Tigers start talks with prospective assistantsNathan Schmook
September 6, 2016 5:51 PM
RICHMOND has started interviewing assistant coaches as it continues to work through its yet-to-be released football department review.
It is believed at least one of the coaches being targeted to fill one of three existing vacancies is from a top-eight club about to embark on a finals campaign.
The Tigers insist their football review is ongoing and have said the decisions reached with consultants Ernst and Young will only be released at its conclusion.
CEO Brendon Gale was reluctant to put any timeframe on when the review would conclude or speak about the club's coaching vacancies on Monday.
It is understood some senior members of the club's coaching group were not interviewed as part of the football department review.
Of the club's remaining coaches, Brendon Lade has been offered a one-year contract, while it is believed Mark P Williams has been offered a less prominent position as a forward scout.
Williams was one of three football department staff who joined senior coach Damien Hardwick on an off-season education trip to the US last October.
While clubs are encouraged not to interview senior coaching candidates who are involved in September, the AFL Coaches Association said there was no issue interviewing uncontracted assistants engaged in finals.
"It is their right and obligation to start interviewing for assistant coaches … they've got to do what's best for their club, which is find the right candidate," AFLCA CEO Mark Brayshaw told AFL.com.au.
"So long as they're interviewing candidates who have been notified by their club on or before August 1 that their club either won't be re-contracting them or can't commit to re-contracting them."
From:
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-09-06/tigers-start-talks-with-prospective-assistants