One-Eyed Richmond Forum
Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on March 10, 2010, 10:41:12 AM
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Richmond has unveiled a bold, united and accountable vision of the future.
Winning Together: the path ahead for the Richmond Football Club, is a plan about building the capacity of the organisation to deliver its 11th league premiership.
It features real goals, real expectations and real accountability.
Richmond’s goals relate to football performance, the strength of its relationship with its members, commercial popularity and financial strength.
The plan involves eight strategic pathways, many major initiatives and hundreds of discrete tasks which will need to be achieved along the way in order to succeed.
In essence, it will mean that by 2014, Richmond expects to deliver 3-0-75:
- 3 finals appearances, including one top-four finish
- 0 debt
- 75,000 members
Last week in the Punt Road gymnasium, all Richmond players, coaches and staff, along with Club directors, gathered to hear CEO Brendon Gale outline the Tigers’ vision for building the next era of sustained Yellow and Black success.
READ the edited transcript of Gale’s speech (http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/90372/default.aspx)
DOWNLOAD the PDF (739kb): Winning Together: the path ahead for the Richmond Football Club (http://www.richmondfc.com.au/portals/0/richmond_docs/strategic%20plan%20pdf.pdf)
WATCH the Winning Together video (below).
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/winningtogetherrichmondsvision/tabid/15867/default.aspx
To be a part of the journey, SIGN UP as a Richmond member by clicking here (http://www.richmondfc.com.au/membership/tabid/7629/default.aspx)
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:clapping :clapping :clapping
Bravo Benny. We are so lucky to have you on board.
Hopefully this bold vision comes to fruition.
Eat 'em alive!
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Our plan for a winning future
Brendan Gale
richmondfc.com.au
Wed 10 March, 2010
Last week in the Punt Road gymnasium, all Richmond players, coaches and staff, along with Club directors, gathered to hear CEO Brendon Gale outline the Tigers’ vision for building the next era of sustained Yellow and Black success. Here is an edited transcript of Gale’s speech . . .
“I’m a proud Richmond man.
All that I’ve been able to achieve in football - and after football - has come from what I have learned from the people, culture and history of this great club.
Everybody in this room has the same opportunity this club has given me, and I hope, everybody in this room will do more - much more - with that opportunity.
I was privileged to have played 244 games for the Tigers from 1990-2001, a period in which we played in just two finals series.
From 1980 to 2010, we have had many, many fine contributors, both on and off the field, and indeed, we have been successful on a range of measures - but not on the measure that matters most. For a big, proud club that, historically, has been hard-wired for success, where premiership success is part of our DNA - collectively, we have been a failure.
Matthew Richardson is one of our greatest players, a Tiger through and through. He played 282 games from 1993, won the Jack Dyer Medal, kicked 800 goals, second on the all-time goalkicking list at Punt Road, and finished third in the Brownlow Medal in his second-last season. He played in just one finals series. A great career, for a club which failed him. I could go on, Campbell, Knights, Kellaway, Broderick, Free, Bowden, etc. etc.
As much as it hurts me to say it, the fact is, we have been a collective failure.
In 2010, we have 16 players, who have the chance to make their debut at our Club, this season - David Astbury, Pat Contin, Matt Dea, Mitch Farmer, Alroy Gilligan, David Gourdis, Ben Griffiths, Dylan Grimes, Robert Hicks, Dustin Martin, Ben Nason, James O’Reilly, Relton Roberts, Troy Taylor, Jeromey Webberley, and Nick Westhoff.
Twenty years ago, any of you could have been Tony Free, ‘Cambo’, or ‘Richo’ . . . excited to be joining a great club, a proud club, a club that had thrived on success.
Look at each other, and think - can you imagine the next 20 years playing at this club, AND PLAYING IN JUST TWO FINALS SERIES.
NEVER PLAYING IN A GRAND FINAL?
WINNING NOTHING!
Can you imagine?
Can any of us imagine this - reaching 2030 with NO MORE PREMIERSHIPS!
It’s an intolerable thought, and one that only we, yes WE, can eliminate.
This room holds the future of the Richmond Football Club in its hand.
This room is not our present; this room is our future - all of us, Board Members, Administration, Football Department, players.
All that is missing are our members, our loyal and hungry members, but the truth is, they are helpless.
They can only rely on us. We cannot fail them.
2010 is year one in the application of a plan that is based not on hope, not on a wish, not on rhetoric, but a plan that defines who we are and what we stand for; a plan that puts the right people in the right places; a plan that is ambitious, but patient; a plan that relies on all of us to succeed; a plan with real goals, expectations and accountability.
Our plan is based on TRUTH - on the recent success of clubs like ours, clubs that have been through similar droughts, and have come through to be dominant forces in RAPID TIME.
We will do the same.
Our plan is not based on wondering why things have gone wrong, and then blaming those who have gone before us, but on knowing why things go right.
We all know of the success of Geelong over the last three years.
Was that a fluke? Of course it wasn’t.
The backbone of Geelong’s success was put together in a room like this, with a group like this, with a plan like ours, at the start of this decade.
Think of these names, and when they, like you, stood before their mates and started their careers. Ling, Corey and Chapman debuted in 2000, Enright in 2001, Ablett, Bartel, Rooke, Kelly and Johnson in 2002.
At the end of the 2002 season, a season where Geelong finished 12th, the Cats had not won a premiership for 40 seasons.
At the start of the 2010 season, Richmond has not won a premiership for 30 seasons.
Geelong did it by applying simple processes to maximise the opportunity that all AFL clubs have.
The Cats planned for their success, they brought in good people, who worked together. They acted and made decisions in accordance with a strong set of values. They believed in themselves and their plan. They stuck to their plan and remained loyal to each other when the really tough questions were being asked of them.
At the Richmond Football Club we will establish and entrench a “brand” or “culture”, or simply a Richmond way of doing things, that both defines and binds us.
From this gathering on:
- We will be a UNITED Club and all of us will unite behind our team.
- We will be RELENTLESS - in pursuit of excellence, in sticking to our plan and never deviating, and in the way we apply ourselves to our goals.
- We will PROUD of our past and what we have achieved, and we will be ambitious about our future, and of what we will achieve.
- We will be LEADERS - in terms of our thinking and people, and in terms of our relationship with our community.
