Richmond coach Damien Hardwick all praise for skipper Trent Cotchin despite Tige

[WilliamPowell]

Richmond coach Damien Hardwick all praise for skipper Trent Cotchin despite Tigers’ tough season
by: Staff writer
From: News Corp Australia
June 18, 2014 9:49AM

RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick says Trent Cotchin is growing into his leadership role, saying the Tigers skipper has been “nothing short of sensational” in recent weeks despite the club’s on-field woes.

Richmond is 3-9 heading into Round 14 with finals now out of the picture after a horror season.

Many have pointed the finger at the Tigers’ leaders inability to stand up this season, but Hardwick says Cotchin has lacked support at times and is now starting to shine.

Asked if his club was getting enough from its leaders on match day, Hardwick said the majority of his experienced players — such as Ivan Maric, Brett Deledio, Alex Rance and Daniel Jackson — had missed significant chunks of the year and it was unfair to point the finger at the club’s leaders.

“We’re asking a lot of Trent to lead the footy club at the age of 24 and funnily enough I think he’s had his best five weeks as captain over the last five weeks when we’ve needed him most,” Hardwick told SEN.

“He’s been nothing short of sensational leading from the front, playing some good footy but more importantly being more demanding of the guys below him which is an incredible feat for a guy that’s starting to play some really good footy.

“Look he’s always been a very good captain, but I think when we’ve needed him most — in our time of need — he’s been nothing short of sensational.”

Hardwick said Cotchin’s leadership style was similar to Blues captain Marc Murphy.

“Both Cotch and Murph are very good at leading by example with the way they play,” Hardwick said.

“Trent’s had to work a lot on that area and that’s one thing he’s done — he speaks to a lot of people, he’s constantly getting feedback on how to get better and we’re starting to see the benefits of that.

“There is a little bit of a lag effect ... he’s only going to get better as he goes on.”

Despite the Tigers’ miserable season, Hardwick said any talk of disharmony at Punt Road was off the mark.

“I get really upset by that because I don’t think I’ve ever felt as united as a footy club as what we have now,” Hardwick said.

“We’ve got outstanding leadership through Peggy (club president Peggy O’Neal), Brendan (CEO Brendan Gale), all the way down ... I feel really strongly that we’re in a really good spot going forward.

“We’ve just got to make sure we continue to demand better of ourselves.”

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[Dice]

Heard that interview this morning. Turned it off when I heard him trot out one of his favorites .... " look , we know where we're at as a club "
 Got some news for ya Dimma. We . the supporters , know where we're at too. On the effing bottom of the ladder.

[Tigers of Old]

Cotch looks like he needs a pump up right now.

[tony_montana]

Heard that interview this morning. Turned it off when I heard him trot out one of his favorites .... " look , we know where we're at as a club " Got some news for ya Dimma. We . the supporters , know where we're at too. On the effing bottom of the ladder.

so you missed the next part of his favourite line which continues "..but more importantly we know where we want to get to"

[Dice]

Heard that interview this morning. Turned it off when I heard him trot out one of his favorites .... " look , we know where we're at as a club " Got some news for ya Dimma. We . the supporters , know where we're at too. On the effing bottom of the ladder.

so you missed the next part of his favourite line which continues "..but more importantly we know where we want to get to"

lol , yeh Tony , we know where we want to get to...second bottom ! baby steps 

[unplugged]

“We’ve just got to make sure we continue to demand better of ourselves.”

Top 5 to equal last.  We are soo much better now.

Hes continuing to demand too much from the boys, no doubt.

I wonder how Cotchin's teammates cope with him being worshiped by the coach..   Its biblical.

[eliminator]

Rubbish article

[WilliamPowell]

Rubbish article

Can't be a rubbish article when it is what he actually said on the wireless this morning

He also mentioned something blokes needing to earn the right to the wear the jumper 

[yellowandback]

“We’re asking a lot of Trent to lead the footy club at the age of 24 and funnily enough I think he’s had his best five weeks as captain over the last five weeks when we’ve needed him most,” Hardwick told

Stuffing hilarious Dimma.

[tony_montana]

Just heard a grab of our coach's interview this morning on my way home - did I hear correctly when Dimma made mention of our leaders in Maric, Rance and Deledio missing a lot of games?   

[tigs2011]

He also mentioned something blokes needing to earn the right to the wear the jumper 

Only if they are in the VFL. Blokes in the AFL can poo all over the jumper. 

[WilliamPowell]

Dimma said "we're asking a lot" of Cotchin at 24 being captain of the club

Sorry Dimma but you recommended his appointment, wanted him as captain. Didn't you think at the time it was a lot to ask? Or is it only now because we're having a crap season that it's a lot to ask.

Fair dinkum you can't have it both what's.

All comments like this do is make people frustrated because it just souns like more spin

[yellowandback]

Funnily enough, I think he's taking the pee

[lamington]

The 2 front runners for captaincy were Lids and Cotchin right? We can only hypothesise but I wonder how Deledio would've handled the captaincy? For starters, the feeling of being bottom of the ladder is a familiar feeling

[bojangles17]

Rancer should have been captain, u heard it hear first