One-Eyed Richmond Forum
Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: mightytiges on April 20, 2009, 11:43:16 PM
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Apparently in the paper tomorrow. March pointing the finger at our players' mental strength or rather lack of.
Can't we keep anything behind closed doors :-\
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mmm, some things need to be kept in house. :banghead
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YET AGAIN March needs to learn to keep his mouth SHUT!!!
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is that so bad?
the players are at fault too ...
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Head cases
Mark Stevens | April 21, 2009
RICHMOND president Gary March has swung the blowtorch from coach Terry Wallace to the players, questioning their mental toughness.
Wallace's future will be high on the agenda at a board meeting tonight, but March also wants answers on the players' ability to handle expectation.
"We've got to get to the bottom of why our group isn't mentally strong enough," March said yesterday.
Asked if the players had struggled with the pressure of the club being regarded as a likely finalist, March replied: "Is that one of the problems? They can't deal with expectation? Maybe it is."
March missed Sunday's disastrous loss to Melbourne to attend a wedding of a long-term friend on the Gold Coast, but he was due to watch a replay last night. "I've been warned it's not very pretty viewing," he said.
March has pointed to the mental issue because so many key players have suffered a dramatic drop in form.
"There are too many talented players not playing well at the moment," March said.
"'We've got to come up with a solution as to why at the moment our players aren't getting the best out of themselves.
"I can't see how a side that won 11 1/2 games last year - and we've actually bolstered our list if anything since - can go out and play the sort of footy they're playing.
"Our form's terrible at the moment and we've got to do something to snap them out of that."
Tigers great Kevin Sheedy raised expectations, saying in a stirring address at the club's March 18 season launch that it could win a flag.
March denied that the Sheedy speech was, in hindsight, regrettable.
"Taken in context, he challenged the players to get the best out of themselves," March said.
"At the moment, Kevin would be as disappointed as Terry and everyone else."
March declared Wallace would be in charge when the Tigers confront North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night.
"Unless he is struck down by some mystery virus, Terry will be coaching," he said.
"He's contracted to coach for the season."
March said a review of the football department was continuing.
The Tigers are sticking by their plan not to reach a conclusion on the review until mid-season.
"When we finish that review, we'll make our decision about the future," March said.
"I don't see any benefit at the moment in changing that.
"Nathan Buckley commented last week if you change your processes, you fall apart.
"We've gone down a process and people might not agree with what we're doing, but we've been very disciplined in the last 12-18 months in following through the processes."
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,25362103-19742,00.html
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Headline dont equal story.
I dont see anything wrong with what he has said. Its very easy to say shut up but you cant refuse all interviews in the job as coach or president.
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Richmond needs to be a club where players feel privileged to wear the yellow and black.
Not a place where Richmond should feel privileged that they play for us.
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Richmond needs to be a club where players feel privileged to wear the yellow and black.
Not a place where Richmond should feel privileged that they play for us.
100% CORRECT
Nathan Brown is the number 1 example. Along with Pettifer i dont think we have had 2 more selfish footballers grace our club.
Brown came to our club purely because of money and i guess that says a lot about what kind of person he is.
Thanks for the good times, albeit 1 year, but GOODBYE NATHAN and shut the door on your way out.
We need players who want to play for our jumper and you are NOT one of them
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March has pointed to the mental issue because so many key players have suffered a dramatic drop in form.
"There are too many talented players not playing well at the moment," March said.
"'We've got to come up with a solution as to why at the moment our players aren't getting the best out of themselves.
"I can't see how a side that won 11 1/2 games last year - and we've actually bolstered our list if anything since - can go out and play the sort of footy they're playing.
I see plenty wrong with the article. With comments like this, you seriously have to worry about RFC.
Only a club with little or no understanding of what it takes to put together a football department in today’s footy could make naïve comments like those above, and hang their hat on the fact we were the last team to beat Hawthorn last year and won 8 out of our last 11 games that same year. So what?
How did those efforts convince anyone of anything? No wonder we never progress when those who run the place are so easily convinced.
And how can anyone possibly think it is only this year that our players have failed to get the best out of themselves? Could’ve sworn it was a lot longer than that, nearly 3 decades in fact but, hey, I could be wrong. :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead
If after all this time we still can’t work out how other clubs structure themselves up so that their players can have a chance at a half decent career then you can only assume we’re beyond help.
Seriously, how hard can it be to work out?
But let’s play the blame game, instead of taking responsibility. Fair dinkum. We get what we deserve.
Mediocrity.