- These are the benchmarks that will make Richmond a POWERFUL and GLORIOUS place to be over the next decade.
- Occasionally, you will be reminded of our successful past and see players and officials involved with that era in and around the Club. Some are with us today. They’re not people that provoke jealousy.
- They represent what YOU will represent - they represent WINNING.
- Our coach - who has come from successful, united clubs - represents WINNING.
So must WE.
I’ve had a gutful of representing an era of failure.
Many of you are tired of failure.
Many of you newcomers have never known failure.
And many of you newcomers must never know failure.
Together, our entire club is motivated by the vision of our future in 2020. It’s a vision of greatness and leadership that we describe as THE POWER and THE GLORY. By 2020, we aspire to have won our 13th Premiership; consistently provide the most exciting and powerful match-day experience in the competition; once again have the strongest support base in the nation, and enjoy the strongest emotional connection with our members and fans.
We acknowledge that we have an enormous amount of work to do, in the most competitive of competitions, in the most competitive era of our history, if we are to realise our vision. Therefore, the next five years is about building the capacity, or “horsepower” of our organisation, to deliver. Our plan features real goals with real measurements that need to be achieved along the way in order to succeed. These goals relate to our football performance, the strength of our relationship with our members, commercial popularity and financial strength.
If we could boil the whole plan to its fundamental essence, it means that by 2014 we expect to deliver 3- 0 -75
• 3 finals appearances (including 1 top 4 finish)
• zero debt
• 75,000 members
This is a plan that aligns the efforts and expectations of everyone associated with the Club. It is a plan to succeed.”
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/90372/default.aspx
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Once Benny mentioned the 100k members that have lapsed, 75k doesn't seem that impossible.
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By 2020, we aspire to have won our 13th Premiership; consistently provide the most exciting and powerful match-day experience in the competition; once again have the strongest support base in the nation, and enjoy the strongest emotional connection with our members and fans.
Geez I'll take just the one cup Benny, let alone 3 more by the time we get to the next decade. :cheers
Excellent though, haven't seen the club this organised since I began supporting the Tiges.
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from the PDF file:
Winning Together
The path ahead for the Richmond Football Club
Transformation of our club and restoring our capacity to win an 11th premiership, based on 2014 targets of three finals series, zero debt and 75,000 members.
The Richmond Football Club Strategic Plan, 2010-14, is a plan that aligns the efforts and expectations of everyone associated with the Club. It is a plan to succeed.
By 2014, the Richmond Football Club expects to deliver:
* 3 FINALS SERIES
* 0 DEBT
* 75,000 MEMBERS
Our Vision
Our The Power & The Glory
Together our entire club is motivated by the vision of our future in 2020. It is a vision of greatness that we define as the Power and the Glory.
By 2020, we aspire to:
• Have won our 13th premiership.
• Consistently provide the most powerful and exciting match-day experience in the competition.
• Once again have the most powerful supporter base in the country.
• Enjoy the AFL’s strongest and most powerful connection with our members and fans.
The Tiger Values
The Richmond Football Club values connect our past, present and future. Anchored on being relentless and united as a club, while showing leadership and pride in everything we do, they extend from within the club to our interaction with the football community and beyond.
And these are the values that will return the club to sustained success in the AFL.
(http://oneeyed-richmond.com/images/richmond/3075plan1.jpg)
Yellow and Black
We are Proud to be Yellow & Black, reflected in our five brand icons: the Jumper, the Emblem, the Punt Road Oval, the Theme Song and you, the Tiger Army. This pride recognises the respect we share for our heritage and our belief in the future, and bonds this football club in its single ambition: an 11th Richmond premiership.
Yellow & Black is Relentless in this pursuit of success. Driven by discipline and a clear vision of what we want to achieve – both as individuals and together – we remain hungry, an all-consuming need for sustained success.
Yellow & Black Unites us. Each individual is aware of their responsibilities and understands that whatever one individual can achieve will never equal what we can achieve together. We are united behind our team, and we exist for our members, a Yellow & Black army that shares a passion and commitment to this Club.
Finally, Yellow & Back is Leadership, which is defined by actions, not titles or positions. We provide a leading environment for our people to develop, perform and realise their true potential in a culture of continuous improvement and innovation. Together we seek ways to establish and exceed new standards in pursuit of our goals. We are a huge club with a huge heart – our community development and social inclusion are without peer.
Our Plan
2010 is year one of a five-year plan that features real goals, real expectations and real accountability.
The plan is about building the capacity, or muscle, of our organisation, to deliver our goals.
These goals relate to football performance, the strength of our relationship with our members, commercial popularity and financial strength.
Our plan involves eight strategic pathways, many major initiatives and hundreds of discrete tasks which will need to be achieved in order to succeed.
However, if we could boil the plan down to its fundamental essence, it will mean that by 2014, we expect to deliver 3-0-75.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/portals/0/richmond_docs/strategic%20plan%20pdf.pdf
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At least this is very impressive but is a blueprint and something to work with.
A goal(s) setting is something that needs to be achieved rather than a taken mentioning of it that other admins and coaches seem to talk about it.
In two years we will definentely know if we are on track on all 3. Nevertheless I like the way Benny is conducting himself and expressing himself. Top drawer. :thumbsup
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By 2020, we aspire to have won our 13th Premiership; consistently provide the most exciting and powerful match-day experience in the competition; once again have the strongest support base in the nation, and enjoy the strongest emotional connection with our members and fans.
Geez I'll take just the one cup Benny, let alone 3 more by the time we get to the next decade. :cheers
Yep 3 flags in an era of 18 teams, the draft, salary cap and free agency is a massive wishlist. As you say TA I'd be happy with just one in the next decade. As always the proof will be in the pudding. At the moment it's just words.
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3 Finals Series, not flags.
And it is attainable.
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3 Finals Series, not flags.
And it is attainable.
Damo it is 3 finals series by 2015 and 3 premierships by 2020.
Which I think isn't a bad aim - if you win one, you should be aiming to win more than one.
Most good sides over the journey have more than one bite at the cherry. Brisbane could have won 4, Geelong 3+, Essendon 2, West Coast 2, Sydney 2, North were good enough to win more than 2 etc
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True Jake. The Bombers thankfully missed out in 99 and 2001. Port were up for 4 years and could have one more than the one they did if they didn't choke in the 2001-3 final series.
