richmond footy club, we play big games on a weekly basis.
“It’s unfair to say a finals game is more important than a regular season game, I know people think it is but the reality is you go out to win 100 per cent of the time.”
The Tigers coach said the loss to North Melbourne carried an extra sting because he gave his team a chance to go deep in September — if they could get past the Roos.
“I’ve got no doubt this will sting our players. We’ve made finals other years, but I think this is the year we were close.
“We thought North were always going to be our hardest challenge. We’ve played really well against Sydney over the years, even up in Sydney. We were really looking forward to giving ourselves another chance to beat West Coast.
“North, as soon as they beat us, I knew they’d beat Sydney as well.”
Hardwick didn’t name Bennell but said clubs could afford to take risks on players with off-field issues.
“Every club has ratbag characters, if the majority of your football team are stable players you can afford to get in a few.
“There is a tipping point if you get too many bad characters into your club it goes the wrong way.
“If the guy has elite ability and suspect character you’ll look at him ... it’s all about ability.”
http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/finals-2015-damien-hardwick-says-trent-cotchin-richmond-leaders-dont-have-an-issue-in-finals/story-e6frf3e3-1227545106073
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Hardwick should just STFU. Bennell's manager is going to read that and go well Hardwick thinks he's a flog so Harley will go elsewhere thanks. Our coach should be tied and not allowed to speak in public
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How many times does he bring up other clubs. Eagles, Hawks, Swans
Someone should tell him we don't give a stuff about other sides on this matter.
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Hardwick should just STFU. Bennell's manager is going to read that and go well Hardwick thinks he's a flog so Harley will go elsewhere thanks. Our coach should be tied and not allowed to speak in public
lmao
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Hardwick should just STFU. Bennell's manager is going to read that and go well Hardwick thinks he's a flog so Harley will go elsewhere thanks. Our coach should be tied and not allowed to speak in public
On the contrary I think Bennell's manager is very much aware is client is a "ratbag", "bad boy", no angel.
Hence why his manager is the one doing the selling