Sack Hardwick [merged]

[Chuck17]

Well said WAT

[WilliamPowell]

It wasn't Hardwick's fault they got that last goal.  Have a look at the yawning chasm of space our players left goalside of the boundary throw-in - the vision from behind the goals was damning and that is all down to the players lack of concentration and effort.

 

Correct

I was at the other end of the ground and even I could see it 

[Rampstar]

Hardwick is a dead man walking.

HE HAS LEARNT NOTHING!

 

Why are you going to sack him?

You can't and he won't be so I agree with Tucker your a funny bloke

People disappointed but not dimmas fault we lost last night. I didnt post here last night, I thought Id just think about it a little bit before posting. So because I dont want to stuff up thread after thread here  goes:

Fremantle is a better than us.
Fremantle were missing Pavlich and Sandilands its like us missing say Jack R and Maric
We didnt lose the game because we didnt defend properly.
The whole game came down to this IMHO, when we hit the front the ball went back to the centre. We needed to 1) get the centre clearance and get the ball into our forward line where we could have choked it up the ball or 2) get a clean possession ie. a mark from which we could then soak up time on the clock.
From memory Freo got the clearance and they spent the next period in our forward line from which Ballantyne scored. So thats it in a nutshell. I believe that our midfield isnt as good as everyone reckons. They often dont win clutch clearances.

On the brightside I think Vlastuin will be an A grader.

Disappointed but we live to fight another day - with DAMIEN HARDWICK running the place.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Like it not Ramps we are missing Morris, Foley, Chappy, King, we played them there which puts them at a 5 goal advantage. Reality is we have more upside than them - Freo are overrated so its an opportunity missed.

[rogerd3]

just like the tiger of old, its time to sack the coach

fairdinkum we are a predictable bunch.

[TigerLand]

It wasn't Hardwick's fault they got that last goal.  Have a look at the yawning chasm of space our players left goalside of the boundary throw-in - the vision from behind the goals was damning and that is all down to the players lack of concentration and effort.

 

Correct

I was at the other end of the ground and even I could see it 

Yep you can't blame Hardwick for this.. On field leadership and accountability unfortunately isn't experienced as where it is required to be to win these sort of games consistently. This is why Geelong win 4 out of 5 of these games. Need simple footy smarts and awareness to protect the defensive side of a stoppage in D50 especially when there is under 90 seconds left on the clock.

[bojangles17]

Popey, dare i say it but you are bang on, when it comes to crunch time and seconds remaining it is the damned on field leaders to shape up and get structures right....ffs

[YellowandBlackBlood]

My sources (good ones) have told me the bench was frantic in trying to get everyone back in the last 2 min. Hardwick did what he could.  The players failed him miserably.

Still we are 3 and 2 and still in it. Very big game against Geelong next Saturday.  We need to move on and focus on upsetting the Cats!

[rogerd3]

My sources (good ones) have told me the bench was frantic in trying to get everyone back in the last 2 min. Hardwick did what he could.  The players failed him miserably.

Still we are 3 and 2 and still in it. Very big game against Geelong next Saturday.  We need to move on and focus on upsetting the Cats!

interesting to watch Stiffy in deep conversation with Cotch
after the game looked quite animated.

its about time these players stopped chopping up the coach.

[one-eyed]

My sources (good ones) have told me the bench was frantic in trying to get everyone back in the last 2 min. Hardwick did what he could.  The players failed him miserably.

Richo on 3aw just before confirmed this YABB. Our bench was yelling out and trying to get the message out to some of our forwards to push back but no one budged. So the blame lies with our selfish dumb forwards who all failed to do the team thing with no one instantly putting their hand up once Whitey kicked that goal and run back into our back half.

[Yeahright]

It wasn't Hardwick's fault they got that last goal.  Have a look at the yawning chasm of space our players left goalside of the boundary throw-in - the vision from behind the goals was damning and that is all down to the players lack of concentration and effort.

 

Correct

I was at the other end of the ground and even I could see it 

You should've passed on the message

[Rampstar]

only needed to keep 3 forwards in attack at that stage the others should have been on their way to defence when we lost the centre bounce clearance.

[gerkin greg]

jack was pointing to where they needed to be but like the boy who pointed at the wolf no-one GAF

[camboon]

If that's the case, then its apologies to the Richmond coaching staff

[rogerd3]

My sources (good ones) have told me the bench was frantic in trying to get everyone back in the last 2 min. Hardwick did what he could.  The players failed him miserably.

Richo on 3aw just before confirmed this YABB. Our bench was yelling out and trying to get the message out to some of our forwards to push back but no one budged. So the blame lies with our selfish dumb forwards who all failed to do the team thing with no one instantly putting their hand up once Whitey kicked that goal and run back into our back half.

didn't we have issues with the GC game last year also, in that our bench was frantic
trying to get the message out there.
perhaps I suggest 2 cans and a piece of string might solve the problem.

seriously its about time these so called footballers are killing these coaches.