Although aiming for 3 flags within the next 10 years is a huge ask, the one thing I like about it is it drives home an attitude of never being satisfied. To stay on top is harder than getting there. Only great sides that continually aim to be better still reach such heights. In the past the club was probably contented to just be back in the finals and finishing top 4 after being a regular bottom side. We thought the next step wasn't far away and topped up our list accordingly when in fact we were miles away from being genuine contenders as shown by the flogging we copped in both the 95 and 2001 finals.
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Maybe I am getting old
Maybe I am just getting more cynical after so many seasons of disappointed
And to be honest I cannot believe I am saying this but ....
I read it and thought "yeah OK fair enough but I just didn't find it inspiring me and that's probably because I've been let down so many times".
Maybe I am in "lull" but I just want to see some results this time round
Give me time .... I'll come around but until then "whack" away :rollin
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Fair call Willy P and for me it's because of being let down so many times.
I really do think waiting 12 months wouldve helped everyones cause....we're all just holding our breath a little, hoping to believe.
I think it is hard to sound impressive but so much harder to deliver on the message.
TW had good pipes too.
I am personally a bit sick of Richmond turning to the supporters for money-I understand it must be a pillar of revenue but it is all a bit predictable.
Do something, win some games the members will come.
The vision around revenue raising should give the Marketing and Sponsorship dept some empowerment - signing new members is not a very strategic or liberating vision.
In the next few years, Richmonds revenue raising strategies need breadth not depth - phase 2 should see the kick in revenue once the wins start to come. Then you have that nice multi layered revenue that Eagles, Pies and Crows enjoy.
Right now our ratio of member to sponsor revenue is far too high and we want to increase that ratio.
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will say one thing though, there is no comparison between B. Gale and S. Wright ::)
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will say one thing though, there is no comparison between B. Gale and S. Wright ::)
obviously in the public relations area, but i've heard on good authority that wright was a very good operator and with much respected busness acumen
Your making it sound like he was a dud and i know that wasn't the case. What are you implying?
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will say one thing though, there is no comparison between B. Gale and S. Wright ::)
obviously in the public relations area, but i've heard on good authority that wright was a very good operator and with much respected busness acumen
Your making it sound like he was a dud and i know that wasn't the case. What are you implying?
Amazing how posters put words into my mouth, laughable in fact.
Benny Gale is a driver, and he will drive the RFC .
S. Wright wasnt a driver , although he received some good results, he was a CEO in a period of poor performance and failure, FACT !
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will say one thing though, there is no comparison between B. Gale and S. Wright ::)
obviously in the public relations area, but i've heard on good authority that wright was a very good operator and with much respected busness acumen
Your making it sound like he was a dud and i know that wasn't the case. What are you implying?
Amazing how posters put words into my mouth, laughable in fact.
Benny Gale is a driver, and he will drive the RFC .
S. Wright wasnt a driver , although he received some good results, he was a CEO in a period of poor performance and failure, FACT !
that's fine,
sensitive aren't we?
I wasn't putting putting words in your mouth, just asking for clarification bc the rolleyes seemed to imply something derogatory and coming from you though it was a reasonable assumption on my behalf. :shh
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I would take 3 flags in next ten years
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will say one thing though, there is no comparison between B. Gale and S. Wright ::)
obviously in the public relations area, but i've heard on good authority that wright was a very good operator and with much respected busness acumen
Your making it sound like he was a dud and i know that wasn't the case. What are you implying?
Amazing how posters put words into my mouth, laughable in fact.
Benny Gale is a driver, and he will drive the RFC .
S. Wright wasnt a driver , although he received some good results, he was a CEO in a period of poor performance and failure, FACT !
As was Leon Daphne
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Amazing how posters put words into my mouth, laughable in fact.
Benny Gale is a driver, and he will drive the RFC .
S. Wright wasnt a driver , although he received some good results, he was a CEO in a period of poor performance and failure, FACT !
But you do have a long history of bagging the guy Jack. And in the areas he was responsible for as CEO he didn't fail, he succeeded. Benny may step outside those areas and influence the club more as a whole but Wright didn't fail, something you struggle to acknowledge.
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Last year Cuz excited me and who would of thought this year it's Benny Gale !!! :bow :gobdrop
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Amazing how posters put words into my mouth, laughable in fact.
Benny Gale is a driver, and he will drive the RFC .
S. Wright wasnt a driver , although he received some good results, he was a CEO in a period of poor performance and failure, FACT !
But you do have a long history of bagging the guy Jack. And in the areas he was responsible for as CEO he didn't fail, he succeeded. Benny may step outside those areas and influence the club more as a whole but Wright didn't fail, something you struggle to acknowledge.
Well, my opinion is that the place has been very poorly run for the past 5-10 years.
Who do you want to the blame, the boot studder ????? LOL
Might also say nice people dont necessary get the results needed..
For the first time for a long long time, the club has some sort of direction which is being driven by the CEO..
No one has driven Richmond in any direction in the past 10 years, besides going around in circles ::)
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Well, my opinion is that the place has been very poorly run for the past 5-10 years.
Who do you want to the blame, the boot studder ????? LOL
Might also say nice people dont necessary get the results needed..
For the first time for a long long time, the club has some sort of direction which is being driven by the CEO..
No one has driven Richmond in any direction in the past 10 years, besides going around in circles ::)
A CEO's prime responsibility is to turn the aims of the board from vision to reality and in this Wright was mostly successful. He was in the chair for 5 years during which time the club made good advances in most off-field areas so if you want to play the blame game for lack of on-field success then it certainly wasn't his fault. He had no responsibility for making key football department appointment and management decisions - this rested above him in the hands of certain board members. You are right that nice people don't necessarily get the results needed but this has no relevance when assessing if someone succeeded or failed. The fact that the direction is being initiated and driven by the current CEO screams out one thing loudly to me - the board are failing in their role. Unless however, the vision is a collaborative effort between both parties in which case you can say that although Wright did a good job, Gale is doing an outstanding job, above and beyond the requirements of his role. Of course, all this is just guesswork isn't it, because until Gale has been in the job for a while and tangible results can be measured and seen then he is really just another spruiker.
