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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on February 23, 2013, 05:00:43 AM
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Now official ...
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2013-02-25/richardson-appointed-as-general-manager-of-football
Tigers pick a winner
Caroline Wilson
The Age
February 23, 2013
RICHMOND looks poised to secure one of the AFL's most respected player agents, Daniel Richardson, to take over the Tigers' football department on the eve of the 2013 season.
The Tigers, who did not advertise the position, have been in talks with the 42-year-old associate director of Elite Sports Properties over the past two weeks after Craig Cameron's decision to move to a key executive role in the thoroughbred industry.
A major player in the competition's move to free agency and a close confidant of some of football's biggest names, Richardson is the son of the Tigers' three-time premiership player Barry, who also coached and briefly presided over the club.
With the club expected to announce Cameron's replacement as early as Monday, Richardson's appointment would be something of a coup for the club given his reputation as a skilled negotiator who as recently as two weeks ago was in talks with the Tigers in a bid to secure a new deal for young skipper Trent Cotchin.
Richardson was encouraged to put himself forward for the Richmond football operations position after Greg Miller's departure more than four years ago, but chose to remain at Craig Kelly's ESP, where over more than a decade he has guided the careers of players such as Brad Ottens, Brendon Goddard, Dan Hannebery and, more recently, Jobe Watson.
Richardson also sat on the Player Agents Accreditation Board, which in recent years moved to suspend Ricky Nixon - Richardson's former employer - and in January Peter Blucher. He negotiated favourable exit settlements for sacked coaching clients Matthew Knights and Mark Harvey and has also represented recently re-signed North Melbourne coach Brad Scott.
There has been speculation for some months that Richardson was looking to expand his horizons and move from player management to a club environment or possibly a position with the AFL. He is understood to have been approached by more than one club over the past six months.
He is an old Xaverian who played in six consecutive VAFA premierships alongside AFL executive Andrew Dillon; another former amateur football premiership teammate of Richardson's, Simon Lethlean, is a contender to replace Adrian Anderson at the helm of the league's football operations department.
Richardson is believed to have been in more meaningful discussions regarding his future in recent days with his friend and employer Kelly, whose stable has lured South Australian player manager Justin Reid - the son of former Crows football boss John Reid - to ESP's Melbourne headquarters.
Richardson also worked closely with Tigers chief Brendon Gale when the latter ran the AFL Players Association and is a confidant of Richmond president Gary Marc.
Neither was available for comment on Friday.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/tigers-pick-a-winner-20130222-2ex3f.html#ixzz2LeUK1TkP
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Interesting choice if this is true.
Has no experience in any football club but is an exceptional player manager and has been a pivotal part of building the ESP business with Ned.
My view is that this a fantastic appointment, despite being a little left field because we have an absolute gun who understands players and player management.
Will need some help in running a football dept. but Benny can step I and mentor him through that aspect.
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"has guided the career of players such as Brad Ottens". So, he helped facilitate Ottens' act of treachery did he? Nice credentials. No Neil Balme for the Tigers by the look of it then.
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"has guided the career of players such as Brad Ottens". So, he helped facilitate Ottens' act of treachery did he? Nice credentials. No Neil Balme for the Tigers by the look of it then.
Otto wanted out because we were a brothel of a football club and he wanted to get some success. He got his premiership medallions at Geelong and good luck to him. If he was at Richmond now at say 25 or 26 I doubt he would have left. We have improved as a football club these days and thats why our players are deciding to stay.
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"has guided the career of players such as Brad Ottens". So, he helped facilitate Ottens' act of treachery did he? Nice credentials. No Neil Balme for the Tigers by the look of it then.
Otto wanted out because we were a brothel of a football club and he wanted to get some success. He got his premiership medallions at Geelong and good luck to him. If he was at Richmond now at say 25 or 26 I doubt he would have left. We have improved as a football club these days and thats why our players are deciding to stay.
If we were a brothel Ottens was working there
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Now this is sort of BS I'm talking about.
Why the hell would or should Carro know about this appointment?
Is it in the clubs interest to get the story out into public domain before the appointment is finalized?
The fact that Caroline Wilson has the inside word about the club every time someone at the club has a thought about anything shows why we still need better people at the club who can keep their mouth shut. It can't be that hard can it?
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Tigra i reckon football clubs leak more than just about anything on planet earth.It probably wouldnt matter who ran an AFL club, leaks are part of the territory, as bad and as unprofessional as this can be.
