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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: torch on March 15, 2012, 07:40:21 PM
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Richmond announced it tonight ... source AFL 360
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confirmed
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/130784/default.aspx
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Very good...now for Lids...before round 1... :shh
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nice sig WAT :lol
and to Dimma :cheers :santa
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cheers to that :cheers
In Dimma we trust... :gotigers
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nice sig WAT :lol
and to Dimma :cheers :santa
WAT pinched my reply from WP
But happy to have it preserved for the good of humanity
:thumbsup
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Well done Tiges :gotigers
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Good to see this issue has now been put to bed. Now bring on carlton and the rest of the season. :gotigers
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Now to sign Lids next week and get another 5k members :gotigers
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For Gods sake don't tell WP about my sig.... :outtahere
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I reckon if we signed Lids the week before or a couple of days before round 1........we would smash the scum. The boys would be pumped!!!
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Boys on AFL 360 spoke to Benny Gale over the phone.
Review was completed many weeks ago.
Benny reiterated that a review took place a while ago and it was known weeks ago he would get an extension due to the improvement of the list and turnover of players.
Furthermore the club is confident that Damien is the man to take RFC forward to the next step of its journey over the next few years. :thumbsup
Well done by the RFC and congratulations Damien. :cheers
Some stability and a wonderful opportunity for the RFC to take the next step with no external distractions. :bow
All very brief as Benny was at the RFC season launch.
Well done Tigers. :thumbsup :gotigers
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For Gods sake don't tell WP about my sig.... :outtahere
Skating on thin ice WAT. :lol :rollin :lol
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For Gods sake don't tell WP about my sig.... :outtahere
Skating on thin ice WAT. :lol :rollin :lol
Never mind skating on it........one foot through it mate.... ;D
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scating :-X
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scating :-X
Whoops... ;)
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confirmed
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/130784/default.aspx
Just in time for the first footy show of the year ;)
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nice work, becoming pretty apparent he's the man, wouldnt serve anyone well with a cloud over our 2012 campaign...we should have serious designs on a finals berth and dont need any distractions :gotigers
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In Dimma we trust. Dimma knows. Poach the Coach etc
was always going to happen. good luck Dimma.
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For Gods sake don't tell WP about my sig.... :outtahere
Do you really think I hadn't noticed ;D
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Absolute farce. Why sign him now? Joke decision. It isnt Dimmas fault but club is not thinking straight.
Dumd ars's
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Richmond re-sign Hardwick
Jake Niall
The Age
March 16, 2012
RECOGNITION of the time required to build a premiership contender was behind the decision to grant senior Richmond coach Damien Hardwick a two-year contract extension.
The Richmond board announced yesterday it had agreed to extend Hardwick’s contract, which was due to expire at the end of this year, tying him to the club until the end of the 2014 season.
In opting for the extension — in effect, giving Hardwick five years from the start of his term at Tigerland — the club was convinced he was the man to lift the Tigers to premiership contention.
It also acknowledged the youth of the playing list — Richmond has one of the youngest lists, with only six players with 100-plus games — and Hardwick’s willingness to embrace an uncompromising youth policy, having removed many senior players when he took over at the end of 2009.
The decision ends speculation about former Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse returning to his old club.
The board unanimously endorsed a recommendation by Richmond’s coaching subcommittee, which comprised chief executive Brendon Gale, head of football Craig Cameron and football director on the board Tony Free. The club has been discussing Hardwick’s contract quietly for some time, but his renewal was never in doubt. The only question was whether he was granted a one or two-year extension.
The club recognised the difficulties Hardwick faced in lifting the Tigers from near bottom, given the loss of experienced players and the fact that drafts would be heavily compromised by the introduction of Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney.
In his first season, the Tigers lost their first nine games, but recovered and have improved steadily. They remain outsiders to make the eight this season.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/richmond-resign-hardwick-20120315-1v84j.html#ixzz1pChZg51P
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Richmond to be applauded for faith in Hardwick
By camtherose
theroar.com.au
16 Mar 2012
Richmond have re-signed Damien Hardwick for a further two years. This ties him to the club until the end of 2014 and is unquestionably the right move for a variety of reasons.
Of course there will be knockers. As usual, there will probably be a stream of Richmond jokes at the ready, even more so if they happen to finish in that infamous ninth position this year.
Some will argue that it’s ‘classic Tigers’, and that if a coach can get his contract renewed after two years of missing the finals, what message does it send? Critics will point to Essendon giving the exact same contract extension to Matthew Knights before 2010, only to sack him at the end of the very season they made the announcement.
Any such gripes will go down as pot-stirring at best, and uneducated nonsense at worst.
One of the unimaginative aspects of modern football opinion is to dredge up past mistakes as if the future will also be set in the same concrete. It is true that this will be the third coach to have a five-year run at Tigerland, with only one set of finals in this time (so far). And it is a fact that the Bombers were made to pay dearly for their exuberance in re-appointing Knights.
