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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on March 27, 2023, 06:59:30 AM
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Into his 14th season as our coach.
168 wins
125 losses
6 draws
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299* games
57.05% win rate.
3 premierships (2017, 2019-20).
https://afltables.com/afl/stats/coaches/Damien_Hardwick.html
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Congratulations to Damien Hardwick on what will be his 300th game as Richmond coach next round vs Collingwood. A blockbuster game and an opposing coach that he has mentored is most appropriate for the occasion #TalkingTigers (https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f3c6.svg) (https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f3c6.svg) (https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f3c6.svg)
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https://twitter.com/trev1712/status/1639756866095022082
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Gotta admit, after 2016 I never thought he would
Win us a flag. Gotta give it to him, Richmond immortal
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He took us from worst team in comp (Dees even confirmed that they tanked) to the best.
He took us no hopers to truly having no hope at the end of 2016 and then….
With Benny and Peg, a club immortal and one to which we’ll always be grateful
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Finals 8 out of the past 10 years .
Remember when we played finals twice in 3 decades .
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Not enough made of this. :cheers
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So True, now we all take it for granted we will be there abouts as other teams Copy our game plan and pinch our coaches
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Hardwick becomes just the 23rd coaching in AFL/VFL history to accomplish this feat.
He is third on the list of most games coached by current AFL coaches, behind Ross Lyon 307 and Alastair Clarkson 392.
He is fourth on the all-time AFL list for most games coached by a one club coach, behind Geelong’s Reg Hickey 304, Essendon’s idiot Reynolds 415, and Collingwood’s Jock McHale 714.
And he will be one of only eight men to have coached 300 games or more at the one club, with the others being Hickey, Reynolds, McHale, Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Allan Jeans (St Kilda), Norm Smith (Melbourne) and Alastair Clarkson (Hawthorn).
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1293480/dimma-s-major-milestone
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Hardwick happy to continue past 300-game AFL milestone
By Melissa Woods
AAP
March 31 2023
Damien Hardwick isn't putting a timeline on his AFL coaching career after reaching the 300-game milestone in Richmond's clash with Collingwood.
Taking over the then battling Tigers ahead of the 2010 season, Hardwick becomes the 16th man in AFL/VFL history on Friday night to coach 300 games.
But he becomes just the fourth coach in the AFL era to have notched the double - 300 games and three premierships - joining luminaries Mick Malthouse, Leigh Matthews and Alastair Clarkson.
Ahead of the blockbuster MCG clash, Hardwick reflected on his career in the coaching hot seat, steering his team to premierships in 2017, 2019 and 2020.
He also spoke of the lean times like in 2016 when the club missed the finals finishing 13th, piling pressure on his position with club president Peggy O'Neal and chief executive Brendon Gale unwavering in their support.
"It's a great honour (to reach 300) especially to be a part of this great club," Hardwick told reporters.
"It's just a reward for you know, everyone in our organisation really. I've been very, very fortunate to work with some great people, work with some great players.
"To think about probably the bravery that Peggy and Brendon showed when things weren't going so well in 2016.
"I'm forever indebted to those people in particular, but I think it's a measure of a successful organisation they back their people in and I'm very fortunate to be a part of it."
Asked whether a coach could stay too long in the role, Hardwick felt there was no end date as long as he continued to evolve.
The 50-year-old says he always looks to improve through reading or mentors from inside and outside football.
He said Melbourne NRL coach Craig Bellamy in his 21st season with the Storm was an "incredible example," while he also mentioned ex-AFL coaches Kevin Sheedy and Mark Williams.
"Part of my challenge and the challenge of coaching full stop is you're cooking your sausages in different ways to use, I think, an Allan Jeans (coach) analogy," Hardwick said.
"One of the things I pride myself and our club on is consistently improving in certain facets of our development.
"The reality is as soon as I stop improving, that's probably the time that I leave so that's a challenge that everyone in our footy club is charged with.
"It's something I do reasonably well. "
https://www.yasstribune.com.au/story/8142658/hardwick-happy-to-continue-past-300-game-afl-milestone/