another disappointment that will go with the collection over the last 20 odd years, this club is mentally fragile ( prefer the other word) but i dont want to get turfed from here 
this club has lost its culture from 1980 onwards.
sack the coach and everything will be rosy again (no pun intended)...until the next time, and trust me it will happen again with a new coach.
there is something dead down at Punt Rd since the 80's and stench is still lingering.
and to those supporters who are going to enjoy the crap that follows the sacking of another coach at Richmond SHAME ON YOU...and you call yourselves supporters.
weird logic. 
spot on as usual rog, this problem will be compounded with some of the liekly candidates put forward by the ferals, Wayne Campbell for example, that would be a disaster, a complete failure that is looking more and more likely.
Sacking the coach is a short term solution.
The biggest mistake the rfc did was to let terry meddle in list management. I am still not convinced that Craig Cameron ( the director of football ) has the authority that he is supposed to have. But at least on the surface it appears that is major structural issue has been dealt with by Gary March.
The biggest tragedy in all of this of course ( going forward ) is that the opportunities afforded to hawthorn and carlton will not be avialble to richmond, IE we will not have access to the best youngsters in australia via early draft picks, due to the sydney and GC teams coming into the competition. That is the real problem in IMHO, IE there is no end in sight. 
Jack and his mates would be loving this no doubt, for the real fans however it is just going to be more of the same....again.
Do you agree that we should tank now. This is the last chance to get some early picks. I think tanking this year could benefit us. We need early picks and we need a shot at getting a good player viathe PSD. We can only get that if we tank.
you cant just turn a switch and tank,
the list is not set up to tank
The squad of 30 is middle of the road, and will end up middle of the road.
We wont get anywhere until all the blokes over 30 with their inherent mental fragility are replaced with younger bodies with both the ability and the inclination to succeed. Put simply the biggest problem is that these blokes are yet to be forced out of the side.
Everyone talks about playing youth but the reality is the youth is miles away from being ready
Connors Coughlan Thomson Pattison have all been injured and have just started playing coburg ones
Cousins Cotchin are both in our top 5 players and are still 3-6 weeks away
Vickery Putt Hughes ( inj) Gilligan Gourdis are all playing coburg 2s due to injury or form
Nahas did not have a pre-season and is still struggling for afl fitness
Hislop has been given opportunity and while being hard at the contest is yet to appear comfortable with the skill level required.
Mcmahon was dropped, but King is no upgrade, he got 41 touches setting up play last week at Coburg.
On the positive I believe that White Polo and Rance are examples of young players who were made to earn their positions in the senior side and are grasping it with both hands ATM, whether they make it or not is debateable, but they are at least talented and committed to the contest, a good start in becoming an AFL footballer
JON has played two great games in a row for coburg, he and collins should be given an opportunity for Tambling and edwards.
