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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on March 02, 2008, 02:41:05 AM
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Tigers put on notice
Herald-Sun
March 02, 2008
RICHMOND president Gary March has issued a challenge to the club's much-maligned playing group to prove the doomsayers wrong, declaring the time for excuses is over.
With the Tigers coming off statistically their worst season in almost 50 years, and with a less than impressive NAB Cup opener against St Kilda, March acknowledged the pressure at Punt Rd this year was intense.
But he remained committed to the plan the club -- and coach Terry Wallace -- undertook in late 2004, and said the Tigers would not deviate.
"The pressure is on everyone right now . . . but the real pressure is on the players to show they are better than what some people think they are," March said yesterday.
"We've said all along we had to go through a rebuilding period and we've almost turned over the entire list.
"This is the fourth year of rebuilding. Terry has always said to us that he believes the fourth year is the breakout year for most young players.
"We have got a lot of boys at that stage, so you would hope that we would start to see some of the rewards."
March said the fact the club had invested considerably in its football department, and the injury list was not as extensive as last year, meant excuses would no longer be tolerated.
"In the past I felt maybe we had some excuses," he said.
"We were a little under-resourced and perhaps we didn't have enough money. But we can't use those excuses any more, and certainly the playing group couldn't use those excuses any more."
March dismissed suggestions he had "gagged" Wallace in the pre-season, saying everyone in the club wanted actions to speak louder than words in the 2008 lead-up.
"We need to let our performances do the talking," he said. "As a group, we have decided to keep our heads down, because we want a good start to the year. The players led the way on that, and we think it is the best policy for us."
March said Wallace had felt the need to be "a spruiker" early in his time at Richmond, when the club was struggling off the field as well as on it, but did not feel the need to do it now.
"Terry will fulfil his commitments, but he won't do as much as he has probably needed to do in the past," he said. "He will still do Tuesdays with Terry, but will do a little less media in the lead-up to games."
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,23303899-19742,00.html
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"We need to let our performances do the talking," he said. "As a group, we have decided to keep our heads down, because we want a good start to the year.
Then why come out and publicly say the pressure is on to perform if we've decided to keep our heads down ???
When will our club learn to SHUT UP before the start of a season :banghead.
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Funniest article i have read in a longtime.
Shouldnt be that March and Co are on notice from the members.
Isnt that the reason you have Managers and presidents.
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What the president March is saying is what l been saying for along time ;D
there are no more excuses cause they have used them all up
there no-one to point the finger at no more the coaches & players must perform
otherwise its gunna be BOC BOC time ;D
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the idiots better not improve for another 12 months. I want the top 2 picks next year and then a 3rd inside 20 in the National Draft lol.
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Funniest article i have read in a longtime.
Shouldnt be that March and Co are on notice from the members.
Isnt that the reason you have Managers and presidents.
surely the players must be made accountable ::)
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so you want the club to finish bottom
not a wise choice realisticly
we could gain some good players yes
but we could also lose some very good players if they anything like Nathan Buckley who left a club because he wanted to be in a premiership side which backfired cause it takes alot to build a team of winners you just cant get the best players from every club & think yep we got the premiership wrapped up cause it dont work like that
we could draft the best on offer & lose Newman Deledio Foley who may get top offers to maybe play in a premiership side Like Ottens or we could still get major injuries to key players like most years gone & go nowhere
once the bad skills & turnovers are cutdown l think we got enough good talent on the list & with the Coburg team playing very well you will see more preasure on the selectors this year than previous years which will lift the teams confidence greatly
If the selectors give Cleve Hughes games on the ground you will see a forward line change cause this lad is ready to explode & has the goods to produce a great set of hands & booming straight kick :thumbsup
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Funniest article i have read in a longtime.
Shouldnt be that March and Co are on notice from the members.
Isnt that the reason you have Managers and presidents.
surely the players must be made accountable ::)
Isnt that the job of the coach and accountablity is part of the players role.
I dont any job where people arent accountable, do you ?