But each decision can only be made on its merits, based on fresh factors and circumstances. What difference does it make to CEO Brendan Gale, President Gary March and coach Damien Hardwick what happened in 2008, 2005 or 2002?
People in footy have short memories, and it was only the middle of 2010 when Richmond was 0-9 and many were wondering if this was the worst team since Fitzroy. One online bookmaker even paid out early on the Tigers for the wooden spoon, which was eventually ‘won’ by West Coast.
Hardwick had inherited a playing list that could kindly be described as a train wreck and a side that had finished no higher than ninth in the previous eight seasons, with six of those being 12th or lower. A winning record of over 40 percent from that 0-9 position is suddenly looking a lot better isn’t it?
Richmond had 21 players who played senior football in 2009 that are no longer at the club, which is the kind of turnover required by a team that is searching for the next squad of quality to take them up the ladder in the quest for premiership glory.
The Geelong v St Kilda grand final in 2009 contained sides that were built from the 2000-2002 draft period, and the Cats in particular had the wisdom to exercise patience with their coach Mark Thompson. It was hard to argue that they planned poorly when he delivered a flag in his eighth year at the helm.
Alistair Clarkson was ‘On the Couch’ on Foxtel a few weeks ago, preaching about the benefits of stability at a football club, and in particular about the disruptive media speculation that surrounds any coach out of contract. While this should never be a reason to re-appoint a coach early, it is a pleasing side benefit that shouldn’t be underestimated.
Much has been made of Richmond’s tough start to this season. With matches against Carlton, Collingwood, Melbourne, Geelong and West Coast, at best they’ll start favourite in only one. There is a very real possibility that the Tigers could be 0-5 after this stretch of games, and if so, we will doubtless see some muckrakers trying to paint Hardwick’s extension as premature and planting the seeds of complacency.
Disregard any such statements as the ramblings of fools.
Any team containing Dustin Martin, Trent Cotchin, Jack Riewoldt, Brett Deledio and Tyrone Vickery as the blocks to build a side around is entitled to think they are at the beginning of an upward curve. Everything Damien Hardwick has said and done to this stage of his coaching career has been impressive to most educated observers.
Does this mean that the Tigers are going to make the finals this year? Unlikely. Does it mean they’re going to finish top four by the end of 2014? No one could know. Are they guaranteed a flag during Hardwick’s tenure? Absolutely not.
Making a key decision such as a coaching appointment is about confidence, sound judgement, and faith. You draw confidence from your process, back the judgement of your instincts, and tie it all together with the faith that you’re on the right path.
The Richmond power-brokers have done exactly that, so let’s judge them all in three years, not three days, three weeks, or three months.
http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/03/16/richmond-to-be-applauded-stuff/
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Absolute farce. Why sign him now? Joke decision. It isnt Dimmas fault but club is not thinking straight.
Dumd ars's
I think this is the straightest the club has been thinking for some time. Three years and an extension soon after is better than five straight out!
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Well done to the Club. Congrats to Hardwick. I saw Hardwick with other members of coaching staff do a tan yesterday at 10:30am in the rain. Hardwick is committed and hope that leads to the club becoming successful
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One of the unimaginative aspects of modern football opinion is to dredge up past mistakes as if the future will also be set in the same concrete.
:clapping
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scating :-X
Diba doboddie da skiddledo dat dat da diddleydee. ;D
Well done RFC on Dimma's extension. Can someone tell me if we have we had a contract extension for a coach in recent times?
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:lol
Some guy just rang SEN and said he's heard around the traps that the Hardwick re-signing is a smoke screen and Malthouse will be coaching next year!! :rollin
:lol
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Well done RFC on Dimma's extension. Can someone tell me if we have we had a contract extension for a coach in recent times?
last coach at the Tiges to get an extension was Frawley
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Well done RFC on Dimma's extension. Can someone tell me if we have we had a contract extension for a coach in recent times?
last coach at the Tiges to get an extension was Frawley
Thanks WP. Wow what a sad indictment on the club that was. :banghead :scream How times have changed
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Well done RFC on Dimma's extension. Can someone tell me if we have we had a contract extension for a coach in recent times?
last coach at the Tiges to get an extension was Frawley
Thanks WP. Wow what a sad indictment on the club that was. :banghead :scream How times have changed
They gave Spud an extension after he tooks us to the Prelim even though he had a season to go
Those were the days ;D
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:lol
Some guy just rang SEN and said he's heard around the traps that the Hardwick re-signing is a smoke screen and Malthouse will be coaching next year!! :rollin
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this radio station needs to screen all callers before letting them get to air
their outlandish comments.
