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Damien Hardwick’s coaching career to be defined by Richmond’s 2017 finals run
Dwayne Russell,
The Advertiser
16 July 2017
DAMIEN Hardwick has a good reason to be a little frightened.
He knows that the ghost that haunts him is coming.
Not today. The Tigers will smash Brisbane at the MCG today and surge back into contention for a top-four ladder position entering the finals. And the open, affable, likeable, Hardwick will be in full flight at his post-game media conference tonight.
But Hardwick’s occasionally aggressive and recent defensive demeanour is an obvious indicator that he knows he has a fight on the horizon that he can’t run from.
And like a doomsday prepper, he stands at the gates of Richmond, armed and ready to shoot down even the slightest threat before it escalates.
His response to Kane Cornes’ relatively harmless and almost comically-timed tweet — which most successful and self-confident coaches would have simply ignored — was the equivalent of dropping a nuclear bomb on a boy scout with a pea shooter.
But that’s what happens when you have not won a final in seven seasons as a coach, and have embarrassingly blown your chances in all of your previous three finals appearances.
That’s what happens when the hashtag #sorichmond, and the jokes about the Tigers’ recent tradition of big stage failure and supporter heartbreak, get annoying. And Cornes hit that raw nerve.
No-one at Richmond wants to be reminded about the never-to-be-equalled humiliation of 2013, when the fifth-placed Tigers lost to the ninth-placed Blues, who only made the finals because Essendon was disqualified.
Or the infamous stage fright elimination-final defeat in 2014, when the Tigers essentially handed over the game at the coin toss by kicking into the wind against Port Adelaide which blasted them off Adelaide Oval by quarter time.
Or the humiliating choke in 2015 — the last time the Tigers made the finals — when they finished fifth and lost their elimination final to the eighth-placed underdog North Melbourne.
For the record, Richmond has not won a final for 16 years. And now everything Hardwick has ever done in almost eight seasons as a coach is being parlayed into this September.
What his Tigers do to finish this season could define Hardwick and his coaching era.
If he has finals success, he becomes the genius who escaped death row after fans were calling for him to be sacked after Richmond finished 13th last year.
Because, despite all the great work this year, Hardwick still needs to win a final or two to escape the reaches of Richmond’s own cannibalistic supporters who chew coaches up and spit them out for sport.
If Richmond finishes fifth and gets eliminated in its first final, or finish fourth and get dumped from September in straight sets, life for Hardwick and every Tigers fan who knows no other way than to be all-in emotionally will be unbearable for another summer.
So the aggressive defensiveness is no surprise. It was Hardwick’s trademark as a two-time premiership player.
He took forwards down, beat them and humiliated them for a living. He was brilliant at it, and an All-Australian at it. And Cornes was not his first victim this year, and will not be his last.
When a journalist dared to ask at a Press conference last month if Richmond had an advantage over Carlton because the Bachar Houli hit on Jed Lamb in the opening minutes left Carlton a man down for the whole game, Hardwick — who claimed he hadn’t seen the Houli hit — laughed off the question.
“I wouldn’t have thought, mate,” Hardwick chuckled. “I don’t think you can say we won the game on having an extra man, give me a spell.”
Richmond’s defiant attacking defensiveness continued when they produced character evidence from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, a television show host, and a conflicted AFL employee, in an attempt to try to downplay the violent nature of the Houli hit. The tactic contrasted the way Melbourne handled the Thomas Bugg hit on Callum Mills, when Bugg and the club simply admitted guilt immediately after the game and did not try to explain it away and sneak him a low sentence with smoke and mirrors.
The Tigers will demolish Brisbane today. But for Richmond and Hardwick it’s not about today. It’s all about D-Day. The first weekend of this year’s finals.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/damien-hardwicks-coaching-career-to-be-defined-by-richmonds-2017-finals-run/news-story/1b9455dbd56caac277dbca6d03d016bd
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Totally agree with the article.Up to now we have had a great season means nothing tho,considering our choking in September.If we make finals and get rolled over again by stage freight he goes simple as that no question about it the board must finally wake up.We seen last week we a still mentally weak that's the worry.
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At the MCG....really
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I would've thought Dummas coaching career was already defined.
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22 rounds for him means nothing if we fail to win a final and choke again he has to go.Games like today tell me we still don't have that mental edge and not ruthless enough.
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Based on how terribly we've played over the past two weeks, making the finals first is no guarantee :-\. Having said that, it won't surprise me at all, with us being underdogs next week and no expectations and media attention, that we come out and beat GWS. That would be so Richmond.
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Damien Hardwick’s coaching career to be defined by Richmond’s 2017 finals run
Dwayne Russell,
The Advertiser
16 July 2017
DAMIEN Hardwick has a good reason to be a little frightened.
He knows that the ghost that haunts him is coming.
Not today. The Tigers will smash Brisbane at the MCG today and surge back into contention for a top-four ladder position entering the finals. And the open, affable, likeable, Hardwick will be in full flight at his post-game media conference
What his Tigers do to finish this season could define Hardwick and his coaching era.
Because, despite all the great work this year, Hardwick still needs to win a final or two to escape the reaches of Richmond’s own cannibalistic supporters who chew coaches up and spit them out for sport.
If Richmond finishes fifth and gets eliminated in its first final, or finish fourth and get dumped from September in straight sets, life for Hardwick and every Tigers fan who knows no other way than to be all-in emotionally will be unbearable for another summer.
