Marchy (as Wallace kept calling him in the weeks leading up to his sacking) has been on the board since 2002 and was vp in 2005. So he may not be a dill but it was a soft cok effort to allow all the incompetence around him - the losses and the appoinment of Wallace. At worst he is a dill and being a soft cok and a dill makes him a dilldodo!
Or was he the one responsible for removing each and every dill as the opportunity arose?
He wasn't in charge when Wallace was signed for 5 years and Casey rode roughshod over the whole operation until his demise so whatever March or any other board member said up to that point was most
likely going to be ignored. How do you know March didn't speak out in board meetings? Once in power, if he sacked Wallace early then he risked the "Richmond always sack coaches" mob going feral again and he had more important issues to work on first - ensuring the longevity of the club by getting the financial house in order. He did that, then has gradually increased the revenue available to the football department and then removed Wallace and his gang when he was able to with as little negativity or detriment to the club as possible. All I can see is a President who has removed the incompetence around him at the most opportune or only available times. Not taking action when your knee jerk attitude demands doesn't necessarily mean he is soft - there is a lot more to taking action or no action, than meets the eye.
I still say soft cok, allowing a president to ride roughsod over such a critical appointment as a coach is mutiny stuff - especially given our track record.
Good leadership involves making unpopular decisions. Fact. Soft coks wait, scared of reactions.
I do agree that it appears he is getting that solidarity but it has taken too long. He had 4 years on the board with Casey at the helm. We nearly went belly up. Lucky for him we didn't because it would have been a very different legacy to the one he is hopefully building at tigerland. Smokey all I am saying is he had 4 years where he wouldve seen some scary poo. 4 years is a long time to do nothing.