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think you will find they do...and this is exactly the sort of crap they love
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think you will find they do...and this is exactly the sort of crap they love
yeh probably right the more outlandish the comment the
bigger audience response.
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One stupid (outlandish) call can generate half a dozen more calls
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Hardwick not in the same league as Frawley. Frawley greatest coach Richmond has had in long time. Prelim is good effort
k?
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Hardwick not in the same league as Frawley. Frawley greatest coach Richmond has had in long time. Prelim is good effort
k?
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Look guy, consensus dictates it was a lucky effort. You got that guy? K, Guy? Don't make me come back there, Guy. >:( Frawley was a goon, and any GUY worth their salt would realise this. You got that Guy? You sure, GUY?
............ >:(.........
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I hate it when people copy me.
Dookie, hang your head in shame. And how about you get back on topic :lol
Hardwick. Understood? Do you get that, guy?
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I hate it when people copy me.
Dookie, hang your head in shame. And how about you get back on topic :lol
Hardwick. Understood? Do you get that, guy?
I feel all warm and fuzzy....Awwww ;D
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:sleep
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:cheers
:sleep
That little blue fella is sleepy...Awwwww :sleep
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Great news. A great fillip on the eve of the season.
Yo, Hardwick's the man!
(now just waiting on Lids)
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If you discount Rawlings, Wallace really left early, Hardwick is our 3rd coach in 13 years with 1 finals appearance and none in 11 years.
I like what Hardwick has done but the facts are 14 wins from 44 games and several heavy defeats in both years.
To effectively give him another 3 years is to provide him with a 5 year tenure with as poor a win/loss record as you can get.
I get all the reasons for the poor record but fact is on field results rest with head coach and playing group.
We are a football club not a country club and the reality is that crap clubs get nervous and jump the gun - demons dean Bailey, bombers Mattie knights and the good ones wait - hawks.
The club simply has to be better, work closely with the coach and his manager and let him know what they are looking for in the last year of a contract without coughing up a contract before the final year has started.
The coach needs to be realistic and mature enough to realize that this is good management and be confident in his ability to deliver.
Both need to be bigger than to react or seen to react to external pressures such as media
speculation.
I think the leadership of the club has proven (again) to be unable to hold it's nerve in a high pressure situation (sacking or resigning a coach too quickly).
We could've and should've waited and the posters on this thread who have applauded the decision are allowing emotion to get in the way of the facts which is exactly what they have in common with the clubs decision makers and is why we continue to behave like a suburban football club
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If you discount Rawlings, Wallace really left early, Hardwick is our 3rd coach in 13 years with 1 finals appearance and none in 11 years.
I like what Hardwick has done but the facts are 14 wins from 44 games and several heavy defeats in both years.
To effectively give him another 3 years is to provide him with a 5 year tenure with as poor a win/loss record as you can get.
I get all the reasons for the poor record but fact is on field results rest with head coach and playing group.
We are a football club not a country club and the reality is that crap clubs get nervous and jump the gun - demons dean Bailey, bombers Mattie knights and the good ones wait - hawks.
The club simply has to be better, work closely with the coach and his manager and let him know what they are looking for in the last year of a contract without coughing up a contract before the final year has started.
The coach needs to be realistic and mature enough to realize that this is good management and be confident in his ability to deliver.
Both need to be bigger than to react or seen to react to external pressures such as media
speculation.
I think the leadership of the club has proven (again) to be unable to hold it's nerve in a high pressure situation (sacking or resigning a coach too quickly).
We could've and should've waited and the posters on this thread who have applauded the decision are allowing emotion to get in the way of the facts which is exactly what they have in common with the clubs decision makers and is why we continue to behave like a suburban football club
Totally disagree and if you know as you stated in your post the reasons why we have such a poor win loss ratio then that is only half the picture.
Culture of the club has changed. His appointment has brought stability and a new crop of people all working in one direction rather than each marching to the beat of their own drum.
14 from 44 wins is not great but the team is pllaying a much better more accountable brand of footy and the implementations put in place on and off the field have benefit the on field side of things and boosted the off field.
Not all will be happy y&b and that's fine but if nobody can see the upside of the list and what Dimma has done then I can't help that either.
You say country footy club: Another country footy club in Hawthorn offered a contract extension to Alastair Clarkson in 2006 his second season with a similar win loss ration around 14 wins in 2 seasons and the following year they finished 6th and then won a flag. The dye is not cast for us to follow those steps but the romance of Sheedy or Mick or some other RFC legend to come back to the club and coach us to the promised land has come and gone a long time ago.
I applaud this and do not think that the club have been hasty in this at all. It seems that the club have known this along a long and chose the Season Launch to inform the fans and sponsors. We could always go back to 2007 and have Walla$$ tell us about winning a flag in 2011 and anything else that went down like a wet balloon that night. :help