North to beat Tigers on Hardwick (Herald-Sun)

[one-eyed]

The Age is still saying the coaching situation is still ongoing at both clubs but Mike has Hardwick going to North.....

Roos to beat Tigers on Hardwick
Mike Sheahan | August 13, 2009

NORTH Melbourne is expected to offer its coaching job to Damien Hardwick within days.

With Richmond committed to a continuing process in search of a new coach, North can swoop on the highly rated Hawthorn assistant.

Hardwick has generated strong interest at both clubs, but Richmond is locked into further interviews.

North will wrap up its interviews tonight.

The Roos know they must move swiftly if they are to avoid the risk of being seen as rejected for a third time. They were unsuccessful in their audacious bid to secure Nathan Buckley and learned yesterday John Longmire would stay with the Swans.

Longmire, a North premiership player, will succeed Paul Roos in Sydney in 2011.

The Swans swung into action as soon as they learned Longmire was to be interviewed by the North coaching sub-committee last night.

He has been second in charge to Roos since 2007 after joining the Swans in 2002.

Roos is expected to remain with the Swans post-2010 in a mentoring/marketing/development/recruiting role, although he said on 3AW last night the family would consider a move to the United States, home for his wife, Tami, in two or three years.

Hardwick, soon to turn 37, probably is favourite at Richmond, but there are three other contenders - Ken Hinkley, Alan Richardson and caretaker Jade Rawlings - with the possibility former North coach Dean Laidley could be another.

 At North, it is a three-way race between Hardwick, caretaker coach Darren Crocker and Collingwood assistant coach Brad Scott, who is highly regarded at Lexus Centre, but is in only his second year in the system.

His time will come.

Crocker is expected to miss out. He will get his last roll of the dice in an interview tonight.

Hardwick is in his fifth season at Hawthorn and was the last man eliminated at Essendon when Matthew Knights replaced Kevin Sheedy after the 2007 season. He played in premiership teams at Essendon and Port Adelaide in 207 matches from 1994-2004 and was part of Alastair Clarkson's premiership coaching panel at Hawthorn last year.

Oddly, he seems to fit the bill for those at North Melbourne divided on whether the new coach needs to be "a North man" or an outsider.

Hardwick started in the AFL system in North's under-19 team under Denis Pagan before being let go. Essendon took him at No. 87 in the 1992 national draft.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,25921339-19742,00.html

[Ramps]

Richmond shouldnt be pressured by media reports ... if North offer Hardwick the job then good luck to them, If Hardwick is the best man for our job and if he wants our job he will wait for our decision.

[peggles]

Richmond shouldnt be pressured by media reports ... if North offer Hardwick the job then good luck to them, If Hardwick is the best man for our job and if he wants our job he will wait for our decision.

you're right.  hopefully he tells north that he wants to wait for our process to play out, meaning he prefers our job more.

[WilliamPowell]

Richmond shouldnt be pressured by media reports ... if North offer Hardwick the job then good luck to them, If Hardwick is the best man for our job and if he wants our job he will wait for our decision.

Absolutely agree with you Ramps.

If Damien Hardwick wants to coach RICHMOND and he is the best bloke for the gig then he will follow the process he has known is in place through, if he just wants to coach he will take the North job....

North are absolute joke of a club by the way - they seem to have no idea what they are doing ..fantastic stuff 

[tigersalive]

I'd also be aware it's written by one Mike Sheahan, who already has had a sook about us this week.

We don't know what his agenda is.

[TigerTimeII]

good if ita true, as hardwick(softkok) dosnt like us, never has, never will , never really wanted to coach us and is an overrated meat head

[Infamy]

good if ita true, as hardwick(softkok) dosnt like us, never has, never will , never really wanted to coach us and is an overrated meat head

Good of you to speak on behalf of him
Youll find most players who played for our opponents didnt like us

[Francois Jackson]

Richmond shouldnt be pressured by media reports ... if North offer Hardwick the job then good luck to them, If Hardwick is the best man for our job and if he wants our job he will wait for our decision.

Absolutely agree with you Ramps.

If Damien Hardwick wants to coach RICHMOND and he is the best bloke for the gig then he will follow the process he has known is in place through, if he just wants to coach he will take the North job....

North are absolute joke of a club by the way - they seem to have no idea what they are doing ..fantastic stuff 

for a change i think we all agree on this.

if Hardwick wants and accepts the North job then good luck to him they can have him.

we dont need someone who is purely after the money. we have been down that road with Wallet

[Ramps]

good if ita true, as hardwick(softkok) dosnt like us, never has, never will , never really wanted to coach us and is an overrated meat head

Will you support Damien Hardwick if he is the one selected by our club? I will support Richardson or Hinkley even though Id like Hardwick to get the gig.

[Tigermonk]

Agree also if Hardwick cant continue through the process then so be it.
But as also stated Mike might is a bit cut & will write anything at present 

[the_boy_jake]

North are absolute joke of a club by the way - they seem to have no idea what they are doing ..fantastic stuff 

Agree WP. Just as I predicted they are so far behind after chasing Buckley that all they can do is pick whoever they think is best from relatively afar and throw all their eggs in one basket.

They either want Hardwick to say yes to them or to force our hand to offer Hardwick so that they have a clear run at everyone else. We aren't going to fall for it.

[Ramps]

North are absolute joke of a club by the way - they seem to have no idea what they are doing ..fantastic stuff 

Agree WP. Just as I predicted they are so far behind after chasing Buckley that all they can do is pick whoever they think is best from relatively afar and throw all their eggs in one basket.

They either want Hardwick to say yes to them or to force our hand to offer Hardwick so that they have a clear run at everyone else. We aren't going to fall for it.

Correct.

Also any coach who says yes to North before we have finished with our process- from the ones we have interviewd- you really have to wonder whether they like to take the easy option ... in that case it raises doubts about there capacity to coach our club which needs a serious individual to get there hands dirty and work hard.

[Tigermonk]

Next coach better be out on the track at all times instead of this poo Tuesdays with Terry 

[wayne]

Next coach better be out on the track at all times instead of this poo Tuesdays with Terry 

 

Maybe that's part of the 'process'

KH, AR, JR, DH and DL.

No days of the week start with any of the initials of the guys on the short list.

[Stripes]

It almost seems like North find out who the media believe is the best candidate or who has been short-listed and appears favourite at another club and then goes for them. No process, no consideration, no clue. Just annoying really and once again reeks of desperation and panic. I hope Hardwick is not swayed by the 'bird in the hand' senerio and sticks it out to try and secure the best position available.

I would like to see Laidley brought in as a tactical/opposition analysis coach assisting whoever claims the position eventually.

Stripes