Football* Coaching staff (Frawley, Brittain, Crocker, Spargo) contracts will not be renewed after round 22 this year.
* Sit down with Miller to view the process he's currently developing by which a new coach will be determined. Make a play to bring either Pagan or Sheedy to Tigerland. We should always be aiming to attract the best people. Whoever is our next coach must be strong on youth development, have good people management and communication skills, be media savvy and of course have a strong knowledge of modern football drills, set-ups, plays and tactics. The new coach must also entrench into the playing group a positive style of play based on skill, teamwork and a strong work ethic that goes all out to win games not save or nullify them. Attractive exciting footy attracts fans not the boring negative stuff we have now.
* Greg Beck to depart after 10 years as recruiting manager. Keep Miller in the recruiting role he has now but as a Club place much more focus into our recruiting efforts. Bring Weaver's knowledge of potential draftees from BF as a spotter to offer his opinions to Miller. We have Tiger people who have demonstrated they know what they are talking about in terms of spotting good potential draftees. Use them.
* As we need to rebuild our list, install a long term plan for recruiting based on going for youth:
- Play the kids we currently have who are physically up to playing AFL on the ground. Not stuck on the bench for 3/4 of a game. Give them 4 week minimums to give them the confidence to go out and demonstrate their wares and learn. Rotate them back to Coburg to give their bodies a "rest".
- Trade away non performing senior players (on $$$) who's skills are questionable yet who would attract interest elsewhere:
Gas and Chaffey spring to mind. Aim to go after decent drafts picks.
- While we have this mostly inexperienced line-up this and next year will be mostly write-offs. Use bottom or near-bottom finishes with 5 or less wins to draft quality kids - 2 priority picks, 2 first rounders, 2 high (top 20) second rounders, 2 F/S (Travis Cloke?, McGhie?, Monteath), 2 out-of-contract senior (but still relatively young) players in PSD. That's 10 new quality players in the space of a 15 months to add to the likes of Cogs, Krakouer, Brown, Johnson, Otto, etc. Promote this to members as short term pain (go watch games to see the next true generation of Richmond stars) for long-term gain (challenging for a flag within 4-5 years). I'm positive Richmond members will sign up to watch quality kids develop and give the club hope for the near future rather than now see the same dodos continually fail year after year after year. Use 2006 as the start of the road back to the top.
- Generational change in regards to on-field leadership. The main leadership roles to be decided out of the likes of Brown, Cogs, Otto, Johnson.
If not the fooball rep on the board
then
Merchandise* As a momento of 5 years as coach comes the Danny Doll. Pull a cord at the back and he speaks in random fashion - "Yeah nah", "I would have thought", "we'll be cherry ripe", "stepping up to the plate", "triffic", "stick fat", "we're not far away but we still have a long way to go".
