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Gary March:
* CLose to most disappointing performance he has seen
* Spoken to TW yesterday - normal chat. TW & players incredibly disappointed
* Has no theory as to what caused it.
* the only thing that is a concern is that on the "big stage" (and against Carlton) we have not been able to perform when we have expected to perform.
(about TW's coaching future)
* If Eddie thinks Kevin (Sheedy) is such a good coach he should offer him a position at Collingwood.
* This is one game. There are 22 games in the season.
* Will March resign if the club fails this year to make finals? - That's up to the members to decide.
Knocked Damien Barrett over factually incorrect articles. re Sheeds "He[Barrett] is so far off the mark it's not funny"
Tony Shaw admits he has not been a wrap on our list for 3-4 years. Foot skills are no good and have not improved. Do you feel that you are improving even that you won 8 out of last 11 but only 1 against a top 8 side. Shaw thinks 8-9 players on the list are not good enough.
March responds you can't make 9-10 changes a year anymore because the depth of talent is not there.
"Our list has still got holes in it and we continue to address that" - specifically commented on Vickery, Browne and Post being recruited.
* A couple of young blokes will have a chance this week to play (duh)
* Terry will coach for this season. We are addressing what happened last Thursday. We have 21 weeks to go. We are not going to be reactionary after one performance. Missing out on finals would be unacceptable to our club. We are one game in.
* The other night we had 22 players who performed below their best. Deledio, Foley, 21-23 years of age - people are questioning their ability - they weren't doing that last year.
re Cousins - was he checked out physically?
* "Yeah, no he was" Matt Hornsbury(sp?) checked him out personally. Richo had a period of 4 years where he had chronic hamstring problems. Now he has been managed well to not miss a game due to hamstrings in awhile.
March getting stuck into Shaw that he is not an expert on substance abuse (re: Cousins). Shaw: "Richo and Johnson have not been on illegal jobs ripping their bodies about" - insinuating that Cousins' drug use may have made his body more fragile - eg: Hamstrings.
What are expectations for Geelong game?
* Expectations are that we go out and start to play some football that we are capable of playing as we did last year. We are capable of playing much better football than we did the other night.
Do the coaching staff take any responsibility for things they could have done better?
* Yes. Everyone is disappointed and take responsibility for what happened. Everyone knows they are better than that.
Has it become too much the "Ben Cousins football club" and not the Richmond Football Club?
* not at all. We always expected that. We've had high profile players come under scrutany all the time. What we haven't been able to deal with is the pressure in big games. We have to deal with that more than the media pressure over Ben Cousins.
* March would like to lock down the opening game Thursday game as permanent for RFC but "we didn't do ourselves any favours" the other night.
