One-Eyed Richmond Forum
Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on June 07, 2010, 03:41:07 AM
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We've had 11 rounds to look at how Dimma has performed as our new coach.
So how have you rated his efforts so far given where we were when he took on the job? What you've liked, any negatives, what you'd like to see improve in the second half of the season, etc...?
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Is going okay at the moment.
Probably listened to too many people down at Punt Rd and has now has now made his opinion on the players.
At least there is no more "" spin"" at Punt Rd.
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Sticking to what he promised
Sticking by his game plan
Doing well IMHO :thumbsup
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A bit early to form any judgement. Still in the honeymoon period.
On that basis I'll give him a 7.
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Is going okay at the moment.
Probably listened to too many people down at Punt Rd and has now has now made his opinion on the players.
At least there is no more "" spin"" at Punt Rd.
Are they continuing with pace from both ends?
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exactly what the club needed.
8/10
only 1 win but the question is to judge him so far and he has done what he said he would.
biggest positive is he has sent the selfish pettifer type of players in Mclovin and Morton back to Coburg to work on the defensive sides, something the tanned one couldnt understand in his 5 years of spin.
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Is going okay at the moment.
Probably listened to too many people down at Punt Rd and has now has now made his opinion on the players.
At least there is no more "" spin"" at Punt Rd.
Are they continuing with pace from both ends?
Yes, Johnson from one end, Brett Lee from the other, LOL
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In three months of football he has had a huge impact on the way the team goes about it.
The game against port highlighted just how far this side has come from the dark days of Wallace in terms of commitment and endeavor.
He has put the "...if we're behind then never mind we'll fight and fight" back into the Richmond Football club. Hopefully he can put the "..and win" back there as well. :gotigers
He has gone back to basics and is first building a strong foundation , ie the commitment and endevour along with team rules that apply to everyone. Seems to be methodical and focused. He knows where he wants to go and how to get there.
No deviations so far.
A number of fringe players have shown improvement, something Hardwick said he should be judged on.
Given what he had at his disposal to start with, you really could not have reasonably expected much more that what he has done at this stage.
:thumbsup
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Is going okay at the moment.
Probably listened to too many people down at Punt Rd and has now has now made his opinion on the players.
At least there is no more "" spin"" at Punt Rd.
Are they continuing with pace from both ends?
Yes, Johnson from one end, Brett Lee from the other, LOL
I do agree though Jack, it is good to get realistic appraisals from the club! No more five plans in terms of wins/losses, just development at the moment!
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Doing what he needs to do, seems to be coming along - 6 on the up from me.
No excuses need to beat Weagles this weekend on our form of late.
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seems to be heading in the right direction, looks like the emphasis is definitely on development rather than wins just like he said, just hope he doesn't deviate from this plan bc we seem to be on the right track.
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A high mark from me. 8
Almost everything Hardwick has said I have been impressed with because he has implemented those things...... not just say but DO!
I am most impressed with the talk from the players to Love and Respect the jumper, lets hope that continues.
The only criticism is that he wants only ball winners to play in the jumper. There are so many questions as to why some of the boys are still out there as in my case I have alot of questions on why Farmer is still playing and i'm sure all posters have question marks on someone but it may say more about our depth than anything else.
Anyway so far so good. :thumbsup
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High mark from me. I think he is doing exactly what he said he would, what the club wanted him to do and most importantly, what we desperately needed him to do and that is rebuild properly. Hardrick is an educator and has brought together a group of teachers to support him. Leppitch and Lade have done wonders already educating the rucks, midfielders and KPP such as Gus and Riewoldt. The reason why this years draft choices seems so amazing is as much to do with the development they are receiving as it does to the smart choices that were made.
No spin just actions and for mine he has full marks to date. When the list comes on and he needs to be more tactical I'll reevaluate but for now - KEEP IT UP! :cheers
Stripes
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In the last few weeks,new dimensions have been added to the supposed game plan.
Simple things that weren't part of the structure they had previously tried to implement,
This is why we have seen a slight improvement in performance.
As a coach,DH fukced around for the whole first half of the season,trying this and that until the realisation that what he was doing was not even coming close to what a winning team needed.
He seems like a staunch personality but has made some big mistakes.
Lets see what the 2nd half of the season has to say.
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I have been super impressed so far with DH. I rate his season so far a 7.
He is doing what he said he would do...develop the kids...they are all getting opportunities and they seem to be developing nicely.
One thing I have noticed is that their spirits are up...not what you would expect from a team 1 - 10.
My only criticisms are:
1) in the first few weeks we appeared to go into matches with too short a line up...I personally do not believe you can compete with the height/weight of Cousins, Edwards, Farmer, Foley, King, Nahas, Nason, Newman, Tambling and White (all 183 or less) with Hislop and Thomson not much taller. In my view we play too many of these guys at the same time;
2) why promote Polak and then only play him in 3 games so far... this is a flow on from point (1)...Polak adds height and gives support to Riew in the fwd line...and can occasionally ruck...
