Hardwick's post-match media conference / Dimma devastated, no answers for loss

[the claw]

its been a simple case of in  making finals  making them think the players and the list  are better than they are. ffs it was so obvious we were just one of about 12 teams who would be fighting for a a place in the bottom half of the 8 and that was if they played out of their skins again,  and all went well.
we are a middling team how many times does it have to be said we needed to continue to build and we didnt. making finals papered over the cracks and one or two of us tried to tell people this all off season.
recruiting in the nd remains a huge problem  as does list managment and there are too many underperforming mature types being drafted.
does one feel justified for sticking to his guns. nope just gutted knowing what has transpired has set us back 3 yrs or more.


our trouble is we get 3 or 4 things right as far as list goes and then undo it all by getting 4 things wrong.

from  4k kilometres away i see things in black and white and dont get caught up in the emotion of it all.
 basic and reliable criteria and processes  is all one needs when assesing players. its the  emotional pull and getting to close to the players that causes the problems. there can be  no favorite players, you either tick the boxes or enough of them or you dont get a look in or are gone.
ireckon we had some decent criteria in place when hardwick first came but it has become very obvious in key areas those criteria have gone out the window.its also obvious recruiting over the last yr in particular is way off kilter.

address recruiting address list management that is get better at both and ensure the environment is right to develop kids and we wont be having this discussion.

at the end of the day people think we had developed into a bloody good side and the truth was we have never ever become anything more than a middling team.
its a worry that those in charge have not it seems ever grasped this.

[tdy]

Your spot on claw. I just hope this draft we take 4 kids.  Id like us to trade out players for picks too so our 4 picks are below 40 if possible.

[TigerMonk]

l can tell ya Dimma.

1 kick out of the backline to a contest at the 60 metre mark helps. Try it instead of playing keeping off. l seen it done once today at the 4th quarter with 30 seconds left in the game. stuffing Disgraceful. what are you teaching down there.

players who get the ball & blast it forward without looking into the open arms of a opponent. ELLIS>EDWARDS>& whoever else is on the replay OUT. Very UN-professional. l dont spend thousands of dollars each year to watch poo like that.

Teach the forwards how to be forwards. 3 huge forwards & the only lad l seen fly off the ground today was LENNON who kicked a goal with his 1st pressured kick & slotted it.
ALL I SEEN ALL DAY WAS HIGH FLYING DEFENDERS OUT MARKING 3 BIG FORWARDS ENOUGH TO MAKE ME SPEW

they over use the ball & when l say over use. They try to chain together handballs & are not moving 

if you can't coach kids the STEP DOWN & let a man do your job cause l'm over watching your poo. l aint going to live another 20 years waiting 

[Lozza]

Think this week is bad, wait till we get beaten next week by GWS! Can't honestly see us getting close to them, we are a dead duck, demoralized beyond repair and mentally frail, we have gone backwards 5 years in half a season. Really don't think we can recover from this, end of season cannot come quick enough for the players, coaches and the long suffering supporters.

[Tigershark]

What's changed?

We lost Leppitsch and Campbell and gained Bailey and McQualter. Most other teams have highly regarded assistant coaches, we have Daly and Mark Williams.

Also, what has happened to Chocco? Has he been muzzled? We'd see him all the time last year on the boundary line now it's like he has disappeared off the face of the earth. Did Hardwick not like him getting all the attention?

hardwick scared he would take his job..........

[TigerMonk]

What's changed?

We lost Leppitsch and Campbell and gained Bailey and McQualter. Most other teams have highly regarded assistant coaches, we have Daly and Mark Williams.

Also, what has happened to Chocco? Has he been muzzled? We'd see him all the time last year on the boundary line now it's like he has disappeared off the face of the earth. Did Hardwick not like him getting all the attention?

hardwick scared he would take his job..........

As l made a statement some years ago. We are the TAFE for other clubs.

[TigerLand]

Oh look, Gold Coast, Footscray, Collingwood, Hawthorn, Geelong, Melbourne are a bloody good side.

Very good this lol.

[Mr Magic]

When you are out of answers it's time to walk away.

Been a fan of Dimma to get us to this point but he's not the man now.

Mark Harvey him Richmond. Ruthless.

[TigerLand]

The worst thing about all of this is the fact that he is contracted for another 2 seasons after this. Unless there is a miracle turn around, its a lose - lose situation. 

[Jackstar is back!!!]

Someone needs to ask Dimma " how do you think your coaching " ?

[1965]

Someone needs to ask Dimma " how do you think your coaching " ?

And he would rightly say WTF sort of sentence is that.

7:44am and you are still half drunk?

 

[Francois Jackson]

The worst thing about all of this is the fact that he is contracted for another 2 seasons after this. Unless there is a miracle turn around, its a lose - lose situation.

Mate spud is gone

Whether it happens this year or next it's a matter of time.

Posted this a month ago re: 2015

It will play out like this

Lose to the Blues and our season over a month in. Then the questions about Dusty and Cotchin will take over, bringing the club to its knees.

I give him until round 10, 2015

Possibly the worst decision the club has made, even more stupid than the Monkeyball experiment, was to give spud a 2 yr extension, a coach that no one else wanted

[Tigershark]

What odds can we get onus for the Spoon......

[Hellenic Tiger]

What odds can we get onus for the Spoon......

We won't win that but we can take a mortgage on 17th.

[Francois Jackson]

What odds can we get onus for the Spoon......

We won't win that but we can take a mortgage on 17th.

you are wrong mate, thought you were smarter than that.

This is the RFC club so you can expect this. Some meaningless wins at the tale end when the steam is out of the season resulting in a finish of between 9-12 or thereabouts. More bull poo during the off season about those wins being the catalyst for 2015 preparing us for more skata talk from the club.