I'll admit I feel for Terry Wallace, as die hard as I am I still like Terry including how unsuccessful we have been under him. Listening to Frawley speak on how he felt in his last few weeks of coaching it made me really feel for Wallace. Frawley said mentally coaching a team you know 100% you won't be coaching in a few weeks is degrading and emotionally shattering. Terry must be going through something similar. He must have been told he wont be coaching next year but we'll honor his contract to minimum Round 11 and then they will play it by year. Terry is stuck in the middle of the decision "Walk away" what's the point, whats to achieve? Or stay as you have promised not to repeat what happened at the Bulldogs.
Real tough for Terry he get's slaughtered in the media either way. To get approached with have you lost the passion for coaching is just way to raw for mine. Maybe I'm a Richmond tragic and forgive to easily but I feel for him. As a leader of a football club I can't understand that the future of Terry could have been handled extremely better. I would have thought one of three options were possible:
A) State that he will be coach till the end of the year regardless of however many games we win or lose and a review will take place after the last competitive game.
B) State that this will be Terry's last year on his contract and they would be looking for a new coach and interviewing candidates throughout the year and a caretaker coach will be employeed unless Wallace has the desire to coach the team out.
C) Extending Wallace's contract, take the heat off performance for the year and have Wallace plan for his last year, collectively tanking.
Leaving it in limbo saying they will review it mid year and who knows what they will do is a horrible way of doing business and for mine should have been handled better for Wallace's sake and for the clubs. It's a asoft out answering no questions and just buying time until they woudl have to answer the media.
Lastly, once thing that doesn't get spoken about which hurt us. In rebuilding the last 5 years we were really hurt with the game changing significantly 2 years ago with zones and offensive pressure. Wallace rebuilt the list with running players to counter act the flood that can run and carry the ball quickly and quicker than the opposition can flood. Unfortunately that game plan is useless now as the game has changed, that's just football I suppose.
