Hardwick's press conference - May 28 / Dimma slams rival clubs for Rance talk

[one-eyed]

Dimma's presser today ...

VIDEO: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2015-05-28/hardwick-press-conference-may-28th

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Hardwick slams rival clubs for Rance talk, walks out on media

Peter Ryan 
afl.com.au
May 28, 2015


FRUSTRATED Richmond coach Damien Hardwick has demanded the AFL ban clubs from talking about their rivals' out-of-contract players until the free agency period opens.
 
He said the constant speculation around players coming out of contract had an impact on football clubs, but Hardwick refused to be drawn into a discussion about the exact nature of the impact.
 
Instead he slammed the current situation that allowed the Brisbane Lions to discuss the prospect of Richmond defender Alex Rance joining their club. Hardwick then cut the media conference short.
 
"Other clubs shouldn't be talking about Eddie Betts, Alex Rance, Patrick Dangerfield [or] Rory Sloane. It's inappropriate as far as I'm concerned," Hardwick said.
 
"From our point of view there is a trade period and a free agency period at the end of the year and this is where all this should be taken care of.
 
"It's just ridiculous we're talking about contracted players. We shouldn't be talking about wanting to have players come to our footy club."

Hardwick said the Tigers weren't surprised other clubs would be interested in Rance but as coach he was happy that the 25-year-old was still playing great football.
 
"Why wouldn't you offer him big money? He's an important player. He's a great player [in] All-Australian form once again this year," Hardwick said.
 
"We're very confident on getting that resolved. We haven't put a timeline on it. He's playing some great footy, that is all we can ask of Alex at this stage."
 
In the USA, the NFL Anti-Tampering has rules designed to protect the employer-employee relationship between player and club. The rules ban meetings and public comment between players and opposition clubs apart from the free agency and trade window.
 
Already in 2015 there has been speculation linking Rance to the Brisbane Lions, Sloane to St Kilda, Dangerfield to Geelong and James Aish to Carlton and Collingwood.
 
AFL.com.au understands club football managers raised with the AFL the prospect of introducing similar rules earlier this year.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-05-28/hardwick-slams-rival-clubs-for-rance-talk

[one-eyed]

Damien Hardwick storms out of press conference amid Alex Rance rumour frustrations

Eliza Sewell
Herald-Sun
May 28, 2015

A FRUSTRATED Damien Hardwick has walked out on Thursday morning’s weekly press conference after becoming agitated over persistent questioning.

Hardwick grew tired after a reporter questioned the Richmond coach as to how ongoing speculation over the future of contracted players impacted clubs - and particularly the Tigers.

Earlier, a fed-up Hardwick expressed his displeasure at recent media talk regarding contracted stars, calling on the AFL to ban clubs from talking about contracted players.

His call comes as the future of his star defender Alex Rance continues to be a hot topic.

Hardwick claimed talk by rival clubs about contracted players was “tampering” and he insisted the speculation needed stop after the latest report that Brisbane is preparing to make a big offer to Rance, who is out of contract at the end of the season.

“The NFL have a very good anti-tampering rule, we shouldn’t be here sitting talking about it at this stage,” Hardwick said.

“Other clubs shouldn’t be talking about Eddie Betts, Patrick Dangerfield, Rory Sloane. It’s inappropriate. It’s something the AFL needs to act on because it creates an industry where it creates an easy media article to write.

“From our point of view there’s a trade period and a free agency period at the end of the year and that’s where all this should be taken care of.

“It’s just ridiculous. We’re talking about contracted players. We shouldn’t be able to make comment about wanting players to come to our footy club, it’s a tampering.”

When asked what way it impacted on the club Hardwick said “next question”. Channel 9 reporter Tony Jones continued to ask several times more before Hardwick ended the press conference saying “come on mate, give me a spell”.

AFL club footy managers have discussed the idea and it’s believed the AFL is considering the change.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/damien-hardwick-storms-out-of-press-conference-amid-alex-rance-rumour-frustrations/story-fndv8t7m-1227372437331

[Phil Mrakov]

Tony Collingwood Jones. Pee off mate

[WilliamPowell]

Just saw some vision (yes one gets afl news in Wagga) and I wouldn't call it "storming" out

And BTW TOny Jones from Ch9 is a tool

[Zlatan]

soft dimma, soft

[rogerd3]

Pity he didn't snot Tony Jones.
These reporters think they are the stars of the game.
Bloody hacks.

[Eat_em_Alive]

soft dimma, soft

how so?

[🏅Dooks]

Guys, have some respect.  They call him 'TJ'. He is as relevant to now as the 90s are.

He also drinks Diamond Draught,  Crystal Pepsi and stop. Hammer time.

[smasha]

Tony "tossbag" Jones.

[Penelope]

one of the few times that a reporter actually presses a coach to answer a question and it is an irrelevant sensationalist line of questioning.

Tossers are too dumb to do this with a line of questioning about things that happen on the field that the coach can and should be held accountable for

[Hard Roar Tiger]

And yet Dimma happily stated he would stay just a few weeks ago. As Benny did. And Dan Richardson and a number of his team mates.
In fact everyone at the club was prepared to talk about Alex Rance signing up except the man himself.it has subsequently gone quiet - maybe he had a word to the club about not wanting others to speak on his behalf?
Now Dimma doesn't want to talk about it?
I reckon it's a fair question, Dimma changing goal posts means something has potentially changed behind the scenes in the past few weeks perhaps?

[Damo]

It's ok for us to bring up Motlop though ... LOL

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If Rance walks it will mainlybe because of Hardwicka coaching ability.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

It's ok for us to bring up Motlop though ... LOL

I don't believe Benny Gale brought up his name.  The question was asked if we were into him and Benny didn't deny it and said we'd look at all available players.

[🏅Dooks]

It's ok for us to bring up Motlop though ... LOL

I don't believe Benny Gale brought up his name.  The question was asked if we were into him and Benny didn't deny it and said we'd look at all available players.

Did Gale storm out of the interview?