And before you feel the need to jump on me as a 'Gale basher', I think his appointment as CEO is the single best decision this club has made in 10 years. I think he will be very successful and oversee a period of unprecedented change and improvement in our club. But that doesn't mean Wright was unsuccessful or no good, just that I think Gale will be all that and much more.
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great post smokey
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You make me laugh smokey.
You say quote "" A CEO prime responsability is to turn the aims of the board from Vision to reality and in this Wright was mostly successfull.""
Now Aprils fools day is still 3 weeks away. :lol
The club has endured a very poor 5 years.
The way they handled Wallace was poor.
The Miller saga was poor.
Could go on and on but wont.
Lets move forward
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What garbage. Wright took over as CEO when the club was millions in debt and making multi million dollar losses each year.
He's restored stability to the finances of the club and, thanks to him, Gale has a solid foundation to work with moving forward.
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The club has endured a very poor 5 years.
On-field only - not Wright's responsibility.
The way they handled Wallace was poor.
Managed by March - not Wright's responsibility.
The Miller saga was poor.
Managed by March - not Wright's responsibility.
Could go on and on but wont.
Please do - nothing you have said yet is valid.
Lets move forward
I have - you I'm not so sure.
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The club has endured a very poor 5 years.
On-field only - not Wright's responsibility.
The way they handled Wallace was poor.
Managed by March - not Wright's responsibility.
The Miller saga was poor.
Managed by March - not Wright's responsibility.
Could go on and on but wont.
Please do - nothing you have said yet is valid.
Lets move forward
I have - you I'm not so sure.
Well well geniuses, LOL
What does the CEO do ?????
Wallace thing was handled by March, why ?
The CEO is a paid employee of the RFC you know, March isnt :banghead
This is truely amazing.
The CEO signs off on all employees at the RFC, some who were well overpaid and didnt do a good job and are no longer there, either is the CEO I might add. :banghead
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You make me laugh smokey.
You say quote "" A CEO prime responsability is to turn the aims of the board from Vision to reality and in this Wright was mostly successfull.""
Now Aprils fools day is still 3 weeks away. :lol
The club has endured a very poor 5 years.
The way they handled Wallace was poor.
The Miller saga was poor.
Could go on and on but wont.
Lets move forward
Wright and March have done most things right. 2004 saw us with massive debt and an overblown football budget (thanks Greg) despite coming last and losing the last 14 games.
Casey should have been voted out then but the tiger ferals bought the Miller messiah mesage and casey got back in "on his record!".
Casey was hands off and delegated the footy stuff to supposed experts, operating in the same way he ran his nursing homes and property deals.
Casey fell for the Miller spin and bet on the wrong expert. Greg landing on his feet after being relegated to being a Hammerhead played his way back in to AFL and started putting his finger in every pie. He promised and delivered Nafan and Kane and nudge nudge wink wnk hooked Terry. Wallace chose us not because of any unfinished business or because we had a better list but because Miller said; "Dont worry about Casey - you've got a five year deal. all's sweet - you run the show as you want. I've got your back. "
Casey had to go and as soon as Wright and March got in, they worked together to wrest control back of the club off Miller and Wallace who could gamble as much as they wanted as it was most likely going to be their last footy gig.
From bringing in Free, Cameron, promoting Jackson, conducting the review, the aim was to rebuild the club as a professional unit and not being run off hunches by Miller off the smell of an oily rag. Wright did magnifiently in restoring financial control firstly and then bringing in funds and two developments at Punt Road and Craigeburn.
Miller had to go so as to make Wallace accountable and that was handled brilliantly. The press will always try to spin a bad richmond rabble story but the timing and mode of Miller's demise was excellent. As bloodless and efficient as it was ever going to get.
Wallace started getting antsy with Greg gone and realised he needed real results not spin, but spin was mostly all he had together with a few hail mary plays. Richmond worked on its blueprint for the future which needed unity from president and coach. Wallace had a chance to conform and perform. It was not to be. Wallace's departure was handled brilliantly. Richmond never wavered or played to the press' timetable who kept jumping at shadows declaring our coach dead prematurely. They were also as decent and fair as they could be to Wallace. Negotiated a smooth departure mid season by consent.
Process for the new coach also exclellent -Again never spooked by the media and ran its own agenda - contrast this with North who were prostituting themsleves to every handsome stranger who walked by and then trumpeted poaching Scott off us even though he had already been excluded from our final 4.
To the present Gale has come in and lifted the CEO profile although in relation to getting things done Steven Wright was great.
New coach, new assistants, new players - young off field young on field with lots of ambition and talent and united around an dentifiable plan on field and off.
Fantastic stuff and credit to March for the smooth and deliberate way it has evolved.
Will we succeed from here on in? - Who knows but we've been able to poach some of the very best talent around like Lade, Leppitch, Hartley and our development and strategic coaches.
We focused on skilled and smart as requirements for our recruits and Hardwick will require or instill the necessary competitiveness.
For the first time in ages I feel as if the RFC is in the game and not some half ar$ed operation.
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Well well geniuses, LOL
What does the CEO do ?????
Wallace thing was handled by March, why ?
The CEO is a paid employee of the RFC you know, March isnt :banghead
This is truely amazing.
The CEO signs off on all employees at the RFC, some who were well overpaid and didnt do a good job and are no longer there, either is the CEO I might add. :banghead
If you think that Wright had anything to do with the machinations of hiring and firing of either Miller or Wallace then you have much less idea of what goes on at the club than what you would have us believe. A signature on a piece of paper? Maybe. And that's about as far his involvement goes - the board were the sole hirers and firers of those two and the whole process was managed by March because he made it his call.
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Well well geniuses, LOL
What does the CEO do ?????
Wallace thing was handled by March, why ?
The CEO is a paid employee of the RFC you know, March isnt :banghead
This is truely amazing.
The CEO signs off on all employees at the RFC, some who were well overpaid and didnt do a good job and are no longer there, either is the CEO I might add. :banghead
If you think that Wright had anything to do with the machinations of hiring and firing of either Miller or Wallace then you have much less idea of what goes on at the club than what you would have us believe. A signature on a piece of paper? Maybe. And that's about as far his involvement goes - the board were the sole hirers and firers of those two and the whole process was managed by March because he made it his call.
