Hardwick named Tigers coach

[mightytiges]

Ta Rhett.

Our 38th coach will be under no illusions to the massive task ahead of him after last night. Shame the AFLPA says the players get 8 weeks off. If ever a club deserves to start preseason training early it's us after this season and especially the pathetic and embarrassing performances of the past month.

[Ramps]

Doesnt matter when we start preseason with this group of players it wont make any difference.

[Hellenic Tiger]

The more I think about it the more stuffed we are.
I think our next two years will be so similar to Melbourne in the last two. Only difference the priority pick will be gawn and the draft will be compromised so the help at the draft table will not be as readily available.

So typical of Richmond to finally go down the path of picking up players from the draft when it will be compromised and thus will take a rebuild much much much longer.

[bushranger]

Surely Damien can tell the boys that they better keep up their fittness and the AFLPA can do nothing about that.
This way they will be ready for a hard time when they come back.
So they can keep training while they are supposed to be off on their own or as groups.
As I can see a lot of hard work being dished out to them.
And last night did them no good, would have only sparked Damien on to train them harder.

[Jackstar is back]

Thanks Terry Wallace and thanks for the people who appointed Terry, what a mess our club is in.. God help Hardwick

[Infamy]

I wonder if Hardwick can argue that they've already had 22 days off throughout the year, generally on match day.
That would at least take up half of the 8 weeks.

[TigerTimeII]

Thanks Terry Wallace and thanks for the people who appointed Terry, what a mess our club is in.. God help Hardwick

we have copped heaps on here telling everyone how crap wallet is and he has totally destroyed us, now finally all the knuckleheads who  loved terry can see how much of a bastard theiving prick wallet was and is

we have 2-3 yrs of hell coming up thanks to terrys master plan to get us competitve

god i woud love to mess up his already messed up jaw

[one-eyed]

Denis Pagan thrilled
Sunday Herald-Sun Punchlines - Scot Palmer
30 AUG 2009, Page S21

FORMER North Melbourne coach Denis Pagan was witness back in 1991 to the unrelenting approach of Upwey-Tecoma recruit Damien Hardwick, who played in his 1991 under-19 premiership side. So much so that when the competition was suspended in 1992 and Pagan joined Essendon's reserves he recommended senior coach Kevin Sheedy look at the determined Hardwick, then at Springvale, with a view to listing him as a supplementary player. The rest is history, with Hardwick this week being appointed senior coach of Richmond, pleasing Pagan, currently with the Northern Knights, no end. "He's a man's man who both deserves and has earned this opportunity,'' he said. .

[one-eyed]

The facts about Hardwick
richmondfc.com.au
1:38 PM Mon 31 August, 2009
 
New Richmond coach Damien Hardwick this week begins the job of leading the Tigers back up the ladder. Here are some facts about his playing and coaching career:

1. He made his AFL playing debut with Essendon in Round 5 of the 1994 season against Collingwood at the MCG at age 21 years and 248 days, gathering 18 possessions in the Bombers’ four-point win.
 
2. He played his first game against Richmond in Round 11, 1994 at Princes Park and was one of the Bombers’ best with 26 possessions in their 46-point victory. New Richmond CEO Brendon Gale, Club football director Tony Free and current assistant coach Wayne Campbell were members of the Tiger side that day.
 
3. He had a 69% winning ratio throughout his 207-game league playing career at Essendon and Port Adelaide (144 wins, 1 draw, 62 losses).
 
4. He had an 82% winning ratio as a player in 17 games against Richmond (14 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses).
 
5. He polled a combined total of 15 Brownlow Medal votes throughout his league career, with nine of those coming in the 1998 season, when he was best-on-ground in matches against St Kilda, Brisbane and Richmond.
 
6. He started his career at Essendon in the No. 39 guernsey and wore that for four seasons, before changing to the No. 11 guernsey for a further four seasons. His three seasons at Port Adelaide were spent in the No. 11 jumper.
 
7. He had 16 possessions in Essendon’s 2000 Grand Final victory over Melbourne (11 kicks, 5 handballs and 4 marks) and 12 possessions in Port Adelaide’s 2004 premiership triumph against Brisbane (7 kicks, 5 handballs, 3 marks).
 
8. He becomes the 37th coach in Richmond’s league football history.
 
9. He is just the third man to play for Essendon and then go on to coach Richmond, joining Alex Hall (19 VFL games with the Dons 1898-1900, and Tiger coach in 1910) and Paul Sproule (60 games with the Bombers 1968-71, and Tiger coach in 1985).
 
10. He is the first man to take over the coaching reins at Tigerland having experienced premiership success with three different league clubs – Essendon and Port Adelaide as a player, and Hawthorn as an assistant coach.

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/83879/default.aspx

[rbartlett]

8. He becomes the 37th coach in Richmond’s league football history.
 



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37th coach ?  My records indicate he will be the 38th coach (http://tinyurl.com/l2f9mm)  , same with AFL Stats site.

- Rhett Bartlett
www.rhettrospective.com

[Infamy]

Maybe they don't count Rawlings
Anyone seen the board at the club with the names to see if he's up there?

[rbartlett]

Good point Infamy
They may have forgotten to count the most recent coach.
They would have to had counted Verdun Howell for eample, who coached 1 game while Hafey was away coaching Victoria.

cheers
rhett bartlett.

[one-eyed]

Lindsay Gaze who was part of our coaching selection committee was just on SEN and he said Richmond were very lucky to have such a good list of candidates to choose from. He said he couldn't see the club making a mistake with whichever candidate they went for. He was very impressed with Damien Hardwick.

[mightytiges]

Hardwick at the 'G with his son(?) sitting next to Tony Shaw. I hope a few Tigers are watching. Our boys might learn a thing or two about being on the move at stoppages rather than under the ball flatfooted and also the idea of spreading to offer multiple free options on the fat side.

[Smokey]

The only thing he will learn from Tony Shaw is "Imbecile 101".