If you do please, let me know as i want to be part of it.
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hahaha just read the article.
Heads down, what a joke. yeah heads down and we finish last. heads up and we finish last.
maybe its not just the players u idiot, maybe its the coaches and support staff who havent got a clue.
ooh geez round 1 is going to be very interesting.
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maybe only at Tigerland it happens jack :lol
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I dont any job where people arent accountable, do you ?
If you do please, let me know as i want to be part of it.
Forecaster for the weather bureau. ;)
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;D
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It isn't what March said that was wrong it's that it didn't need to be said publicly.
I dont any job where people arent accountable, do you ?
If you do please, let me know as i want to be part of it.
Forecaster for the weather bureau. ;)
:lol FF
Certain South African cricket umpires :shh
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It isn't what March said that was wrong it's that it didn't need to be said publicly.
Could these quotes be as a result of direct questions asked of him?
Does he say, no, I'm not responding lol
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It isn't what March said that was wrong it's that it didn't need to be said publicly.
Could these quotes be as a result of direct questions asked of him?
Does he say, no, I'm not responding lol
lol no but he couldn't have said more if he tried :P.
All he had to say is:
"We (have decided) need to let our performances do the talking (and) As a group, we have decided to keep our heads down. We think it is the best policy for us."
If the journo doesn't like it and wants more then stiff ;D. As we've seen already this year the media will twist and write crap about us anyway. Why give them the time of day when we don't have to.
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That article say nothing new to what he said in his annual report to the members and at the AGM.
Nothing earth shattering.
Also it is about time our playing list was put on notice - sick to death of them not copping their fair share of the blame and hiding behind the heat the coaches cop.
surely the players must be made accountable ::)
Isnt that the job of the coach and accountablity is part of the players role.
Jack IMHO - All should be made accountable. Your arguement for the majority of last year and this whole off-season has been the only person who should be held to account is the coach. That's not realistic
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That article say nothing new to what he said in his annual report to the members and at the AGM.
Nothing earth shattering.
Also it is about time our playing list was put on notice - sick to death of them not copping their fair share of the blame and hiding behind the heat the coaches cop.
surely the players must be made accountable ::)
Isnt that the job of the coach and accountablity is part of the players role.
Jack IMHO - All should be made accountable. Your arguement for the majority of last year and this whole off-season has been the only person who should be held to account is the coach. That's not realistic
Players ran our club through most of the past 15 years - hard to swallow but true. I remember asking David Parkin where he saw RFC in 2000 and he said that they had a lot of talent but their leaders were all too selfish.
Players of a football club are like actors on a movie set - they are the show but that doesn't mean they should run it.
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i think the players are responsible ...
i always say ... "who kicks the goals ? who kicks the ball ? Players or Coach ?"
though ... why is Jade Rawlings our forward line coach ??? ... plus he is Coburg Coach ??? ...
Geelong Players have got it right ... the players know its just them that has control ...
Mark Thompson has installed that belief, and has many times told the media and football world ... he doesn't do much ...
yet, people will debate that he isn''t a good coach ... but all i have to say is ... he won a premiership ... he built that team ...
just like Terry is trying too, though i haven't seen drastic changes in the style of play ... i am still trying to work out what it is ...
can somebody tell me or try to explain what it is ???
lol
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Looks like a rehash of March's B&F and AGM speaches.
Something about low standard performances no longer being tolerated.
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Looks like a rehash of March's B&F and AGM speaches.
Something about low standard performances no longer being tolerated.
If my memory is correct, he said the same thing last year about players being on notice.
No doubt some one on here will find the article as it was in writing and he quoted it.
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Just because were in March does not mean March has to speak out, if we are going to let our actions do the talking shut up march and wait for April. :lol :banghead
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Just because were in March does not mean March has to speak out, if we are going to let our actions do the talking shut up march and wait for April. :lol :banghead
He wont have time in April. they will all be hinding in a bunker some where.
