Hopefully he makes a positive impact, personally I cant see how 1 assistant coach is going to change much at Richmond.
One probably can't but collectively they can make or break. There are so many intangibles that can only be judged in hindsight - the best you can do beforehand is run all the risk management procedures you have and trust them. At least we are continually evolving as a football department - there has been a change of personnel in most TW years and that's a good thing. One benefit of our young list is that very few of them have played with Campbell - I rate the 'mate' factor as crucial in a coaching environment ie. I think it is counter-productive. I have no idea (and not much of an opinion) of whether he will make a difference but I do trust the people in change to make these decisions for the right reasons with the right information. I can't begin to understand or tolerate those (and you aren't one Ramps) with an immediate negative attitude to every single act that the club does - if we lose faith in the club then we lose the club itself.
My concerns with the club at the moment dont have anything to do with coaching appointments, rather Im concerned by other questions.
Are we still a big club?
How does our performance in trading and drafting match up with developing clubs like Carlton (who I consider to be a big club)?
Are we capable of matching Carlton and Hawthorn?
There are some things that are nagging at me at the moment in terms of how I perceive our club, and Im a bit concerned that we have trailed off a little bit. Even in the bad old days of the 90s till early 2000s when we were crap, we were still a big club, we would still be chasing big names.
Theres something thats not quite right at the moment, Richmond needs a bit of excitement, something to get the masses clammering to get to games.
Anyway back to the topic, Campbell has developed a good reputation as an assistant at the dogs, hopefully he can assist us.
