One-Eyed Richmond Forum
Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: mightytiges on August 10, 2004, 05:03:32 PM
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Will Wallace signing save Casey or are people hanging out to nail him at the AGM or still weighing up their options until December?
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Yep, need the third option MT. :thumbsup
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Yep, need the third option MT. :thumbsup
Your wish is my command TS ;D
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For at least 2 years i'd expect.
I dont have a real problem with Casey atm.
He handled things well under the pressure of the last few weeks,seems to have Miller onside
and managed to difuse a potentially volatile situation with much aplomb.
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:thumbsup MT.
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I think Casey stays untils somebody else comes along. Forget about Mickey Mouse being President, sorry Brenda Schwab ;)
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I think Casey stays untils somebody else comes along. Forget about Mickey Mouse being President, sorry Brenda Schwab ;)
Agree with that Jackstar. If the alternative is Schwab, forget it.
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I think congratulations to all parties at this time in keeping their mouths shut while Miller and Co were getting Wallace.
I don't know if it will save Casey - i'm borderline at the moment - but it certainly hasn't hurt his chances.
The money issue is what shiits me and i'm interested in hearing explanations about where we went wrong, who went wrong.
But the appointment of Wallace is going to improve the club's financials through membership etc. and when we start winning games as from next year lol, should transpose to a better financial position.
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I guess Casey is the only option at the moment if it's Schwab v him. But i'm hoping there'll be others on the current board who might decide to run.
Does anyone know Marsh and Rob Turner - heard good things about them.
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CASEY MUST GO HE HAS COST RICHMOND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS GET RID OF HIM :banghead :cheers
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This appointment should have no bearing on Caseys future whatsoever , not that i am naive enough to believe it
won't..
I am happy enough to have wallace but the fact that Casey agreed to a five year deal is a further question
mark against his name..
God i hope there are some clauses in this contract for a time when things may go wrong..
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I don't think that it will save him.
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Wallace signing on will be spun by the club as a massive vote of confidence in Casey and Miller. And few will be able to argue against this.
Schwab left his run too late, and when he finally got off his ass, what he had to show was lame.
The only thing that will get rid of Casey is Daphne or Macek leading the push, instead of playing kingmakers.
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Why Macek 1980?
He's a good talker, a nice bloke - but what else?
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I know Rob Turner fairly well Froars
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And?
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Yeah, your right, he,s a good bloke. His wife Jan is lovely as well
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Casey earns kudos as Terry's time out ends
Patrick Smith
The Australian
August 11, 2004
TERRY WALLACE has done the media round these past nine days. His best work was on the David Letterman Show. He was as relaxed with Jay Leno as he was with Parkinson. And the chemistry between Andrew Denton and Wallace was excellent on Enough Rope.
And his interview with the Prime Minister John Howard on Wallace's new show Timeout With Terry put Kerry O'Brien to shame. A canny mix of humour and gravitas.
It has been a gruelling schedule but he was able to keep his best to last when he fronted the media in his new role as Richmond coach last night. Smooth and measured.
There is no doubt Richmond president Clinton Casey and his right-hand man Greg Miller got the best coach available for their club.
This has been a masterful month for Casey. He has been able to expertly diffuse a challenge by dissidents led by former board member Brendan Schwab.
His compromise with Schwab was brilliant negotiation. The annual election was brought forward one month from January to December, Schwab supporter Bryan Wood was added to the sub-committee selecting the new club coach and Mike Humphris was given access to the books.
Casey's handling of this challenge was critical in securing Wallace's signature. The would-be coach was after stability. The fact that Casey had convinced Schwab not to push on for an extraordinary general meeting -- invariably ugly, explosive and destabilising -- meant that if there was to be a transfer of power at board level, it would be controlled and civil.
It would be after the draft and trade periods, yet it would be all done by Christmas. Wallace could live with that.
It was when Wood met Miller to discuss the coaching position on July 30 that Wood would have realised that Schwab's push for power was doomed.
Miller outlined to Wood the criteria the sub-committee had been working to -- a proven senior coach with the ability to sell the club. Wallace had been identified as that man and had been offered the job for five years.
When news broke in The Australian on August 2 that Wallace would coach the Tigers his media employer, The Herald Sun, was livid that it had been scooped and Hawthorn moved to make one last desperate bid to win Wallace over.
It was a nonsensical week. However, at a meeting with the Hawthorn board on August 5 the club could again not convince Wallace that the Scott situation could be stabilised. Scott, a horseman, was still building his posse.
In a very short time Casey has rebuilt Richmond, a club that was failing on the field and losing millions off it.
He has delivered the best coach available. He has employed the highly regarded Steve Wright to be the club's chief executive. He starts next week.
Casey has been able to retain generous sponsorships in a difficult climate. He has had the club's business plan rewritten. The AFL has seen the new financial document and endorsed it. And Casey has shown that the Tigers can go head-to-head with the Hawthorn board and beat it hopelessly.
Casey's work is hardly done, though. He must find new revenues, cut costs and continue to improve the brand. He now appears to have the right executive to do it.
Wallace must work just as diligently, enthusiastically and with flair. His record shows that is precisely his modus operandi. Wallace took the Bulldogs to two preliminary finals and lifted the profile of the club as if by crane.
What was grim and gloomy at Punt Road six weeks ago is now exciting. Fresh and vibrant. The Tigers of old.
Timeout With Terry promises to be the next big thing.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10407011%255E12270,00.html
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And Casey has shown that the Tigers can go head-to-head with the Hawthorn board and beat it hopelessly.
Here here!
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It would be silly to get rid of Casey now. Ironically, it is some of Casey's bad decisions e.g. Ian Campbell (bad advice?) and keeping Danny for this season (Miller's input?) that have led to the dawning of the Casey/Wright/Miller/Wallace era, and given him a strong mandate to continue..... also in the fragile financial state (created by Casey and co.) it would seem that some stability is in order. Funny how a man can do so much wrong, get one or two things right and be in a stronger position than ever to be re-elected.
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If it is a choice between Casey & Schwab then it is a no choice -
Casey for me.
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With a new CEO, Coach, and coaching support staff, as well as a new recruiting officier, what else can we expect casey to do.
Miller has the playing list under scrutiny with a youth policy at least 13 to go!
He has righted the wrongs its all up from here!
We need a united Tigerland!
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Hi Froars
Re Rob Turner - unfortunately Casey doesn't appear to rate him. He asked Turner to resign but he refused, saying that he was elected by the members, not Casey. That was around May.
ps - 1962 was my best year ;)
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Hi Ronnie :-*
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Re Rob Turner - unfortunately Casey doesn't appear to rate him. He asked Turner to resign but he refused, saying that he was elected by the members, not Casey. That was around May.
I'm suspicious if Casey doesn't rate him - could he have some substance that Casey doesn't like. Others seem to like him.
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This reminds me of when big Jack Pigsarse appoionted Pagan on drugmoney to save his position at Carlton.
With Mike Humphris-Bear having access to the books,things should be a little clearer by December on where the Dollars have gone. :help
I dont support either Casey nor Schwab.