Miller quits Richmond board
Michael Gleeson | Age | June 13, 2008
RICHMOND director Greg Miller has quit the Tigers board after four years, but will stay on at the club as the head of the struggling team's football department.
He will be replaced on the board next week by former captain Tony Free, who will head up the club's football sub-committee.
Free, 38, a former captain and best and fairest winner, will formally join the board at next week's meeting.
Former North Melbourne chief executive Miller, who is still a North shareholder, had been under pressure over the conflicts between his board position and role as football manager, while also retaining his shares in a rival club.
The ultimate decision to quit was Miller's.
It comes after his job was altered last year with the football duties narrowed to remove recruiting from his broad job description.
Craig Cameron was brought into the club from Melbourne in the pre-season to take over recruiting.
"Greg felt he had served his purpose on the board, which was to put in a structure for the football department and oversee the restructure of the club.
"He felt that having done that it was time for him to go," Richmond president Gary March said.
Miller was the man entrusted with overseeing the rebuilding of the team and overseeing all aspects of the football department.
The five-year appointment of Terry Wallace was a further step towards seeking to introduce a long-term fix for the ailing team.
Off the field the club is in good health, having recorded consecutive million-dollar profits in the past two years and appears likely to do the same again this year.
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