“I understand the potential for that message to be misconstrued . . . But the message is the right message. The observation is the right observation . . . We got to three finals series with the same group, largely, and we’ve been found wanting each time. We were confident we had some elite, young players, and we had to get them into the team . . . We had to get Corey Ellis and Connor Menadue more game time. We wanted to have a look at (Daniel) Rioli . . . we think he’s going to be a good player. We wanted to have a look at (Jason) Castagna early . . . We (also) had to see if (Shaun) Hampson could offer us something. For us to continue to evolve and get better, we’ve got to give our younger players an opportunity . . . We’ve played a lot of young guys together at the same time – a lot in the back half, too – and that’s why we’ve looked incoherent at times. But Damien’s comment was absolutely correct.”
To start with, only an idiot would say that, especially at a presser. Ever heard about positive, psychological enforcement? Seriously Benny, we know why he said it.It was because he was feeling the pressure of failure and on this particular day, he found hiself in a corner.I digress.
What have C Ellis and Menadue done, for you to call elite expectations so early in their career? lol.
Castagna early? wtf?
You're still asking if Hampson has anything to offer?
Your points are all so contradictory to one another.
You're spinning it, my friend but keep going....it's wonderful
Hardwick’s best-list comments
“I think he’s talking about the best list he’s had to work with in his time (coaching Richmond) . . . That doesn’t mean he has a premiership list right now in the making. That means, in terms of the composition of the list –age profile, talent and positional – it’s as well positioned and balanced as he’s had in his time. We’ve two players 30 (years of age) – (Ivan) Maric and (Troy) Chaplin. Our elite players are about to enter their prime, we’ve got a bunch of young guys we’ve seen over the course of this season and, hopefully, we’ll see a few more in the next few weeks as well. I think some of those guys are of elite talent. Are they physically and mentally ready to play football consistently at the level? Probably not. But we’ve got to get them into the team.”
You think he's talking about that, do you.
Get back to us when you find out.
Reviewing performance
“Performance is a very complex thing, and there are a lot of inter-relating factors . . . The opportunity now is to really get under the hood to try and understand why we’ve performed short of expectations . . . People just shouldn’t assume we’re sitting on our hands doing nothing, treading water. Football clubs are very sophisticated these days. They review every aspect of their performance every day. We’re going through a fairly intensive phase of that at the moment and trying to understand, firstly, what are the real drivers of performance, and to what extent are they contributing – good, bad or indifferently – to our performance itself . . .”Again, you draw a long bow.To think people's image of you is one of sitting around doing nothing, then you're being far to kind to both yourselves and the protagonist.
We just think you're idiots. You just labelled our club as sophisticated
yet you can't implement a winning, consistent structure, without alluding to violence against women or some other such political drivel to justify your own pay checks off the back of constant failure.
Winning is what drives us
“We worked hard to build a really solid platform for the Club, but those things are a given now . . . Right now, I can assure you, we really care about winning. Everyone is invested in winning, and we have a vision to win a premiership for our footy club. At the moment, the fact it’s not going to happen this year is a real disappointment for all of us.”Tom Hafey says hi.
L O S E R !
Boosting the playing talent stocks
“There are people much more capable and experienced than me in these areas (recruiting and list management) that are working their backsides off to take advantage of what opportunities arise to improve our list.”Mate, there are people much more experienced than you in YOUR AREA.
NFI !
