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Is Damien Hardwick the coach of the year?

By SEN
23 Aug 2018


Two-time Adelaide premiership coach Malcolm Blight believes Damien Hardwick should be awarded the coach of the year for 2018.

Hardwick has guided Richmond to the minor premiership this year after breaking a 37-year flag drought for the yellow and black in 2017.

For his efforts, the 46-year-old was awarded the AFLCA Coach of the Year last year and according to Blight, Hardwick has seen his team maintain an even higher level as the hunted, which should result in another individual accolade.

“Damien Hardwick is still top of the pile as far as I’m concerned,” Blight said on SEN Mornings.

“They always get underrated, premiership coaches.

“Adam Simpson has done a marvellous job and Nathan Buckley would be third.

“Simon Goodwin in fourth, Alastair Clarkson has done a marvellous job again with Hawthorn.

“The other one is Brad Scott at North Melbourne.

“The coach of the year is the premiership coach, which I agree with."

Asked if Hardwick has produced an even better job in 2018, even after guiding the Tigers to the flag, Blight said: “I think so, because they’ve performed better.

“They’ve been the target and that’s one of the real reasons why.

“Their injury run hasn’t been too bad, they’ve been lucky there, but you are targeted.

“The biggest scalp you can get the following year is to take the premiers so I reckon every team comes a fraction harder at you because it is a scalp.

“It’s great for your fans, it’s great for your players, it’s great for all the staff inside.

“If you beat the premiers from last year, that is a notch on the belt, so it’s actually even harder to stay there.

“All the other guys have done a great job but my vote would be for Damien Hardwick.”

Richmond will round off their successful home-and-away season when they tackle the Western Bulldogs at MCG on Saturday afternoon.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2018/08/23/is-damien-hardwick-the-coach-of-the-year/

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Re: Is Damien Hardwick the coach of the year? Blight says yes (SEN)
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2018, 04:42:40 PM »
First sensible thing he's said in 2 decades.... :shh
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Re: Is Damien Hardwick the coach of the year? Blight says yes (SEN)
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2018, 07:31:03 PM »
Honestly cant believe clarko has never won this award

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Re: Is Damien Hardwick the coach of the year? Blight says yes (SEN)
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2018, 08:10:52 PM »
really?  Gee that's just perverse...
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Re: Is Damien Hardwick the coach of the year? Blight says yes (SEN)
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2018, 08:40:43 PM »
Just give Clarko Coach of the decade instead. :snidegrin
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Re: Is Damien Hardwick the coach of the year? Blight says yes (SEN)
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2018, 09:38:44 PM »
Maybe Blight remembered how many people said that we were the worst premiership team in the games history. If that’s the case then Hardwick is a genius and we all know that isn’t true.  :snidegrin

He’s really done a great job with his relationship and support to the players (except Miles) and the players really play for him and each other.
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Re: Is Damien Hardwick the coach of the year? Blight says yes (SEN)
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2018, 10:05:56 PM »
Honestly cant believe clarko has never won this award

Or Chris Scott for that matter. Absolute travesty, just ask him.

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Re: Is Damien Hardwick the coach of the year? Blight says yes (SEN)
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2018, 06:53:44 PM »
lol
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Re: Is Damien Hardwick the coach of the year? Blight says yes (SEN)
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2018, 09:35:09 PM »
Until Claw and Harry say it, nothing has changed and we are a middling side going nowhere

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Re: Is Damien Hardwick the coach of the year? Blight says yes (SEN)
« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2018, 09:44:06 PM »
Until Claw and Harry say it, nothing has changed and we are a middling side going nowhere
They only come out when we lose.....
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Re: Is Damien Hardwick the coach of the year? Blight says yes (SEN)
« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2018, 09:46:10 PM »
Until Claw and Harry say it, nothing has changed and we are a middling side going nowhere
They only come out when we lose.....

Oh is that why they haven’t been around lately

That’s pretty gutless since we had to listen to their crap when we were losing

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Re: Is Damien Hardwick the coach of the year? Blight says yes (SEN)
« Reply #11 on: August 25, 2018, 07:01:11 AM »
Until Claw and Harry say it, nothing has changed and we are a middling side going nowhere
They only come out when we lose.....

Oh is that why they haven’t been around lately

That’s pretty gutless since we had to listen to their crap when we were losing

I agree
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