Hardwick's aftermatch media conference / Plenty of Upside: Dimma

[one-eyed]

Here's the vision of Dimma's aftermatch media conference  ....

http://bigpondvideo.com/RichmondTV/434744/Hardwick%20Press%20Conference/

* Throughout the night we never really played the way we wanted. A loss is a loss but you can accept losing if you have played the way you wanted to play. That's the most disappointing thing from the night - we didn't play the way we wanted to and know we can.

* We made uncharacteristic errors early on. Some players drop in confidence so they don't play at their maximum level. We had a number of dropped marks inside 50 (ed: I'm presumming he meant at both ends) which cost us a number of goals. Dropped marks and fumbles in defence gave them easy goals. Newy agreed and said those soft goals really hurt you.

* Got smashed in terms of contested footy in the last quarter. We had 19 less contested possessions. Disappointing to fall away as we matched them for contested footy for most of the night.

* After the game inside the rooms only 3 guys admitted they played well. Dimma wouldn't name them. One thing we can take away from the game is we only had 3 guys play well but we were only 7 points down at the death. We also have a young backline - Rance only had a breakout year last season, Grimes has played just 9-15 games, Post has played just 15. It's still a young inexperienced backline. We need to just perservere with they guys.So there's plenty of upside.

* Yarran's goal? Newy said there was still plenty of time on the clock.

* On the newbies:
I.Maric - serviceable
Ellis - showed some signs he will become a good player for us. Probably didn't demand the footy in his hands often enough when we actually want the footy in his hands as he's a good user of it.
Morris - Good work rate and attack on the footy.
A.Maric - Did a couple of good things but fumbled at times which is uncharacteristic of him.
All up they were okay but they can play better.

* Dimma was asked about Gibbs being left alone behind the ball with Newy doing a similar role for us. Would've it been better to man him up? Dimma replied we've tried evening up the numbers and got burnt in the past.

[one-eyed]

Plenty of upside: Hardwick
By Paul Daffey
afl.com.au
11:31 PM Thu 29 Mar, 2012

RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick might have been dejected after the 44-point blowout in tonight's opening round match against Carlton.

The Tigers, after all, had been hyped up to the hilt after an impressive pre-season. A loss to an old foe in the opening round might have knocked the stuffing out of them.

But instead Hardwick took the glass half-full view.

Richmond was the better team at several stages during the match, including a patch in the third quarter when three goals from makeshift full-forwards Dustin Martin and Trent Cotchin fuelled Tigers hopes that they could overhaul the Blues.

The Tigers kicked five goals to three in the third quarter to trail by 12 points at three-quarter time.

They even drew within a goal in the last quarter before Carlton's dominant midfield enabled the Blues to take control and scoot away.

"The great thing about it is we had three solid contributors over the course of the game and yet we got within seven points at the death knock," Hardwick said.

"There's a lot of upside."

The coach said the problem was consistency. While Richmond was good in surges, it was not enough to kill off a team that has been mentioned in premiership conversations.

"We managed to recover our composure at certain stages, but not enough to inflict some damage on Carlton on a consistent basis," Hardwick said.

The statistics tell the tale of the blowout in the last quarter. Carlton had 44 more disposals (107-66) but more tellingly it had 19 more contested possessions (44-25).

Whereas the Blues had been expected to wilt after a stuttering pre-season, they were the ones who grasped the match when the intensity finally levelled off halfway during the last quarter.

"That's a shellacking in the last quarter, which was disappointing," Hardwick said.

"We were ahead for most of the night in that area but to concede 19 in the last quarter was poor.

"In those 50-50 contests, if you don't win them they go the other way and they score."

Hardwick praised the Blues' midfield.

"They just got on top in that area. That’s where the damage was done."

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/131778/default.aspx

[TigerLand]

Out of the 3 guys who I'd think may have said they played well:

Cotchin, Grigg, maybe Foley.

Can't think of anyone else that could have said they played well.

[one-eyed]

Richmond coach Damien Hardwick disappointed with output

    Bruce Matthews
    From: Herald Sun
    March 30, 2012

RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick tried to rescue his game plan at halftime.

Hardwick said his Tigers were not working to the pre-game instructions even though they trailed by only 19 points.

"One would hope we play a hell of a lot better than what we put out there tonight. We were disappointed early doors. We spoke about it at halftime, we were just not playing the way we wanted to play,'' Hardwick said.

"I can handle losing when we play the way we want, but we didn't do that tonight.

"We probably only at various stages played the actual way we wanted to play. At stages we controlled the game reasonably well and the scoreboard reflected the result.

''But the way we finished off, I think they won the last-quarter contested possessions by a differential of 19, so that's a shellacking.

