Richmond coach Damien Hardwick is ‘extremely lucky’ not to have been sackedGILBERT GARDINER
Foxsports
September 1, 2016RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick is “extremely lucky” not to have been sacked, according to former Essendon champion Tim Watson.
The Tigers have already dumped five assistant coaches as part of a major review of operations at Punt Rd, but Watson believes the cuts should be deeper.
“If you use the analogy the coach is the CEO of the business, where else would it happen that the CEO stays in his position for a failed company and the five people who report to him down the line are the people that are given the lemonade and sars,” Watson said.
“Damien Hardwick is extremely lucky — is extremely lucky — to still be holding his position after what’s taken place at Richmond.”
Hardwick is contracted until the end of 2018.
The Tigers look set to lose three first-round drafts picks in Reece Conca, Ben Lennon and Tyrone Vickery seeking opportunities at rival clubs.
The Herald Sun today revealed Hawthorn has offered Vickery a long-term deal with a promise of making him a better player.
Watson said recruitment was a major problem area at Tigerland.
“They should be looking at the people that have been the decision makers and why those decisions have been made,” Watson told SEN.
“Have (the decisions) been made because the recruiter hasn’t, whose views haven’t been followed, or they’ve been made as an autonomous group of recruiters and that’s one of the things that they need to fix at Richmond.”
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