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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on January 29, 2016, 10:56:21 PM
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Damien Hardwick still haunted by horror elimination final loss to Kangaroos
AFL.com.au
January 29, 2016
RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick is still haunted by his team's contested ball capitulation in last year's elimination final, with one number seared in his brain.
The Tigers uncharacteristically lost the contested possession count against North Melbourne by 33 in their 17-point loss at the MCG, exiting the finals at the first hurdle for the third straight year.
The manner of the loss prompted Hardwick to deliver what he said was possibly the biggest spray of his coaching career.
"I still remember that number – 33 – that number still haunts me," Hardwick told AFL.com.au.
"We were ranked No.2 in contested ball differential for the year and to have that number stick out at the end of the game was un Richmond-like.
"At half-time we might have been up by two goals, but the template of KPIs was there and we could tell it was a false positive.
"You're never going to win if you lose the contested ball count by that much."
The Tigers have moved on and recruited to strengthen their contested game, bringing in hard-bodied midfielders Jacob Townsend and Andrew Moore.
The loss to the Kangaroos, however, warrants more dissection five months on.
Richmond's team selection leading into that final landed with a thud after the match committee opted to recall tall forward Ben Griffiths (finger tendon) and midfielder Reece Conca (hamstring) after injury lay-offs.
The pair replaced half-forwards Ben Lennon and Sam Lloyd but didn't give the Tigers the lift the coaches felt the team needed.
The theory behind the changes was that Griffiths would give them the extra tall they needed and Conca's selection was a risk worth taking.
Lennon had "probably sealed his fate" with a poor game the week prior, while Lloyd was stiff.
"They're the decisions you make as a coach, and I still stand by those decisions," Hardwick said.
"It didn't work out for us on the day, but if I could go back and do it again I'd do it again.
"Griffiths had two shots on goal in the first quarter and misses both. If he kicks those two goals we're hailed geniuses as a coaching group instead of having egg on our face.
"We're paid to make those decisions and we live or die by those decisions. We don't hide from that."
Out of contract at the end of this season, there is growing external pressure on Hardwick to lead the Tigers deep into September.
President Peggy O'Neal has said the coach's contract would be discussed at board level early in the year but it is not on Hardwick's radar.
"From my point of view, it's not something I delve into too much," he said.
"I just worry about our season ahead and what I can control right now.
"If our group does a good enough job those things take care of themselves.
"My primary focus at this moment is getting our side playing as good as we can for that round one match against Carlton."
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-01-29/richmond-coach-damien-hardwick-still-haunted-by-horror-elimination-final-loss-to-kangaroos
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"We were ranked No.2 in contested ball differential for the year and to have that number stick out at the end of the game was un Richmond-like.
"At half-time we might have been up by two goals, but the template of KPIs was there and we could tell it was a false positive.
Like WTF?
Damien your game day coaching was poohouse and this technobabble is just that.
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Everyone on OER is still haunted by the horror Elimination loss to North.
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There's a lot to hate about that article. :fencing
Unrichmond like, I mean seriously?
You'd make the same decision at the selection table again? :huh
Lennon sealed his fate?
Like you've sealed yours by speaking such crap 8 weeks out from a crucial season for the club - biggest in 34 years.
Deluded numbskull
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RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick is still haunted by his team's contested ball capitulation in last year's elimination final, with one number seared in his brain.
Which is why we are up poo creek without a paddle.
Coach blames the team - STILL.
No accountability, dimmer.
I don't think it's your fault tho..
The narcissism is too prevalent.
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It would be 'un Richmond like' to win an EF.
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That article is choc full o' cringe.
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"We were ranked No.2 in contested ball differential for the year and to have that number stick out at the end of the game was un Richmond-like.
"At half-time we might have been up by two goals, but the template of KPIs was there and we could tell it was a false positive.
Like WTF?
Damien your game day coaching was poohouse and this technobabble is just that.
Yes It was poohouse and so were the selections, but losing the contested ball and clearances was also amajor reason we lost.
It's also the answer to the statement that 'we were in the game and only just lost' which some posters peddle. We were not in the game and lucky not to be blown away by 10 goals
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And yet recruiting Townsend and Moore will fix our contested ball in a game which in losing the contested possession was "unrichmond like"
I'm assuming "unrichmond like" is a Danny Frawley way of saying "uncharacteristic" which implies our contested work is normally a strength.
So let's recruit fringe list players to fix a strength which was a weakness in a final.
Is that what he is trying to say?
Also, is he saying he'd pick unprepared players again in a final?
Will Troy Chaplain also trying and blind turn into a Robin Nahas tackle again?
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Yep. I expect Townsend and Moore to have minimal impact
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Didn't Lennon receive a rising star nomination the week before? You play one bad game and you're dropped? There were several players that played badly the week before but still got a game......
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Didn't Lennon receive a rising star nomination the week before? You play one bad game and you're dropped? There were several players that played badly the week before but still got a game......
yea right, dominated with a 12 possession , 0.1 game against the Roos reserves
FFS stop trying to rewrite history :)
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Didn't Lennon receive a rising star nomination the week before? You play one bad game and you're dropped? There were several players that played badly the week before but still got a game......
yea right, dominated with a 12 possession , 0.1 game against the Roos reserves
FFS stop trying to rewrite history :)
???????
He got a rising star nomination in round 22. The game against the roos was round 23. He didn't play well as a half forward yet he still got 12 possessions. What stats did Conca or Griffiths have that replaced him?
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Didn't Lennon receive a rising star nomination the week before? You play one bad game and you're dropped? There were several players that played badly the week before but still got a game......
exhibit a. chris newman
http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pg-richmond-tigers--chris-newman
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Conca had 2 games for the entire year before coming straight in
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Yep. I expect Townsend and Moore to have minimal impact
Don't we normally wait until half time of the first NAB challenge game before making an assessment like that ?
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All I expect or want from Townsend is blocking, hard tackling that hurts the opposition, protecting the likes of Cotchin, providing some grunt in the contest and easing the workload for Miles...if he does that he'll be a good pick-up. Don't need him to be a star or the cut price version of Treloar.
Most I expect from Moore is useful depth.
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All I expect or want from Townsend is blocking, hard tackling that hurts the opposition, protecting the likes of Cotchin, providing some grunt in the contest and easing the workload for Miles...if he does that he'll be a good pick-up. Don't need him to be a star or the cut price version of Treloar
Yep, need him to do the things he is obviously good at very well consistently
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Yep. I expect Townsend and Moore to have minimal impact
Don't we normally wait until half time of the first NAB challenge game before making an assessment like that ?
:lol Brilliant.
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That article is choc full o' cringe.
Seven years of cringe
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Yep. I expect Townsend and Moore to have minimal impact
Don't we normally wait until half time of the first NAB challenge game before making an assessment like that ?
:lol Brilliant.
Brilliant.
Oh snap
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President Peggy O'Neal has said the coach's contract would be discussed at board level early in the year but it is not on Hardwick's radar
Yet it's nearly May, the fifth month of twelve.
I wonder what early really means,
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This thread reminds me how much I posted in the off season like I expected to win a flag.
Over to you WAT.
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This thread reminds me how much I posted in the off season like I expected to win a flag.
Over to you WAT.
Happy to also eat humble pie
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This thread reminds me how much I posted in the off season like I expected to win a flag.
Over to you WAT.
Happy to also eat humble pie
If you read this thread it would become obvious that I was not thinking we had the leadership to even improve let alone win a flag.