3) why promote a clearly unfit (for AFL stds) Roberts in rd 1 when you could promote say Gourdis (disclaimer - i sponsor David) and then promote Roberts after Rd 11 when his fitness is more up to afl std...
4) why keep Simmonds for an extra year when quite clearly the poor guy's body (knee) was shot last year..
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yep going alright. I gave him a 6 but i reckon thats pretty good compared with the rubbish we had previously.
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High mark from me too.
Richmond has improved out of sight since round one.I must admit after the first month I didn't know where our first win was comming from...Now I just expect an honest contest each week-wins will take care of themselves.
Im no expert but watching Hardwick coach from the boundry line like he has all season demonstrates that wins are irrelevant at this stage....Its all about player development and boy has he had to start from scratch.
Some players are even developing ahead of schedule....look at Jack Riewoldt.At the start of the year we were saying that he is a good 2nd or 3rd tall forward option now all of a sudden he is becomming a destroyer of backlines.
I still think there has been a little spin this year..."Year of transformation" is obviously code for we are going to be @#$% for a while.I wish I had a dollar every time Dimma has spoken the phrase "moving forward".
2010 has been a very painful time to be a Richmond supporter .....I do expect some inconsistency but I think we are over the worse.
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I have given Dimma a 7.
Has got the team trying to play corridor footy which is great.
Has not deviated from his plans and what he has said.
No spin and has shown a genuine appetite from the job.
Has played the kids and will hopefully continue the cull and draft more kids.
Has been the only coach since Bartlett to invest in kids.
I expect the competitive footy to continue till about rd 17 which by then the kids will start getting tired and we might cop a flogging.
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has done a decent job. but im a sceptic of everything richmond.
i remember wallace in his first yr did most things right then went of the rails.he did what blind freddy would do yr 1. hardwick well its exactly the same hes done what any half decent thinking coach would have done. and accolades for doing it hes got most things right thus far.
the real test for hardwick and this current admin is what happens at seasons end. does he do a wallace only doing half a job and shying away from the tough decisions or does he follow thru and do what must be done. the easy part is almost done now for some real decisions that will set us up for a genuine finals tilt or is it to be more fluff.
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What do you mean 'more fluff'? Was what has been done so far fluff? 14 cut from our list in one year fluff? :o
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What do you mean 'more fluff'? Was what has been done so far fluff? 14 cut from our list in one year fluff? :o
He has done the right thing bringing in kids, but so did Wallace.
Wallace brought in 8 draftees and Troy Simmonds. Then we over achieved and finished 9th
So in 2005 he only drafted 3 players (all have left the club) and traded for Pat Bowden, thinking we were not far off.
Hardwick is going to finish bottom 2, more than likely last. No false hope and it screams out that we need to cut a lot more duds.
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What do you mean 'more fluff'? Was what has been done so far fluff? 14 cut from our list in one year fluff? :o
I can see where claw is comming from on this one. Wallace did a similar thing his first year clearing out 10-11? players. After his first year at the club and he had got to know the players and had his favorites he didnt turn over anywhere near as many as he should have.
At this stage id give Dimma the wood over wallace by a long way simply because of the development of the kids, i just hope he keeps the progression going. I would like to think that Dimma and the current board has a stronger personalities than that and will continue the build.
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has done a decent job. but im a sceptic of everything richmond.
i remember wallace in his first yr did most things right then went of the rails.he did what blind freddy would do yr 1. hardwick well its exactly the same hes done what any half decent thinking coach would have done. and accolades for doing it hes got most things right thus far.
the real test for hardwick and this current admin is what happens at seasons end. does he do a wallace only doing half a job and shying away from the tough decisions or does he follow thru and do what must be done. the easy part is almost done now for some real decisions that will set us up for a genuine finals tilt or is it to be more fluff.
I reckon you'd still be bagging him if he lifted up the premiership cup with yellow anad black streamers on it.
The easy part is almost done? did what blind freddy would do year yr1? So far you seem to have questioned him at every turn, displaying an apparent ignorance of the process he is going through. ???
Then to compare what hardwick has done to wallaces first year? Which game under wallace, in any of his 4 1/2 years, did Richmond display the commitment and hardness at the ball, while constantly getting numbers to the contest, displayed against Port, (as well as for large parts of most of the other games in the last 4-6 weeks)?? ??? How many players did wallace ever drop/not play because they were not playing to instruction/following team rules, regardless of skill levels??
All wallace ever did was put the team on the park most likely to win that week, with scant regard for the bigger picture.
Given that nearly every week you criticise the selected team's structure I can see why you think this is a good thing, but it does fly in the face of your cries to deliberately lose games to get early draft picks.
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You can hardly call cutting 14 'fluff' if you cut 14 more we would be starting over yet again... you cant keep doing that or we are just going backwards. There will be more turnover no doubt but not nearly as deep, you have to be realistic, or we will literally just fold...
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Scored him highly. Done everything he said he would, they way he said he would, in the timeframe he said he would. Great performance in such an emotive, egotistical and result driven arena. Doesn't mean I see him as the Messiah - I'm only scoring him up until now and up until now he has been fantastic.