Can tell you the CEO does alot more than you think. ;)
He overseas all aspects of payments and distribution of funds.
Can tell you that Wallaces big gripe at Punt Road that he had to go through Wright for approval of everything.
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Can tell you the CEO does alot more than you think. ;)
He overseas all aspects of payments and distribution of funds.
Can tell you that Wallaces big gripe at Punt Road that he had to go through Wright for approval of everything.
No Jack, not more than I think, I am fully aware of the roles and responsibilities of a CEO. I would fully expect Wallace to have to go through the CEO for approval of large or extraneous spending - it would be corporate folly to allow otherwise and given our club's background in financial management this would have been a given. If you read my posts again you'll see I highlighted the excellent job Wright did in this very area, but as far as hiring and firing of Miller and Wallace he had next to zero input or say - this was a March/board initiative and a March/board managed action.
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Sam being his usual attention seeking self mocked the whole club tonight over this saying Benny Gale and the Age journo who broke the 3-0-75 story must be on drugs and that we've been hopeless for 30 years and will be out of business in the next 10.
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Sam being his usual attention seeking self mocked the whole club tonight over this saying Benny Gale and the Age journo who broke the 3-0-75 story must be on drugs and that we've been hopeless for 30 years and will be out of business in the next 10.
Yeah well he said it about Gellongs style of play as well until they won two GF's... :wallywink
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The CEO signs off on all employees at the RFC, some who were well overpaid and didnt do a good job and are no longer there, either is the CEO I might add. :banghead
First time post here.
Think Wright did a great job, particularly after the fiasco of Campbell, however over the last couple of years there has been a slight uneasiness in my opinion of Wright's performance.
There didn't seem to be a lot of quality in some areas that were directly below him, mainly in merchandising, membership and some commercial opportunities. This continued over his entire period in office and it's notable that these were the areas that Gale focussed on in his presentation while he has also publicly announced new managers in Membership and Commercial Operations.
Think Wright was as good as most as far as CEO's go in the AFL but think Gale is in another class in terms of his understanding of the AFL environment.
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Yeah well he said it about Gellongs style of play as well until they won two GF's... :wallywink
Yep Sammy Newmug doesn't bag the Cats now does he.
We're a cheap target until we put words into action and that could be a while yet.
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Welcome to OER RT :)
Tiger triumph at long odds
YESTERDAY'S Age story on Richmond's bold plan to win three premierships by 2020 seemed worth running by TAB Sportsbet's Gary Davies, who framed what he stresses is a hypothetical market. At 80-1 to win the flag this year, even a good 2010 would put the Tigers around 50-1 next year, and another good year would wind them in to around 30-1 for 2012. ''Based on those figures they are at 1200-1 to win a premiership in the next three years,'' Davies said. ''They would then have to win three flags in eight years, so I don't think it is unreasonable to be talking a million to one.''
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/keen-to-make-their-own-history-20100311-q1jt.html
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The CEO signs off on all employees at the RFC, some who were well overpaid and didnt do a good job and are no longer there, either is the CEO I might add. :banghead
First time post here.
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There didn't seem to be a lot of quality in some areas that were directly below him, mainly in merchandising, membership and some commercial opportunities. This continued over his entire period in office and it's notable that these were the areas that Gale focussed on in his presentation while he has also publicly announced new managers in Membership and Commercial Operations.
Think Wright was as good as most as far as CEO's go in the AFL but think Gale is in another class in terms of his understanding of the AFL environment.
Thank you, at least someone has a fair idea of what has happened at Punt Rd, but more importantly understands what needs to happen in the future :thumbsup
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At 80-1 to win the flag this year, even a good 2010 would put the Tigers around 50-1 next year, and another good year would wind them in to around 30-1 for 2012. ''Based on those figures they are at 1200-1 to win a premiership in the next three years,'' Davies said.
I'll take those odds.
I'm not quite sure what he's done with his maths, but if we are 80-1 this year, 50-1 the next and 30-1 the next, then the odds to win in any of the next three years has to be less than 80-1
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will say one thing though, there is no comparison between B. Gale and S. Wright ::)
obviously in the public relations area, but i've heard on good authority that wright was a very good operator and with much respected busness acumen
Your making it sound like he was a dud and i know that wasn't the case. What are you implying?
that he was
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that he was
What rubbish.
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what is rubbish?
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First time post here.
Think Wright did a great job, particularly after the fiasco of Campbell, however over the last couple of years there has been a slight uneasiness in my opinion of Wright's performance.
There didn't seem to be a lot of quality in some areas that were directly below him, mainly in merchandising, membership and some commercial opportunities. This continued over his entire period in office and it's notable that these were the areas that Gale focussed on in his presentation while he has also publicly announced new managers in Membership and Commercial Operations.
Think Wright was as good as most as far as CEO's go in the AFL but think Gale is in another class in terms of his understanding of the AFL environment.
Welcome to OER RT.
Your post seems a bit contradictory to me - can you tell me how those areas got worse during the last couple of years?
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what is rubbish?
Read it as you calling Wright a dud. If I've misconstrued it I apologise.
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People here build up Wright for doing a good job. ::)
My dealings with him say different.
Nice bloke though
Sorry, but thats the way I see it .
Never seen him address the media in the way that Mr Gale does.
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People here build up Wright for doing a good job. ::)
My dealings with him say different.
Nice bloke though
Sorry, but thats the way I see it .
Never seen him address the media in the way that Mr Gale does.
Most club CEO's don't address the media the way Gale does.
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what is rubbish?
Read it as you calling Wright a dud. If I've misconstrued it I apologise.
u have a little, i left a subtle hint at what i meant
he may be an intelligent man and very good with business, but footy business is different , he was not the best man for the job in hindsight and most off all he probably had too many distractions in the locker rooms ;)
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Think Wright did a great job, particularly after the fiasco of Campbell, however over the last couple of years there has been a slight uneasiness in my opinion of Wright's performance.
There didn't seem to be a lot of quality in some areas that were directly below him, mainly in merchandising, membership and some commercial opportunities. This continued over his entire period in office
Welcome to OER RT.
Your post seems a bit contradictory to me - can you tell me how those areas got worse during the last couple of years?
Smokey, I am not saying these areas got worse over the last couple of years, only that my uneasinesss increased as these critical areas did not seem to improve in line with improving finances.
