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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on June 08, 2014, 06:03:24 AM
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Richmond’s most recent premiership coach Tony Jewell questions Damien Hardwick’s comments and direction of Tigers list
Glenn McFarlane
Herald-Sun
June 08, 2014
TONY Jewell, the last man to coach the Tigers to a premiership, has insisted he had no idea what current coach Damien Hardwick meant by wanting his team to “play the Richmond way”.
Jewell admitted to sharing the frustration of long-suffering Richmond supporters who have had to wait without a flag since the club’s last triumph in 1980.
He has backed Hardwick as he tries to get the club out of their miserable first half of the 2014 season, but was confused by the coach’s comments on 3AW this week.
When Hardwick was asked what “the Richmond way” was, he said: “Winning games.”
Jewell said: “I found it quite a peculiar statement, to be honest. I have never heard anyone refer to a culture as being the Richmond way.
“We haven’t had a ‘way’ for 30 years. We haven’t been successful (in that time). It was a strange comment. I bet he wishes he hadn’t said it now.”
Jewell said he had approached 2014 with a sense of enthusiasm given the strong ground the club had made in recent season, particularly the stable administration led by chief executive Brendon Gale.
“I think Brendon Gale has done a fabulous job, the board seems to be united, we have a strong membership base and I thought the football side of things was going OK, too,” Jewell said.
“Hopefully we can learn from this setback and come back strongly (in the second half of the season).”
Jewell questioned why Richmond needed so many recycled AFL players on its list, saying sides such as Hawthorn basically cherry-picked recruits from other clubs rather than looked for too many.
“To have 13 players on the list from other clubs just doesn’t seem to be right to me,” he said. “I’m probably too far away from it these days, but it just seems to be too many.
“Hawthorn just looks for the ones they really want, like Brian Lake, and Shaun Burgoyne, and Jack Gunston.”
Jewell said the old “Richmond way” might have been described as pure ruthlessness during the late 1960s and ’70s, but said that attitude ultimately proved destructive over time.
“That sort of attitude hung around the (Richmond) boards for a long time, and it hurt the club,” he said. “Even when (long-time secretary) Graeme Richmond was gone from the club, people still sought advice from him.
“It was almost destructive in the end.
“They aren’t like that now. I don’t think we have to go back to that, other clubs have shown us that.
“Look at Geelong, they have been a great example of a good inclusive environment. They have been so well administrated and they manage their list so well, as have Hawthorn and Collingwood.”
http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/richmonds-most-recent-premiership-coach-tony-jewell-questions-damien-hardwicks-comments-and-direction-of-tigers-list/story-fndv8t7m-1226946841441
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Dial a quote.
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Big tezza :clapping
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TJ is absolutely spot on about the list management at the club. Its looks like they just recruit anyone just to justify their positions of employment within the club. Its a joke and a disgrace.
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TJ is absolutely spot on about the list management at the club. Its looks like they just recruit anyone just to justify their positions of employment within the club. Its a joke and a disgrace.
they should bring in tezza for the vacant 'director of spraying' job
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TJ is spot on about the "Richmond way" comment, I raised my eyebrow at that one and his explanation of it - 'winning games'
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Has TJ got wiser since he's got older? Smarter too.
He is right on the money.
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TJ is spot on
Club very sad state at the present
What is the Richmond way ?
Nobody knows
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TJ is spot on
Club very sad state at the present
What is the Richmond way ?
Nobody knows
exactly there is no Richmond way based on the past 30 years, except for one - remarkably pathetic.
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Richmond way? I'm 28 and the only Richmond way I have ever known is the losing way.
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Richmond way? I'm 28 and the only Richmond way I have ever known is the losing way.
Hang in there son. At least you have a chance of seeing the 11th flag. Some of us are running out of time!
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Richmond way? I'm 28 and the only Richmond way I have ever known is the losing way.
And we'll bloody well stick by it!
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The Richmond way to me is the way of people like Tommy Hafey,graeme Richmond,Francis bourke,KB,sheeds.Neil Balme.
A way of playing football and the business of football,that was ruthless uncompromising,and yet honerable,certainly the way Tommy T shirt did it.
It was a way that stayed true to the working class origins of the club and the suburb that was Richmond.
A bit like the shin boner spirit North espouse.
Well that's the Richmond to me anyway
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Richmond way? I'm 28 and the only Richmond way I have ever known is the losing way.
why didn't you follow Hawforn or Essendon when you were young
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Richmond way? I'm 28 and the only Richmond way I have ever known is the losing way.
And we'll bloody well stick by it!
Pigs stuffn arse
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The Richmond way to me is the way of people like Tommy Hafey,graeme Richmond,Francis bourke,KB,sheeds.Neil Balme.
A way of playing football and the business of football,that was ruthless uncompromising,and yet honerable,certainly the way Tommy T shirt did it.
It was a way that stayed true to the working class origins of the club and the suburb that was Richmond.
Well that's the Richmond to me anyway
100% spot on! :clapping
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Richmond way? I'm 28 and the only Richmond way I have ever known is the losing way.
why didn't you follow Hawforn or Essendon when you were young
I inherited Richmond from dad.
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Others will see this as us eating our own- The Richmond way.
Whatever it is has been crap for 32 years.
TJ calls it The Richmond way, i call it
The Skata Cycle. 32 years and counting. Plop Plop Plop. ®©™
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Richmond way? I'm 28 and the only Richmond way I have ever known is the losing way.
why didn't you follow Hawforn or Essendon when you were young
I inherited Richmond from dad.
oh boy
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Richmond way? I'm 28 and the only Richmond way I have ever known is the losing way.
why didn't you follow Hawforn or Essendon when you were young
I inherited Richmond from dad.
oh boy
Sad story
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Richmond is a pretty serious hereditary disease that should not be joked about.
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I've passed it onto my 3 yr old but she still has time.
I asked her who'll win today Tigers or Kangaroos and she emphatically said
"That's silly daddy, Kylie Kangaroos". ;D
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TJ is absolutely spot on about the list management at the club. Its looks like they just recruit anyone just to justify their positions of employment within the club. Its a joke and a disgrace.
this for me.
seems theres no over all plan with some sort of idea of what numbers are needed in each area. no idea of how the list should look and no idea where each player is at and the likely ceiling of each player.
if you dont have a certain type that is needed to play go and get a mature one but ffs make sure you draft one or two kids as well so in a few yrs time you have a succession plan in place.
the other area we continue to get wrong is hang onto players for too long. we re-sign players who have barely done enough to be kept for to many yrs thus mnaking it impossible to properly cut players when needed.
ah you could go on and on. we just have to fix this area and put in place proper processes to manage the list.
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Richmond is a pretty serious hereditary disease that should not be joked about.
Yep I'm young 20's and I caught it too.
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Richmond is a pretty serious hereditary disease that should not be joked about.
Yep I'm young 20's and I caught it too.
You still have time fellas. Us Gen X'ers had our best years robbed by Tuckers self proclaimed skata cycle!