OK I'm now starting to find sensationalizing from the media ridiculous. As soon as Richmond lose a few games all of a sudden everything is being questioned, everything is wrong, everything is failing, everything we have done up until now is a mistake and all of our list are over rated and failures. Come on! 
Yes, we've had a bad start to the season and yes our game plan and some of our players have been found out by the opposition but the situation is not irreconcilable. 
All we need to do is start winning the contested ball, change our stoppage set ups and reclaim our confidence and we will turn the season around. Maric will play a big part in this as will Miles (if he ever plays 
). Its our midfield that is getting beaten and the way our forward-line is functioning as a result. If we can start by focusing on winning the ball and moving it out of the additional congestion we will start winning games.
Sadly though, finals can no longer be a realistic goal this year regardless of how quick we turn things around imo
If we changed all those things you talk about does the list at Richmond win a flag in the next 3 years? The answer is no.
The problem is we have to many hacks at Richmond especially those brought in from other clubs some of whom are on very decent money. The club could have taken this money and pooled it to try and get an A grader but instead they got us 4 "D" grade players. The whole philosophy of the place is up poo creek. We are never going to be a successful football club again having this administration in place. They are just a group of people down their just looking to protect each others backs and each others jobs. Its a stuffing joke.
We were just outside the top 4 last year. If we had finished 4th and matched up against the Hawks we were a real chance to beat them and then possibly play Freo (who were had also just beaten). The point I'm making is that our performance last year was with this same list. There has been very little changes yet we find ourselves at the reverse end of the ladder. Why? If it was Dimma and his crew then why didn't it happen last year? Why have we gradually been improving every year?
I think people are just looking for scapegoats as usual and at Richmond that straight away means the coach. That's b@ll.poo! I don't want to start again, to rebuild from scratch, to begin at the bottom. A team that went as far as we did based on the performances of mainly young kids is not a team to scrap. Something has changed and we need to find answers rather than look to point the finger, over react, listen to the media and do a mass cull of players and admin.
If we make the changes I'm suggesting and we continue to develop our young talent then yes we could win the flag. People will scoff at that but the difference between good years and bad are often as much about injuries, unexpected youth development, consistency and a unexpected game plan....plus a bit of luck. Hawthorn, Freo, Collingwood etc lists aren't much better than ours but they believe they are. They know their roles, they have the game plan and they have the faith in each other that they can beat anyone. We don't.
My two biggest gripes about Dimma and his coaches is that we do not have a plan B and we do not spend enough time dissecting the oppositions game plan. We need to change what we are doing, everyone knows that many of our players can't perform when you defend closely against them. Dimma needs to coach these players what to do and if they can't do it switch them with players that can.
This year is now a year to experiment and adapt. The game has changed again and we either need to catch up or find strategies to beat it. Be annotative. Try new things and new players.
If after this year we are still playing the same way with the same players then I will join with you and demand Dimmas exit but until then I don't think we need to rebuild everything just yet.