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This is why the club should keep its trap shut :P
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Tigers want respect
by: Paul Gough
Sportal
March 27, 2007
Richmond president Gary March says his AFL club's goal this year is all about earning respect, saying the Tigers' huge improvement over the past two years has gone unnoticed by the rest of the football world.
http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum//index.php?action=post;quote=53770;topic=4659.0;num_replies=36;sesc=261fb73c98b25eb33f9825d2f4308b7d
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No one is more responsible or accountable than anyone else.
And unless you know where the problem is, how do you know who is accountable when things go pear shaped?
You would think that 30 years of experience could help point RFC in the right direction, but more often than not they didn’t look further than the end of their nose before making a decision.
Is it all just coincidence that clubs like Richmond, Melbourne and the Bulldogs never get anywhere? Have these clubs been operating in a different Leauge all these years, or have they just lacked awareness, nous and not just money?
Neale Daniher spent 10 years at Melbourne and still didn’t know what made his players tick after a decade. Don’t know their situation, but maybe if they had provided him with the resources that other clubs have things could have been a bit different.
Finally, RFC has bitten the bullet and, this season, I’m just waiting to see what impact Jeff Bond and his team will make. Anything has to be better than what we’ve experienced to now.
Without expecting too much, I live in hope because Geelong had the team, but it wasn’t until they brought in a leadership group, from outside the Club, which helped them all ‘grow up’ a bit and ‘sort themselves out’ that took them to another level as players and a team. No one at Geelong was able to do that previously.
Greg Miller endlessly tells us about the quality of players on our list, but our players never seem to get beyond the early stages of their playing careers. They mature in years and experience, but their footy, to now, has never reached a level, as a team, that is anything comparable to that of the good teams.
Can you blame the players for that, or even the coaches, or do you wonder about the resources the players, and coaching department, have been provided with, up until the end of 2007, in order to help them progress? Because no coach has been able to do that at RFC in the time I’ve been watching.
Something new would be good, or better still, something good would be new.
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Long time no see TS. Welcome back :).
Yep we've only begun giving the footy dept the resources it needs. Our new big ticket resources won't be seen until this time next year at the earliest - the redevelopment of Punt Rd Oval and the new player facilities there plus new training facilities at Craigieburn. It'll be nice for a change for our players to train on a MCG sized ground rather than a saucer.
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Long time no see TS. Welcome back :).
Yep we've only begun giving the footy dept the resources it needs. Our new big ticket resources won't be seen until this time next year at the earliest - the redevelopment of Punt Rd Oval and the new player facilities there plus new training facilities at Craigieburn. It'll be nice for a change for our players to train on a MCG sized ground rather than a saucer.
Can tell you Geelong faciliites arent flash either. Can you tell its not much fun for them training in the middle of winter down there.
And the indoor facilites they use in the back blocks( yes I have followed them there in the past) is an old run netball/basketball hall run by the YMCA.
Can tell you its all about recruiting guys with abit of "" ticker"" . Might add see one play for the bombers the other night, NO 1, Neagle
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Kardinia Park is just a smidge bigger than Punt Rd and most of the Catters were recruited 7-9 years ago. No one thought that whole club had ticker until this year.
Neagle did look promising the other night but let's judge him after more than just one game. He is 20 and coming into his 3rd season.
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Neagle hmm product from down here
son of Merv his very talented will go along way
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Neagle hmm product from down here
son of Merv his very talented will go along way
This kid has got something most at punt road havent got, a bit of mongrel.
Twice the other night I noticed him knocking over opposition players as they were trying to get to their feet. Not bad for a 20 year old i reckon. he actually let the opposition know he wasnt going to cop in crap. They knew where he was.
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Bet Gary is glad he spoke publicly in this article :nope. We always have a shocker after these type of statements.
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been saying for years Richmond should have a media clamp on the club :rollin
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Greenberg's gone but we still come out with these stupid articles which inevitably blow up in our face :scream.
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KABOOM Tigers
theres the media better go talk to them :lol
:shh :shh :shh :shh :shh :shh :shh :shh :shh
:gotigers