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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on August 02, 2016, 10:22:50 PM
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Tigers aren't a basket case: Chris Scott
The Age
3 August 2016
Geelong coach Chris Scott feels it would be wrong to judge Richmond and Brisbane on the final month of the AFL season.
The Tigers and Lions - and by extension their respective coaches Damien Hardwick and Justin Leppitsch - are both under fire following poor losses in round 20.
Scott expressed empathy for both Hardwick and Leppitsch, suggesting both sides had little to play for in the final four rounds.
"Really this year doesn't mean that much to them (now). There's not much they can achieve but they can stunt their growth for subsequent seasons," Scott told Fox Footy.
"It just seems to me at this stage of the year, I draw the analogy of the grand final team who knows they can't win halfway through the last quarter.
"That is a really demoralising place to be and it's hard to play your best at that point of time.
"I don't think we should be judging Richmond, or Brisbane for that matter, on what they're giving right at the moment."
The Tigers are reeling from arguably their most inept performance under Hardwick, an embarrassing 88-point loss to Greater Western Sydney in which they kicked only three goals.
Richmond icon Kevin Bartlett lamented his side's "pathetic" effort against Greater Western Sydney, while Matthew Richardson called for a review of his old club's football department.
"In the moment it feels like a disaster," Scott said.
"When you've got the benefit of taking a couple of steps back, I think you get a bit better perspective.
"Richmond have made the finals in the last three years, I'm not sure they're the basket case that they're being presented as.
"I understand really poor performances are going to add scrutiny but it seems to me like they (Richmond) are playing the long game at the moment."
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/richmond-tigers-arent-a-basket-case-geelong-coach-chris-scott-20160801-gqislr.html
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You mighten feel the same way when we pinch Matty Knights back
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You're a basket case....
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Lol
Who's judging them on the final month?
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It is in Chris Scott's best interest for the Tigers to underperform as it means one less club to worry about chasing the flag
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You mighten feel the same way when we pinch Matty Knights back
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That's just borderline hysterical
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It is in Chris Scott's best interest for the Tigers to underperform as it means one less club to worry about chasing the flag
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It is in Chris Scott's best interest for the Tigers to underperform as it means one less club to worry about chasing the flag
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He ain't going to say tigers should get hurley and dew is he?
Smart operator. Like that time he made reiwoldt cry
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Yes no doubt Chris Scott thinks we'll be a genuine threat to Geelong's flag chances....
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Fantastic article
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#What a load of excrement.
I see Carlton and Essendon having a good crack week in and week out. What do they have to play for?
Same us us except they have pride and a team work ethic.
our ethic is faecal. We don't chase in packs, we don't attack in packs, we play a woeful style which I assume has been instilled by Hardwick, it was only Rievoldt who publicly called for the change last year (maybe the year before?) then got kicked out of the leadership group.
Our energy on the field is abysmal and it shows.
The style we played against the Dogs was great even though we lost.
I just don't get it.
We are a basket case and need solid direction and focus.
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Lol
Who's judging them on the final month?
the media certainly will...