And of course theres always the deliberate leak for whatever reason.
Now Caro is a the senior sport journalist at fairfax,so her connections would be many and varied,and being the daughter of the most successful past president of RFC i wouldnt mind betting doors open for her that wouldnt open for others.
Like you i dont see this as being proper ,however it is life in todays AFL
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Tigra i reckon football clubs leak more than just about anything on planet earth.It probably wouldnt matter who ran an AFL club, leaks are part of the territory, as bad and as unprofessional as this can be.
And of course theres always the deliberate leak for whatever reason.
Now Caro is a the senior sport journalist at fairfax,so her connections would be many and varied,and being the daughter of the most successful past president of RFC i wouldnt mind betteing doors open for her that wouldnt open for others.
Like you i dont see this as being proper ,however it is life in todays AFL
I know who her father is but it doesn't excuse why she or even her dad should know anything about what goes on inside the club.
Its unprofessional in my opinion.
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Agreed... its unprofessional
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"has guided the career of players such as Brad Ottens". So, he helped facilitate Ottens' act of treachery did he? Nice credentials. No Neil Balme for the Tigers by the look of it then.
Otto wanted out because we were a brothel of a football club and he wanted to get some success. He got his premiership medallions at Geelong and good luck to him. If he was at Richmond now at say 25 or 26 I doubt he would have left. We have improved as a football club these days and thats why our players are deciding to stay.
You're a lot more forgiving than I am Ramps (although, so is the Ayatollah). For me, the only consolation from the whole sorry Ottens defection saga was that at least his input into Geelong denied Collingwood a couple more Premierships.
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"has guided the career of players such as Brad Ottens". So, he helped facilitate Ottens' act of treachery did he? Nice credentials. No Neil Balme for the Tigers by the look of it then.
Otto wanted out because we were a brothel of a football club and he wanted to get some success. He got his premiership medallions at Geelong and good luck to him. If he was at Richmond now at say 25 or 26 I doubt he would have left. We have improved as a football club these days and thats why our players are deciding to stay.
You're a lot more forgiving than I am Ramps (although, so is the Ayatollah). For me, the only consolation from the whole sorry Ottens defection saga was that at least his input into Geelong denied Collingwood a couple more Premierships.
What can I say I am a forgiving individual ;D
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Now Caro is a the senior sport journalist at fairfax,so her connections would be many and varied,and being the daughter of the most successful past president of RFC i wouldnt mind betting doors open for her that wouldnt open for others.
The late and great Ray Dunn would be perplexed IMHO
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Now this is sort of BS I'm talking about.
Why the hell would or should Carro know about this appointment?
Is it in the clubs interest to get the story out into public domain before the appointment is finalized?
The fact that Caroline Wilson has the inside word about the club every time someone at the club has a thought about anything shows why we still need better people at the club who can keep their mouth shut. It can't be that hard can it?
What if her father who was a former Prez is still part of a coterie and has access to that info?
What she can't talk to her old man.
Surely you need to relax pal.
The club right now is more professional than what it has been at any time in the last 30 years.
Why hide it especially with a family day on tomorrow and the clubs first appearance for the season over. Continue on as BAU. Simple.
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This could be an inspired appointment, there wont be a player agent in the business that can pull the wool over our eyes.
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This could be an inspired appointment, there wont be a player agent in the business that can pull the wool over our eyes.
Yep and he has some great talent around to develop him in order to get overall knowledge in th e football dept.
He is a decent guy and I'm sure will be well respected.
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Now this is sort of BS I'm talking about.
Why the hell would or should Carro know about this appointment?
Is it in the clubs interest to get the story out into public domain before the appointment is finalized?
The fact that Caroline Wilson has the inside word about the club every time someone at the club has a thought about anything shows why we still need better people at the club who can keep their mouth shut. It can't be that hard can it?
So you assume that she got the story from the club and not from ESP's office.
A very, very, very big assumption considering how much gossip goes on in the player management area.
She even gives you the hint by saying that Richardson and Kelly have been in discussions about his future.
Yep, ignore all the talk about ESP and assume the leak came from the club. :banghead
Aside from that I think the appointment of a player agent is an excellent idea.
Since Cameron's departure I have been thinking what we need is a MANAGER type who can oversee all the different departments of the club and also someone who has good, broad connections in the business to be able to recruit the best people to the club. People outside of connections to Melbourne, Port or Hawthorn.