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Think Wright did a great job, particularly after the fiasco of Campbell, however over the last couple of years there has been a slight uneasiness in my opinion of Wright's performance.
There didn't seem to be a lot of quality in some areas that were directly below him, mainly in merchandising, membership and some commercial opportunities. This continued over his entire period in office
Welcome to OER RT.
Your post seems a bit contradictory to me - can you tell me how those areas got worse during the last couple of years?
Smokey, I am not saying these areas got worse over the last couple of years, only that my uneasinesss increased as these critical areas did not seem to improve in line with improving finances.
Fair enough. I think that history will probably end up being a bit unkind to him because if the Benny Gale show succeeds as I expect then Wright's achievements will tend to pale by comparison.
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People here build up Wright for doing a good job. ::)
My dealings with him say different.
Nice bloke though
Sorry, but thats the way I see it .
Never seen him address the media in the way that Mr Gale does.
Most club CEO's don't address the media the way Gale does.
Alot do though.
Even the Geelong bloke goes to court with them
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Alot do though.
Even the Geelong bloke goes to court with them
Disagree. You hardly ever hear from any of them unless there is a reason for it. Benny Gale has embarked on a mission borne out of his playing allegiance and passion for the club which surpasses the expectation of the role that applies to other CEO's, hence his recent public mutterings. That is most definitely not the norm for most CEO's who you only usually hear when there is a club management issue that has been raised.
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People here build up Wright for doing a good job. ::)
My dealings with him say different.
Nice bloke though
Sorry, but thats the way I see it .
Never seen him address the media in the way that Mr Gale does.
Gee it's hard not to think he did good job Jack when you consider the amount of work he did to get all that funding for the Punt Road redevelopment as well doing the Craigieburn deal.
People seem to forget that he was the driving force behind lobbying the federal govt for the extra funding (approx $7-8 mil) for thr Indegenious Learning Centre. That lobbying took the money available for redeveloping Punt Road from $10mil to $20mil (once the Fed Govt came to the party the state govt kicked in more $$$ too)
Was he front and centre in the media no but at the time I'd argue it wasn't what we needed. We needed someone to get the business back on track and he did that - the financial results clearly show that.
Alot do though.
Even the Geelong bloke goes to court with them
Disagree. You hardly ever hear from any of them unless there is a reason for it. Benny Gale has embarked on a mission borne out of his playing allegiance and passion for the club which surpasses the expectation of the role that applies to other CEO's, hence his recent public mutterings. That is most definitely not the norm for most CEO's who you only usually hear when there is a club management issue that has been raised.
Agree smokey
You never hear from some of the other Club's CEOs unless - they have something to say. Then you have others who just cannot keep out of the media (Rocca & Swann anyone). How many people would know the names of the CEOs of Sydney, Freo, St Kilda, Hawthorn, Adelaide, Essendon (now Jackson is gone)?
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Was he front and centre in the media no but at the time I'd argue it wasn't what we needed. We needed someone to get the business back on track and he did that - the financial results clearly show that.
To be fair to Wright, IMO this is the key point in his tenure. When he came on board as captain the good ship Richmond was heading at a rate of knots on to the reefs with huge debts holes, poor processes and few staff (competent or otherwise). To his eternal credit and our gratitude he managed to stop the money leaks and start to turn things around, like turning an ocean liner.
The question will never be answered but would we have got someone as qualified as Gale without Wright having done the heavy lifting first?
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So it seems then that wright was the man to fix the crap and get us to a position where we were financially sound(ish) , but now we have someoene else to hopfully take advantage of that and take us forward.
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So it seems then that wright was the man to fix the crap and get us to a position where we were financially sound(ish) , but now we have someoene else to hopfully take advantage of that and take us forward.
That's just the way I see it. Could be totally wrong of course. Seems reasonably common in other business circles where different personality types for different business cycles.
It was an interesting point of view that a while ago someone put forward the idea that one type of coach was required for rebuilding and a different type for putting the final polish on to win premierships.
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Alot do though.
You forgotten already jackie?
We had a media whore as our face of the club with the man of too many hats not far behind.
Wright may not have been perfect but agree with others that he did a damn fine job in very tough circumstances.
He was was exceptional in my dealings with him & I won't hear a bad word about the guy.
In fact I am VERY appreciative of his efforts to turn our club around from the financial mess it was in.
Also agreed with smokey and cyclops that not too many CEO's say much at all.
Benny is if anything a deviation from the norm.
He's acting more like he's the Club President.
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Wright may not have been perfect but agree with others that he did a damn fine job in very tough circumstances.
He was was exceptional in my dealings with him & I won't hear a bad word about the guy.
In fact I am VERY appreciative of his efforts to turn our club around from the financial mess it was in.
Ditto Mr Magic
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what you all fail to realise is this.
All of the the AFL CEO doing a fairly good , although some better than others.
Take Brian Cook for instance..
He was the one who recommended to the Geelong Board and to Frank Costa in 1999 that Mark Thompson be appointed Senior Coach of Geelong.
We need a CEO who not only does a good job but is THE BEST IN THE INDUSTRY,.
I believe we could have that now with Benny Gale :thumbsup
We need people at the club who are driven by success, not just there to do a good job
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what you all fail to realise is this.
All of the the AFL CEO doing a fairly good , although some better than others.
Take Brian Cook for instance..
He was the one who recommended to the Geelong Board and to Frank Costa in 1999 that Mark Thompson be appointed Senior Coach of Geelong.
We need a CEO who not only does a good job but is THE BEST IN THE INDUSTRY,.
I believe we could have that now with Benny Gale :thumbsup
We need people at the club who are driven by success, not just there to do a good job
spot on JIBA!! :thumbsup :thumbsup
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what you all fail to realise is this.
All of the the AFL CEO doing a fairly good , although some better than others.
Take Brian Cook for instance..
He was the one who recommended to the Geelong Board and to Frank Costa in 1999 that Mark Thompson be appointed Senior Coach of Geelong.
We need a CEO who not only does a good job but is THE BEST IN THE INDUSTRY,.
