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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: tiger till i die on November 13, 2009, 12:15:47 PM

Title: could we have done better?
Post by: tiger till i die on November 13, 2009, 12:15:47 PM
this has most likely come up before... so ill say it any way could we have done better than Hardwick? got some one better.
Title: Re: could we have done better?
Post by: Stripes on November 13, 2009, 12:28:49 PM
this has most likely come up before... so ill say it any way could we have done better than Hardwick? got some one better.

I don't think so. Our selection process couldn't have been more exhaustive and we had the best available candidates go for the role.

In the end though we choose who we felt would do the best for our list and current development stage. I'm happy with what he has done so far and think at the very least he needs more than a couple of months to prove himself.

So in short....No! :)

Stripes
Title: Re: could we have done better?
Post by: Tigermonk on November 13, 2009, 12:41:50 PM
 :lol starting on Hardwick so early
Title: Re: could we have done better?
Post by: Ramps on November 13, 2009, 12:50:21 PM
this has most likely come up before... so ill say it any way could we have done better than Hardwick? got some one better.

from memory hardwick beat about 15 candidates for the job.
Title: Re: could we have done better?
Post by: Francois Jackson on November 13, 2009, 12:53:59 PM
this has most likely come up before... so ill say it any way could we have done better than Hardwick? got some one better.

Hardwick was the best man for the job 6 months ago, 2 months ago, 1 month ago and now

He is hard at it and already has done what no other leather face or spud had done before.

He would rather let actions speak louder than words.

He is exactly what we needed at this club, now its time for those softie players to stand up and deliver instead of wasting away in their 65 kilo bodies
Title: Re: could we have done better?
Post by: Con65 on November 13, 2009, 03:07:49 PM
Why on earth would you ask that question when pre-season only started a couple of weeks ago?

I presume you barrack for the Skunks and are just in here to cause trouble...
Title: Re: could we have done better?
Post by: tiger till i die on November 13, 2009, 03:18:38 PM
Why on earth would you ask that question when pre-season only started a couple of weeks ago?

I presume you barrack for the Skunks and are just in here to cause trouble...

listen mate all iwas trying to ask was if Hardwick was our best man for the job and these guys ^^ have given me there thoughts and i agree BUT, just thinking the  bloke with North could we have considered him ?  he seems pretty good... but should be interesting to see which club dose better most likely north but we can dream
Title: Re: could we have done better?
Post by: Francois Jackson on November 13, 2009, 03:28:16 PM
Why on earth would you ask that question when pre-season only started a couple of weeks ago?

I presume you barrack for the Skunks and are just in here to cause trouble...

listen mate all iwas trying to ask was if Hardwick was our best man for the job and these guys ^^ have given me there thoughts and i agree BUT, just thinking the  bloke with North could we have considered him ?  he seems pretty good... but should be interesting to see which club dose better most likely north but we can dream

mate are you intoxicated at the minute or what?? Either that or you been going to the same tanning salon as Terry the tightarse

who cares who is coaching North? How do you know he is any good?

Title: Re: could we have done better?
Post by: tiger till i die on November 13, 2009, 03:37:38 PM
you do know looking at other teams can help you better understand were your team is at.
Title: Re: could we have done better?
Post by: Francois Jackson on November 13, 2009, 03:54:12 PM
you do know looking at other teams can help you better understand were your team is at.

Thats in the past buddy now that Mr Solarium has gone from our club.

You see that prick was part of the problem pal and id rather judge hardwick at the end of his 2nd year not start comparing him to Brad Scott now.

That was the problem with Terry.

He always looked behind and was only interested in what other clubs are doing well guess what, HE WAS WRONG.





Title: Re: could we have done better?
Post by: Con65 on November 13, 2009, 04:32:26 PM
listen mate all iwas trying to ask was if Hardwick was our best man for the job and these guys ^^ have given me there thoughts and i agree BUT, just thinking the  bloke with North could we have considered him ?  he seems pretty good... but should be interesting to see which club dose better most likely north but we can dream

Where were you when the interviewing process was going on...we interviewed Brad Scott (from memory) and he did not make it past Rd1 with us (we had a 3 round process)....

Who cares who North have...agree with Daniel on that score...

Why ask if we could have done better when the pre-season has only just begun....what do you expect Hardwick to have done better?????? or for that matter any coach to have done better????
Title: Re: could we have done better?
Post by: WilliamPowell on November 13, 2009, 05:14:05 PM
Why on earth would you ask that question when pre-season only started a couple of weeks ago?

I was thinking the same thing Con, trying to come with a way of saying it nicely ;D

the club went through an incredibly thorough process to select this coach.

Damien Harwick got the job and he has my support

And NO we couldn't done any better because we got the person the process deemed was the best fit for where this club currently sits and where it is trying to get too
Title: Re: could we have done better?
Post by: Owl on November 13, 2009, 08:03:12 PM
this has most likely come up before... so ill say it any way could we have done better than Hardwick? got some one better.
I think we did pretty well from the way DH is going about his stuff.  He is a no nonsense, old fashioned, hands on, get the basics right first sort of bloke which is what we needed.  I like the kiss prinicple, 'keep it simple stupid', then build on that when you have perfected it.  I think TW was trying to apply a new complicated game plan at the wrong time and a lot of the fellas were not ready for it.
Title: Re: could we have done better?
Post by: PipBoy on November 13, 2009, 08:43:37 PM
The folk down at Arden St have been quite vocal  :gobdrop with plenty of pressure building on the shoulders of Brad Scott  :help
I much prefer the quiet approach taken by Hardwick & Co. Certainly a welcome change from what we endured with the tanned one  :)
Title: Re: could we have done better?
Post by: Gigantor on November 13, 2009, 09:07:23 PM
please no more referances to the tanned one,it just put me off my bannanas and custard
Title: Re: could we have done better?
Post by: mightytiges on November 13, 2009, 11:47:27 PM
The Hawks went with Alastair Who and ended up with a premiership coach. It's what a coach eventually delivers that matters. It's impossible to judge both Hardwick and Scott yet as senior coaches after just a couple of weeks preseason training. Both are just doing what their powers that be want at this stage. North needs all the publicity they can get to keep their head above water financially and they need to deludedly talk finals so both of their supporters and pet dogs sign up again lol. Unlike 2004-5 preseason we have just made a $1-2 million profit so we can keep our mouths finally shut off-field and just let Hardwick get on with the "process" of fixing the on-field problems over the next 3 years.
Title: Re: could we have done better?
Post by: Tigermonk on November 14, 2009, 12:01:57 AM
Well Both new coaches know what it takes to win premierships & thats great for football in general
Scott with 3 premierships at one club Brisbane while Hardwick has been around 3 winning premiership clubs in Essendon, Port Adelaide, & Hawthorn
To me they should both make good coaches & l firmly beleive Hardwick will know after the pre-season what we require to rise to highest playing level
Hardwick has had some good teachers & played along side some great champions so if he can place that into Tigerland its going to be exciting for the future
Title: Re: could we have done better?
Post by: mightytiges on November 14, 2009, 12:09:14 AM
I've been told the coaching staff are fully aware of the task ahead of them hence the 2010 is a development year talk. You'd expect North to look "ahead" of us probably in the first year or two as they have more mature and experienced players in their mid-late 20s even though they are ordinary. Hardwick should be judged on how we are travelling towards the end of his 2nd year and then 3rd year as the cubs start reaching their early-mid 20s together.