How many coaches have to be sacked before people realise that Richmond FAIL every year because of belief and massive amounts of it, not simply because of the coach.
A club as a whole needs to get past their own past.
One example was geelong, couldn't win and didn't or believe how to, they overcame their past to forge a new belief.
Essendon has belief that they can win a game and run and run and run in the last 5 mins if they believe they are close enough to win. They run until they cannot run anymore, with great results by getting over the line to JUST win. But they don't have a belief of winning any more than that.
St kilda has the belief that they cannot win enough to get the big one as their history keeps reminding them.
On the other hand belief can be manufactured over time such as Freo and the power.
Richmond just need to stuff off the past and create a new solid history.
Many players discarded from Richmond because they were crap are turning into or have become good players. I use to hate nahas and he is now becoming a much more solid and creative player, why? not because he has a better coach but he has at his disposal belief of winning and that history makes that happen.
Richmond will be crap until at least this one point is rectified (and other crap as well)
But in my true fashion, head in the dirt or what ever you want, I stll believe week in week out that we can win, which is why I never do well at tipping comps
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