The Tigers will demolish Brisbane today.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/damien-hardwicks-coaching-career-to-be-defined-by-richmonds-2017-finals-run/news-story/1b9455dbd56caac277dbca6d03d016bd
Just a few things Derwaynker ive had a gutful of idiot journos portraying tiger supporters as something we are not. Its been 17 yrs and counting since a tiger coach has not seen out his term of contract. We have had just three coaches in those 17 yrs and have been basically poor to mediocre for all of them.Yeah we scream for coaches heads nowadays not.
A lot of tiger fans are no longer all in emotionally, in fact most i know have become if anything a little apathetic and detached.What an imbecile why tar all of us with your ridiculous posturing.
And dwanker you idiot head what is with the assumptions, we are yet to make finals despite winning today and boy how wrong can you be when you assume we are going to smash anyone.
We are a middling team and last time i looked just about any team could beat another on any given day, we as supporters understand EVEN if we make finals with this current team there are no guarantees of winning one so just leave us supporters out of your pathetic musings.
Lastly your too late id say Hardwick as a coach has already been defined and hes a failure your just too dumb to realise it.
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Can't disagree with any of that Claw
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Damien Hardwick’s coaching career to be defined by Richmond’s 2017 finals run
Dwayne Russell,
The Advertiser
16 July 2017
DAMIEN Hardwick has a good reason to be a little frightened.
He knows that the ghost that haunts him is coming.
Not today. The Tigers will smash Brisbane at the MCG today and surge back into contention for a top-four ladder position entering the finals. And the open, affable, likeable, Hardwick will be in full flight at his post-game media conference
What his Tigers do to finish this season could define Hardwick and his coaching era.
Because, despite all the great work this year, Hardwick still needs to win a final or two to escape the reaches of Richmond’s own cannibalistic supporters who chew coaches up and spit them out for sport.
If Richmond finishes fifth and gets eliminated in its first final, or finish fourth and get dumped from September in straight sets, life for Hardwick and every Tigers fan who knows no other way than to be all-in emotionally will be unbearable for another summer.
The Tigers will demolish Brisbane today.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/damien-hardwicks-coaching-career-to-be-defined-by-richmonds-2017-finals-run/news-story/1b9455dbd56caac277dbca6d03d016bd
Just a few things Derwaynker ive had a gutful of idiot journos portraying tiger supporters as something we are not. Its been 17 yrs and counting since a tiger coach has not seen out his term of contract. We have had just three coaches in those 17 yrs and have been basically poor to mediocre for all of them.Yeah we scream for coaches heads nowadays not.
A lot of tiger fans are no longer all in emotionally, in fact most i know have become if anything a little apathetic and detached.What an imbecile why tar all of us with your ridiculous posturing.
And dwanker you idiot head what is with the assumptions, we are yet to make finals despite winning today and boy how wrong can you be when you assume we are going to smash anyone.
We are a middling team and last time i looked just about any team could beat another on any given day, we as supporters understand EVEN if we make finals with this current team there are no guarantees of winning one so just leave us supporters out of your pathetic musings.
Lastly your too late id say Hardwick as a coach has already been defined and hes a failure your just too dumb to realise it.
Yesssss big man
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Claw goes bang :clapping :clapping
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Fact
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Damien Hardwick’s coaching career to be defined by Richmond’s 2017 finals run
Dwayne Russell,
The Advertiser
16 July 2017
DAMIEN Hardwick has a good reason to be a little frightened.
He knows that the ghost that haunts him is coming.
Not today. The Tigers will smash Brisbane at the MCG today and surge back into contention for a top-four ladder position entering the finals. And the open, affable, likeable, Hardwick will be in full flight at his post-game media conference tonight.
But Hardwick’s occasionally aggressive and recent defensive demeanour is an obvious indicator that he knows he has a fight on the horizon that he can’t run from.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/damien-hardwicks-coaching-career-to-be-defined-by-richmonds-2017-finals-run/news-story/1b9455dbd56caac277dbca6d03d016bd
Did Dwayne really write that?
I would have thought it would go like this.
Hardwick ........ frightened.......
The ghost that haunts him ......is crazy good.
From the paint.... unbelievable
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I just see last year sneaking back in, we were going great because we were backing our natural flair and instinct.
Exhibit A Dustin going sideways to a 50/50 contest when in range.
Rule 1 is Dustin Martin if you are within 50 Metres you shoot son.
think we need to go back to early season style to beat GWS and as WP has stated, bit of pressure off being underdogs and all, really really looking forward to this game.....I Hope :rollin
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Not sure which thread to put this in, so I'll plonk it in here:
This merciless televisual eye into the coaching box sure has unveiled some dreadful anguish. Poor Damien Hardwick. With his Richmond Tigers fluctuating between premiership footy and headless chookery, he sometimes looks as if his cranium will explode.
https://sportshounds.com.au/2017/07/22/coach-isnt-happy/
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Damien Hardwick’s coaching career to be defined by Richmond’s 2017 finals run
Dwayne Russell,
The Advertiser
16 July 2017
DAMIEN Hardwick has a good reason to be a little frightened.
He knows that the ghost that haunts him is coming.
Not today. The Tigers will smash Brisbane at the MCG today and surge back into contention for a top-four ladder position entering the finals. And the open, affable, likeable, Hardwick will be in full flight at his post-game media conference tonight.
But Hardwick’s occasionally aggressive and recent defensive demeanour is an obvious indicator that he knows he has a fight on the horizon that he can’t run from.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/damien-hardwicks-coaching-career-to-be-defined-by-richmonds-2017-finals-run/news-story/1b9455dbd56caac277dbca6d03d016bd
Did Dwayne really write that?
I would have thought it would go like this.
Hardwick ........ frightened.......
The ghost that haunts him ......is crazy good.
From the paint.... unbelievable
hilarious
:lol :clapping :clapping