I believe we could have that now with Benny Gale :thumbsup
We need people at the club who are driven by success, not just there to do a good job
What you fail to realise Jack is that we have all been saying this all along. What no-one is agreeing with you on is that Wright did an average or poor job - he did a very good job under very trying circumstances and deserves to have his accomplishments acknowledged, not whacked. At this stage Gale can potentially do a lot better.
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Bottom line is it all comes back to winning games and I just don't know if we turned over enough of our list and got enough early draft picks. Of course in the next few years a rebuild will be almost impossible with compromised drafts.
I just wonder how patient everyone is going to be as this list has to be the nuclues of our playing future. If a fair portion of this list needs to be turned over it is going to take twice (thrice) as long in normal draft times.
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More mocking in the media ...
From the cheap seats
March 14, 2010
STUNNER OF THE WEEK
AS IF to add epic fantasy to science fiction, Richmond has amended its five-year plan (you remember - three finals appearances, zero debt and 75,000 members) to include three premierships by 2020. One is increasingly prone to the suspicion that, pretty soon, an updated version of the master plan will be announced, featuring the triumphal conclusion, "And once we've got the free pink lemonade fountains installed throughout Melbourne, then we're all going to Disneyland!" Quite honestly, you'd wonder why the other teams would even turn up for the next decade or so, given that the Tigers will be winning everything and there won't be any Australian citizens left who haven't signed up as Richmond members. The other acts in the Melbourne Comedy Festival must be starting to feel the same way.
READER FEEDBACK OF THE WEEK
"Richmond's radical new five-year plan is to play finals, reduce debt, and provide a compelling case for supporters to take up membership. Imagine the surprise when someone pointed out that their old plan was actually quite OK. They'd just been holding it upside down for the past 30 years."
DEAN ADAMS, email
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/from-the-cheap-seats-20100313-q5ba.html
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More mocking in the media ...
Results like yesterday's won't do much to keep off the hounds.
We're going to continue to be a laughing stock until the tide turns on the field.
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No this one isn't an April fools joke lol
Club 80 .... RFC - Winning Together
Please join us in welcoming Richmond Football Club CEO Brendon Gale as he outlines the vision for the future.
Also joining us will be our on field leaders in Brett Deledio, Nathan Foley and Daniel Jackson.
Make sure you don’t miss out on this very special event at our new venue – the Central Club Hotel
Date: Tuesday 20th April 2010
Where: The Central Club Hotel - 293 Swan St, Richmond
Time: 7.00pm sharp until late
Cost: $65 members, $100 non-members
Food & drink included (beer, wine & soft drink)
We sincerely hope you are able to join us. Once again an RSVP to the e-mail address is required by Friday 16th April to allow the venue to cater appropriately.
EMAIL: club80@tpg.com.au
http://www.club80.com.au/
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Club 80 .... RFC - Winning Together
Please join us in welcoming Richmond Football Club CEO Brendon Gale as he outlines the vision for the future.
Date: Tuesday 20th April 2010
Where: The Central Club Hotel - 293 Swan St, Richmond
Time: 7.00pm sharp until late
For those that went tonight did Benny add anymore detail to the "3-0-75" plan or was it just reiterating what was already released on the RFC website and in the media a few weeks back?
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Our plan for a winning future
Brendan Gale
richmondfc.com.au
Wed 10 March, 2010
Last week in the Punt Road gymnasium, all Richmond players, coaches and staff, along with Club directors, gathered to hear CEO Brendon Gale outline the Tigers’ vision for building the next era of sustained Yellow and Black success. Here is an edited transcript of Gale’s speech . . .
“I’m a proud Richmond man.
All that I’ve been able to achieve in football - and after football - has come from what I have learned from the people, culture and history of this great club.
Everybody in this room has the same opportunity this club has given me, and I hope, everybody in this room will do more - much more - with that opportunity.
I was privileged to have played 244 games for the Tigers from 1990-2001, a period in which we played in just two finals series.
From 1980 to 2010, we have had many, many fine contributors, both on and off the field, and indeed, we have been successful on a range of measures - but not on the measure that matters most. For a big, proud club that, historically, has been hard-wired for success, where premiership success is part of our DNA - collectively, we have been a failure.
Matthew Richardson is one of our greatest players, a Tiger through and through. He played 282 games from 1993, won the Jack Dyer Medal, kicked 800 goals, second on the all-time goalkicking list at Punt Road, and finished third in the Brownlow Medal in his second-last season. He played in just one finals series. A great career, for a club which failed him. I could go on, Campbell, Knights, Kellaway, Broderick, Free, Bowden, etc. etc.
As much as it hurts me to say it, the fact is, we have been a collective failure.
In 2010, we have 16 players, who have the chance to make their debut at our Club, this season - David Astbury, Pat Contin, Matt Dea, Mitch Farmer, Alroy Gilligan, David Gourdis, Ben Griffiths, Dylan Grimes, Robert Hicks, Dustin Martin, Ben Nason, James O’Reilly, Relton Roberts, Troy Taylor, Jeromey Webberley, and Nick Westhoff.
Twenty years ago, any of you could have been Tony Free, ‘Cambo’, or ‘Richo’ . . . excited to be joining a great club, a proud club, a club that had thrived on success.
Look at each other, and think - can you imagine the next 20 years playing at this club, AND PLAYING IN JUST TWO FINALS SERIES.
NEVER PLAYING IN A GRAND FINAL?
WINNING NOTHING!
Can you imagine?
Can any of us imagine this - reaching 2030 with NO MORE PREMIERSHIPS!
It’s an intolerable thought, and one that only we, yes WE, can eliminate.
This room holds the future of the Richmond Football Club in its hand.
This room is not our present; this room is our future - all of us, Board Members, Administration, Football Department, players.
All that is missing are our members, our loyal and hungry members, but the truth is, they are helpless.
They can only rely on us. We cannot fail them.
2010 is year one in the application of a plan that is based not on hope, not on a wish, not on rhetoric, but a plan that defines who we are and what we stand for; a plan that puts the right people in the right places; a plan that is ambitious, but patient; a plan that relies on all of us to succeed; a plan with real goals, expectations and accountability.
Our plan is based on TRUTH - on the recent success of clubs like ours, clubs that have been through similar droughts, and have come through to be dominant forces in RAPID TIME.
We will do the same.
Our plan is not based on wondering why things have gone wrong, and then blaming those who have gone before us, but on knowing why things go right.