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Agreed :thumbsup
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Now this is sort of BS I'm talking about.
Why the hell would or should Carro know about this appointment?
Is it in the clubs interest to get the story out into public domain before the appointment is finalized?
The fact that Caroline Wilson has the inside word about the club every time someone at the club has a thought about anything shows why we still need better people at the club who can keep their mouth shut. It can't be that hard can it?
So you assume that she got the story from the club and not from ESP's office.
A very, very, very big assumption considering how much gossip goes on in the player management area.
She even gives you the hint by saying that Richardson and Kelly have been in discussions about his future.
Yep, ignore all the talk about ESP and assume the leak came from the club. :banghead
Aside from that I think the appointment of a player agent is an excellent idea.
Since Cameron's departure I have been thinking what we need is a MANAGER type who can oversee all the different departments of the club and also someone who has good, broad connections in the business to be able to recruit the best people to the club. People outside of connections to Melbourne, Port or Hawthorn.
Agree that the leak didn't come from the club.
You only have to read this article from last year by Caro to know that she is on top of the old xavarian network
http://m.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/the-xavier-network-20120928-26r0y.html
The appointment of Dan Richardson looks a very good one
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Does he post on here? ;D If he posts on here then he has our full support if not then there could be issues ;D
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being the daughter of the most successful past president of RFC
Complete BS. He coat tailed off of Ray Dunn and then presided over the poaching war with Collingwood. Her father almost sent Richmond to the wall, something she doesn't care to discuss.
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Does he post on here? ;D If he posts on here then he has our full support if not then there could be issues ;D
He posts under the name "claw"
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Does he post on here? ;D If he posts on here then he has our full support if not then there could be issues ;D
He posts under the name "claw"
:lol
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being the daughter of the most successful past president of RFC
Complete BS. He coat tailed off of Ray Dunn and then presided over the poaching war with Collingwood. Her father almost sent Richmond to the wall, something she doesn't care to discuss.
As I said in a previous post If Ray Dunn were alive today he would be perplexed by the notion that he wasnt the best President we had. He won 2 flags as President, moved the clubs games from Punt Road oval to the MCG and turned Richmond into a true powerhouse of Australian sport.
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Craig Kelly was on SEN this morning around 7.40 and confirmed Dan Richardson is joing the Tigers
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ESP would like to congratulate the Richmond Football Club on gaining the services of an outstanding person in Dan Richardson as its new General Manager of Football.
Richardson has been with ESP for over a decade, overseeing the careers of many of the AFL’s leading players and coaches during that time.
Dan and ESP have worked closely together during Richmond’s process, fully supporting Dan’s move to a new challenge in the AFL industry.
ESP’s succession plan will be for Justin Reid, who has been with ESP for over ten years and worked closely with Dan, to become the Head of our AFL Talent Business Unit. Justin will be supported by the ESP management team that includes Craig Kelly, Adam Ramanauskas, Nigel Carmody, Nick Gieschen, Michael Doughty, Will Thomas, Sally Harris, Ginnie Hope-Johnstone, John Andrews and Shane Casley.
ESP wishes Dan all the best in his new role.
http://www.elitesports.com.au/australian-football-league/esps-richardson-appointed-as-tigers-gm-of-football/
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Richmond Football Club has appointed Dan Richardson as its new General Manager of Football.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2013-02-25/richardson-appointed-as-general-manager-of-football
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now that's what I call an upgrade
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Congrats to the club and Daniel, look forward to seeing what results they can achieve together :thumbsup
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Craig Cameron leaves a big helmet to fill, good luck Dan!
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Craig Cameron leaves a big helmet to fill, good luck Dan!
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Yes looks to be a good well planned out appointment, and puts to bed any balmey distractions before the season kicks off
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Craig Cameron leaves a big helmet to fill, good luck Dan!
:lol
Yes looks to be a good well planned out appointment, and puts to bed any balmey distractions before the season kicks off
Vision is to look beyond the obvious.....
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Craig Cameron leaves a big helmet to fill, good luck Dan!
:lol
Yes looks to be a good well planned out appointment, and puts to bed any balmey distractions before the season kicks off
agree
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This could be an inspired appointment, there wont be a player agent in the business that can pull the wool over our eyes.
Very prophetic RR :yep.
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This could be an inspired appointment, there wont be a player agent in the business that can pull the wool over our eyes.
Yes big mannnnnnnnnnnn :clapping