Roast The Chronicles of Alan Richardson

[Mowman]

He blamed the loss on 7 poor minutes

I just cant see us getting out of this mess with him there
He is a fraud

 

[gringo2011]

The whole but he's still got the players argument, has baffled me all season!

He clearly doesn't! As evidenced by our insipid performances for over 12 months now!

I think that's all they've got. His game plan is shit and the list is average to poor.

 

[Rors]

Salami got no clue

 

[St Neil]

Watching 360 for the first time in months. Richo praising the start & finish to the game. He literally has no idea.

He was talking about the response of the team in 4Q after what happened in the 3Q. They outscored us in the 3Q 54-5.

Then he suggested the difference between two evenly matched teams was a period of 7 minutes in 3Q when the scores were 57-50. From that point until 3QT they out scored us 39-1.

It was intriguing to watch.

 

[mightymalaka]

What do we know about Andrew Bassett?

 

[DarkSaint]

Him on 360 is laughable. Just the look on Chris Scotts face everytime Richo talks is priceless. Probably thinking geez if I ever need a job and hit rock bottom this team would hire me in a heartbeat if they've put up with this shit the last 5 years.

 

[Rors]

He was talking about the response of the team in 4Q after what happened in the 3Q. They outscored us in the 3Q 54-5.

Then he suggested the difference between two evenly matched teams was a period of 7 minutes in 3Q when the scores were 57-50. From that point until 3QT they out scored us 39-1.

It was intriguing to watch.

Laughable. The drop off started half way through the 2nd quarter though. I wrote as much in the game day thread where they kicked 2.1 straight & the dimension of the game changed in their favour.... My exact words at 8.18pm were: “I have a really bad feeling about this game now”

campaigner is a fraud

 

[Simpsons Saint]

Spotted: Richardson on gameday.

David Armitage: Time for one last play, coach.

Richo: Hold on, I'm working it out.

*Richo looks at clipboard*

Richo: OK. Half of you vibrate that way. 2 of you fall down. Dave, you just spin around in a circle.

 

[pluggeranddoc]

I'm told Greeks don't like pussies...

Loving beer does not necessarily mean eschewing Whiskey!

 

[triggering bro]

What do we know about Andrew Bassett?

Go on...

 

[VDS66]

What a bunch masochistic campaigners you people are for watching 360 and expecting a different result.

Not enough pain this year? Is that it?

 

[VDS66]

What do we know about Andrew Bassett?

Son of Mr & Mrs Bassett?

 

[triggering bro]

What a bunch masochistic campaigner you people are for watching 360 and expecting a different result.

Not enough pain this year? Is that it?

I was quietly anticipating a resignation to be honest

 

[CHBench]

Laughable. The drop off started half way through the 2nd quarter though. I wrote as much in the game day thread where they kicked 2.1 straight & the dimension of the game changed in their favour.... My exact words at 8.18pm were: “I have a really bad feeling about this game now”

campaigner is a fraud

Yep, was obvious at the game that the tide had turned midway through the 2nd quarter.

He is a clown.

 

[VDS66]

I was quietly anticipating a resignation to be honest

Well that makes you even dumber than I originally thought...

 

[VDS66]

Yep, was obvious at the game that the tide had turned midway through the 2nd quarter.

He is a clown.

If the tide turned as you say, our 4 ****ed up entries that quarter didn't do much to hold up the dam wall.

 

[Mr Pickles]

Lot of people refer to him as Cho....

I decree that from this day forward, he's referred to as Chode

In summary, I reckon relatively, his knob has more girth than his gameplan has depth.

 

[Dr Spaceman]

Him on 360 is laughable. Just the look on Chris Scotts face everytime Richo talks is priceless. Probably thinking geez if I ever need a job and hit rock bottom this team would hire me in a heartbeat if they've put up with this shit the last 5 years.

Richo on 360

 

[Saintanne]

Now On the Couch saying Richos got no talent to work with then go on to Point out lack of strategy and responses, so whose fault is that??

 

[MUFKilda]

I’ve tried to bite my tongue on this topic for 2 years now but I honestly think Richo is getting worse, not better. Some of his pig headedness (particularly at selection) has been astounding. Players knowing that some of their teammates get a free pass on certain aspects of Richo’s “gameplan” while others are ridiculed in front of everyone.
The absolutely farcical gameplan that Richo came up with over summer that was identical to the previous years, even though everyone knows that it won’t work. Then over the whole pre season we can see that it’s not working but we don’t fine tune, we just keep rolling along.
The game in Geelong where Richo was petrified of a hiding so he played 1-2 extras around the footy all game, giving us absolutely no hope at all of winning from the first bounce. To see him chuffed that we were winning clearance but bombing it long to Paddy vs 3 Cats defenders was embarrassing. We continued with this crap all game to lose by 50 points while kicking 7 goals. This was the final nail in the coffin for me, seeing our youngsters running around clearly frustrated, clearly knowing they were being given no hope to win by their coach. Players were pleading to line coaches at the breaks to at least even the numbers up in front of the footy only to be ignored. Line coaches being ignored when pleading to change set ups as it wasn’t working.
Only a few in the media really highlighted the worst tactical effort from an AFL coach that I’ve ever seen, and Robbo was one of them.
How can our youngsters ever hope to learn when that is the way they are being asked to play?
I have nothing personal against Richo, he’s a decent bloke as we all know, but I can’t stay silent and let him ruin players careers. Our club is in crisis and if we do indeed keep Richo for at least another year then I shudder to think where our footy club will be at. I won’t say anymore, I’m just so upset with where my club is at and where it’s headed. Bloody heartbreaking.

Superb post, MG.

Regarding the board: if they are too proud to admit they made a mistake with Richo's contract extension, then they are not fit to lead the club. It takes a big person to hold their hands up and admit they were wrong, but, paradoxically, it sometimes engenders more respect, as it demonstrates an ability to spot an error and put it right. It's called leadership. If the board are too busy watching their own backs to care about the impact upon results, they are cowards.

Change course before the problem gets worse, or be dragged down with the coach they failed to replace.

 

[Saint Watto]

REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE GOOD?! I SURE DON'T.

God....I get goose bumps every time I watch the last 5 mins of that game.

Then I remember how it all finished....GULP.

 

[gringo2011]

Stereotyping! Report....Report...Report!

I can assure you this Greek loves pussies!.....
He just aint one himself!

I'm pretty sure the Sicilians have some dirty laundry in their ancient past too.

 

[Rors]

I was quietly anticipating a resignation to be honest

Resignation or re-signation?

If the tide turned as you say, our 4 ****** up entries that quarter didn't do much to hold up the dam wall.

In hindsight, they fluffed about 6 of their own entries in the first quarter for 0.5. They tidied it up with more composure & then we shit the bed

 

[Drake Huggins]

What do we know about Andrew Bassett?

He's probably smarter and funnier than Fred Bassett. Filthy rich. Co-founder of SEEK.com. With his brother. Currently on the board, which doesn't fill me with optimism. Worth about 300 million.

 

[gringo2011]

Lets hope the assistants we bring in can steady the ship next year. If not, he goes. I just want us to win and be a strong club. I don't care who is in charge and I won't hurt the club because of it - hope people can feel the same way come the start of next year.

I'm not too worried if they replace the assistants, the head coach is a figure head, the assistants take a lot of control these days and I don't mind having Richo as a puppet dictator while the real power brokers let him have a shiny badge and a big boys chair.