We all know of the success of Geelong over the last three years.
Was that a fluke? Of course it wasn’t.
The backbone of Geelong’s success was put together in a room like this, with a group like this, with a plan like ours, at the start of this decade.
Think of these names, and when they, like you, stood before their mates and started their careers. Ling, Corey and Chapman debuted in 2000, Enright in 2001, Ablett, Bartel, Rooke, Kelly and Johnson in 2002.
At the end of the 2002 season, a season where Geelong finished 12th, the Cats had not won a premiership for 40 seasons.
At the start of the 2010 season, Richmond has not won a premiership for 30 seasons.
Geelong did it by applying simple processes to maximise the opportunity that all AFL clubs have.
The Cats planned for their success, they brought in good people, who worked together. They acted and made decisions in accordance with a strong set of values. They believed in themselves and their plan. They stuck to their plan and remained loyal to each other when the really tough questions were being asked of them.
At the Richmond Football Club we will establish and entrench a “brand” or “culture”, or simply a Richmond way of doing things, that both defines and binds us.
From this gathering on:
- We will be a UNITED Club and all of us will unite behind our team.
- We will be RELENTLESS - in pursuit of excellence, in sticking to our plan and never deviating, and in the way we apply ourselves to our goals.
- We will PROUD of our past and what we have achieved, and we will be ambitious about our future, and of what we will achieve.
- We will be LEADERS - in terms of our thinking and people, and in terms of our relationship with our community.
- These are the benchmarks that will make Richmond a POWERFUL and GLORIOUS place to be over the next decade.
- Occasionally, you will be reminded of our successful past and see players and officials involved with that era in and around the Club. Some are with us today. They’re not people that provoke jealousy.
- They represent what YOU will represent - they represent WINNING.
- Our coach - who has come from successful, united clubs - represents WINNING.
So must WE.
I’ve had a gutful of representing an era of failure.
Many of you are tired of failure.
Many of you newcomers have never known failure.
And many of you newcomers must never know failure.
Together, our entire club is motivated by the vision of our future in 2020. It’s a vision of greatness and leadership that we describe as THE POWER and THE GLORY. By 2020, we aspire to have won our 13th Premiership; consistently provide the most exciting and powerful match-day experience in the competition; once again have the strongest support base in the nation, and enjoy the strongest emotional connection with our members and fans.
We acknowledge that we have an enormous amount of work to do, in the most competitive of competitions, in the most competitive era of our history, if we are to realise our vision. Therefore, the next five years is about building the capacity, or “horsepower” of our organisation, to deliver. Our plan features real goals with real measurements that need to be achieved along the way in order to succeed. These goals relate to our football performance, the strength of our relationship with our members, commercial popularity and financial strength.
If we could boil the whole plan to its fundamental essence, it means that by 2014 we expect to deliver 3- 0 -75
• 3 finals appearances (including 1 top 4 finish)
• zero debt
• 75,000 members
This is a plan that aligns the efforts and expectations of everyone associated with the Club. It is a plan to succeed.”
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/90372/default.aspx
:clapping
I hear the Pope is thinking of making Gale a saint
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probably so he can meet his kids
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Club should aim for 100,000 members inside the next 4 years
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Club should aim for 100,000 members inside the next 4 years
Yeah hopefully not at the expense at the 30-35k odd who been there through the crap times
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Our plan for a winning future
Brendan Gale
richmondfc.com.au
Wed 10 March, 2010
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Together, our entire club is motivated by the vision of our future in 2020. It’s a vision of greatness and leadership that we describe as THE POWER and THE GLORY. By 2020, we aspire to have won our 13th Premiership; consistently provide the most exciting and powerful match-day experience in the competition; once again have the strongest support base in the nation, and enjoy the strongest emotional connection with our members and fans.
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http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/90372/default.aspx
Richmond Tigers’ eerily accurate 10-year plan has been revised, CEO Brendon Gale
A bold 10-year plan that Richmond released in 2010 has eerily been almost fully realized as the Tigers are close to another AFL premiere after several years as the top team in the league.
After Richmond made the third major AFL final in four years with a narrow six-point win over Port Adelaide on Friday night, a 10-year-old video posted on social media that quickly went viral.
The video clip is from an episode of Nine Footy classified In it, CEO Brendon Gale outlined the club’s long-term goals as part of its 10-year win-win vision.
Gale’s speech, in which the draft for the association was presented, was presented to the team and published in March 2010.
“Together, our entire club is motivated by the vision of our future in 2020. It is a vision of greatness and leadership that we refer to as THE POWER and THE GLORY. By 2020 we aim to have won our 13th Premiership and to consistently offer the best. “Exciting and powerful experience on matchday in competition: Once again the strongest support base in the nation and the strongest emotional connection to our members and fans”, means it in a transcript of the presentation.
The plan also included the club, which wanted out of debt by 2020 as it struggled to get around $ 4 million into the red in 2010.
At the time, the Tigers were a young team in a rebuilding phase with a frustrated fan base. They were eager to play the final, had just signed Damien Hardwick and were not yet able to reach their full potential. In 2010 they had just moved in seven fresh-faced players, including a Dustin Martin.
Gale’s bold plan was almost mocked at the time, and his appearance on Footy classified This underlined the need to resolutely defend the club’s high goals.
“Absolutely, we have to make the right decisions in the most competitive sport in the world and one of the most competitive eras in the history of our game,” said Gale.
“I don’t apologize for wanting to be the best football club. We want to be the greatest. ”
“It starts with a vision. We’re not here to just compete, nobody does.
“You can just as well wrap up. No, I’m not ashamed, I’m proud of it and we have a vision to compete and be the best.
“The best on and off the field. If we’re not tied to it, we might as well pack up and leave. ”
Fast forward to 2020 and the Tigers are about to capture their 13th VFL / AFL flag if they beat Brisbane or Geelong in the grand final.
They also really exceeded the goal of 75,000 members, with the club counting 100,000 members for the third year in a row despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.
Richmond has been debt free since last year and has $ 24.4 million in cash on hand, according to the club’s 2019 financial results posted on its website.
They have also developed their Punt Road Oval training facility over the past 10 years and in 2019 the Tigers had the highest average home crowd in the AFL for the third time in a row with 59,987.
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