"I think we were ahead for most of the night in that area, but the last quarter to go down by 19 was poor. Those 50-50 contests, if you don't win them, they go the other way and they score.

Hardwick said the Blues were more composed when it counted.

"What they're very good at is they flick it around and just get out of tackles. There were times when we had the ball in our control, a hand got in, the ball fumbled out and they spread so well.

"Their midfielders have been playing together for a hell of a long time, (Chris) Judd, (Marc) Murphy, (Bryce) Gibbs, all these type of players and they just got on top in that area and that's where the damage was done.

"Because we made a couple of early mistakes that we normally wouldn't make down back, all of sudden guys go into their shells and they don't quite hit their kicks and it became a snowball effect.

"We managed to regain our composure at various stages, but not for long enough to inflict damage on Carlton on a consistent basis.

"We had three solid contributors over the course of the game and we got within seven points late in the game. So there's plenty of upside.''

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/richmond-coach-damien-hardwick-disappointed-with-output/story-fnctrk3q-1226314047219

[Smokey]

Out of the 3 guys who I'd think may have said they played well:

Cotchin, Grigg, maybe Foley.

Can't think of anyone else that could have said they played well.

They'd be my 3.

[mightytiges]

I have Rance in my top 3.

A wag might argue that those schoolboy mistakes (fumbles, simple missed open targets by hand or footy and dropped marks) are very charactistic of Richmond against a top side Dimma  . It is a mental pressure thing as Dimma says. Preseason games are slower and less intense so you have more time whereas the real stuff requires quick decision making and good skill execution under pressure. Our usual suspects just continue to crumble under pressure.

[Go Richo 12]

"Throughout the night we never really played the way we wanted. A loss is a loss but you can accept losing if you have played the way you wanted to play. That's the most disappointing thing from the night - we didn't play the way we wanted to and know we can. "
I am a little concrened about how Dimma wants us to play. If our game is modelled on the Hawthorn style then i am afraid Brett Ratten is correct. It is easily countered. They kept possesion even though it meant going wide, a la Collingwood, and when the zone broke smashed through it. The our game plan may be solid, but it is getting old, the opposing coaches know it and what's worse, our players are still not capable of implementing it.
I know it is round one and we should not panic but this has ground hog day written all over it.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Uncharacteristic of us?

Winning % of 32 dimma over 2 years.
Fumbling under pressure and allowing a good side to dominate us when the game is there to be won
V characteristic.

Spudleyesque presser Dimma

[Jackstar is back again]

Dimma.i must of gone to the wrong game last night
We got flogged everytime they rebounded due to the fact they switched everytime and we weren't prepared
Post will never be a backman
As usual.last night was left to 3-4 players
And I dare not mention the kick ins

[julzqld]

Kick-ins were terrible

[tiga]

And I dare not mention the kick ins

I will. watching it on TV, during our kick ins, the cameraman could have fixed his camera pointing towards our defensive 50, go and get a coffee and we'd be none the wiser that he'd taken a break. We got bogged down so much with errors and poor decision making. It was excruciating to watch. Newy's torp in an attempt to break the shackles was laughable. 

[Tigeritis™©®]

Dimma.i must of gone to the wrong game last night
We got flogged everytime they rebounded due to the fact they switched everytime and we weren't prepared
Post will never be a backman
As usual.last night was left to 3-4 players
And I dare not mention the kick ins

I'll mention the kick ins for you.... Embarrassing, frustrating, no idea and way way way too slow.
No movement from any player all night. Carlton didn't waste a second with their kick ins and they were off & running. 
Even when Carlton switched play it was obvious to everyone sitting watchimg but who in yellow & black were willing to run & cover the ground & create a contest? On the flip side when we switched & we didn't do it often, who was running to space to offer an option?
When the season starts we ALL hope to see something wether that's better skill, more poise under pressure, some sort of structure & set plays etc. Last night I saw nothing.
I left the game disappointed and the ONLY positive for me was Our future captain Trent Cotchin. He is a star has class & poise under pressure, he works his ass off and fights for the team and when everything isn't going his way he fights his way back. The so called leaders should learn something from him. 

[Jackstar is back again]

The difference between a 44 point defeat and a 100 point flogging was Cotchin.,Martin and Rance.

[Tigeritis™©®]

And I dare not mention the kick ins

I will. watching it on TV, during our kick ins, the cameraman could have fixed his camera pointing towards our defensive 50, go and get a coffee and we'd be none the wiser that he'd taken a break. We got bogged down so much with errors and poor decision making. It was excruciating to watch. New's torp in an attempt to break the shackles was laughable. 

well said. 

[rogerd3]

last season slow starts hurt us
this season the year of fade outs.

lets hope not.