RFC's next five-year plan --- The Five Pillars

[YellowandBlackBlood]

I think we all know that it's all about premierships claw.
 However,  you must follow a process that you think will get you there.  The 5 pillars are the background to that process.
You know as well as anyone that to win one you need a lot of things going right. The right recruiting,  the right development,  the right gameplan, adequate depth and quite a bit of luck. Just listen to our much maligned coach. He has said several times that there is only one satisfied coach and team at the end of a season - the one that wins the flag. So ultimately they do realise that a premiership is the only real bottom line.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

The 5th pillar is high school stuff

[🏅Dooks]

I have some genuine questions. What actions will be implemented to achieve these pillars? Are there any specific quantifiable goals which sit underneath or alongside the pillars?

Not mucking around - they might actually exist but i cant find any info on this.

[blaisee]

Bump, for those asking what the RFC Board's 'current' 5-year plan (2015-2019) is that followed the 3-0-75 plan (2010-2014).

O’Neal explained the five pillars upon which Richmond will focus its attention:

1. Working on the Club’s culture.
2. Gaining greater understanding of its supporter base.
3. Increasing revenue.
4. Investing in its facility.
5. Ultimately, achieving on-field success.


VIDEO: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2014-12-11/2014-agm-oneals-speech

* The Richmond Football Club will be bold. We will innovate and lead. We will embrace all challenges, both on and off the field. That is the essence of our vision for the future.  It is what success looks like to us and, as we know, we will need to work harder than we have ever worked before to deliver on that vision.

* I have said several times that the next five years will require as much, if not more, of us than the past five years.

* We intend to do all within our power to deliver you a strong and bold premiership club.

Full article: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2014-12-11/tigers-future-focus

A few months ago at an all hands meeting the senior management team took every staff member and players through the 5 year plan, pillar by pillar. Each GM responsible for each pillar took all 150 of us through it point by point, so everyone knew where they fit into the plan. Very inclusive and I think everyone walked away feeling they knew a bit more about the direction of the club.

so what are the specific measurable targets , and when are we going to be stepped through them.

Or is it just on a need to know basis?  Are we not important enough to be told?

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Specific target: Winning a premiership.

Is there any other thing that's important?

[🏅Dooks]

That's one outcome,  but what actions will be undertaken under the 5 pillars to achieve this?  Or did they just get primary school kids to write it up?

[WA Tiger]

Specific target: Winning a premiership.

Is there any other thing that's important?

Yes there is..... Sustainability!!

[Smokey]

Funny that many are jumping on the bandwagon to bag Joe Russo for not providing the 'detail' in his election pledges but haven't questioned the "5 pillars".  It's exactly the same generic fluff.

[🏅Dooks]

Who is jumping on Joe? This is the five year plan thread

[Stalin]

Stalin laughs at your stupid plans

I'd do it in three

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Funny that many are jumping on the bandwagon to bag Joe Russo for not providing the 'detail' in his election pledges but haven't questioned the "5 pillars".  It's exactly the same generic fluff.

That has been my exact point - you could argue that the "vision" is so lacking in purpose and clarity it is almost what he would ask of the board and out executive as opposed to what he would recommend to change.
To the point Y&BB made - there are 17 other clubs with the same goal as ours, what are we step changing as a club to get us a flag which is different to the others?
WAT made a comment about sustainability - what is the club doing today to future proof revenue for when our on field success leads to a loss of football related income (ie membership revenue, tv rights and attendance revenue). We won't always be 8th 

[yandb]

Five pillars sounds like China's five years plan's and their great leap forward.

[Stalin]

This notion offends me

[the claw]

I think we all know that it's all about premierships claw.
 However,  you must follow a process that you think will get you there.  The 5 pillars are the background to that process.
You know as well as anyone that to win one you need a lot of things going right. The right recruiting,  the right development,  the right gameplan, adequate depth and quite a bit of luck. Just listen to our much maligned coach. He has said several times that there is only one satisfied coach and team at the end of a season - the one that wins the flag. So ultimately they do realise that a premiership is the only real bottom line.

You cant make change if you dont even acknowledge the problems to begin with. They can talk about as many pillars as they like but the bottom line  remains the same

We enter year 7 and on field we have nothing to show for our efforts over the previous 6 years.
It is only my opinion and i have voiced it before  i think we have stagnated since the end of 2012. We fail to make key strides in improvement because we continue to fail to acknowledge problems in key areas.
People can argue all they like but it has taken 6 years to become a middling side,  there are things that must be improved upon yet there is never a word about them from the powers that be.. Instead those responsible are regularly applauded and given new contracts.

At the end of 2014 the goal was top 4 and winning at least one final. The two inglorious final hidings were nothing but abberations or so we were told, At the end of 2015 the goal remains the same after yet another horrible abberation it seems. I have seen no accountability for this and no one taken to task.
Yet the 2015  failure to meet goals will be rewarded again  with extended contracts for those responsible.
At the very least those responsible should be made to wait and prove they can do the job. Meet the goals and you get a contract extension.It has become all cosy at richmond for far too many.

It is time for some new blood not just at board level either  it is time to take the gloves off and actually make some tough calls.

[Stalin]

The
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