We cannot forget that for most of his career Richo was the ONLY goal kicker we had.
If he didn’t kick them we didn’t have many other players who were capable and our mids weren’t competent goal kickers either.
For instance, it didn’t really matter if Alastair Lynch didn’t kick the goal because all the pressure didn’t fall on his shoulders as the lions had Akermanis, Lappin, Jonathan Brown, and plenty of mcapable mids that could kick goals and ease the pressure.
Richo did not have this luxury most of his career. If he didn’t kick the goal then there was no one else.
That pressure each time he was lining up was heightened with every one he missed and played a major factor with his psyche.
I’m certain that you’ll find the years we had more goal kickers in the side his goal kicking percentage would have improved significantly.