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Second longest serving Saints coach with that sort of record... how did he survive that long?
we stopped being stkilda when we needed to be stkilda
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Second longest serving Saints coach with that sort of record... how did he survive that long?
Cant help but fell he's the victim of a botched re-build.
McCartin and Goddard in 2014 and Billings in 2013 (decent player, but that draft was a cracker) hurt.
Considering Petracca was the alternative the McCartin pick wasn't that big a miss.
You can debate that one.That and we bottomed out just at a time when GWS and GC were being given 1st rnders hand over first
The point was that Richardson's approach to drafting is flawed. Such a flawed approach may have not stung him too much then (although Petracca at least gets on the park), but is bound to hurt him eventually. St Kilda's drafting hasn't been too great lately.
That and we bottomed out just at a time when GWS and GC were being given 1st rnders hand over first
He had a say in the McCartin recruitment which was questionable even then. You can't say that recruiting is out of his hands if he was consulted on the number one pick. And this was fairly early on in his teaching career at the saints.So Alan Richardson handpicked the draftees then did he ??
I'd be sacking the recruiting department first.
Petracca is frustrating and a massive (literally, seriously who does his conditioning?) tease but he's played 79 games in 4 years and is an 18 disposal, goal a game player. If he was at St Kilda he would be in the 22 every week. Sadly for McCartin he's never been able to reach that level.
Cusp of something special? He has had 6 years! They won 12 & finished 9th in 2016 , despite injuries it’s Been poor since. Had to go!He almost beat the ladder leaders last weekend. They were on the cusp of something special. For some reason it just didn't click.
You can debate that one.
But if you look at what west coast got in the 2010 draft: Gaff, Lycett, Darling and Jeremy McGovern. not a bad bunch of guys the eagles picked up despite GC had most of the 1st rounders that year.
6 wins is overs? Boy oh boy they won 12 in 2016 and we’re tipped along with Melbourne to be the next big things in 2017. 3 years on & still s**t! Other teams get injuries too!Couldn't you wait one more week Saints?
For what it's worth he's done well this year. 6 wins with that list is overs. Especially if you factor in the injury crisis early on in the year.
Again..... despite that....It was the GWS draft that hurt us more than 2010.
Seems like a likable and decent man... But he never struck me as a winner. Hell even in the contest to be worst AFL coach of the modern era he comes a distant second ro Neeld! St. Kilda can only improve with a new coach.
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He had a say in the McCartin recruitment which was questionable even then. You can't say that recruiting is out of his hands if he was consulted on the number one pick. And this was fairly early on in his teaching career at the saints.
I do wonder how much gws and Gold Coast coming on board contributed to teams such as Carlton and the saints still continuing to struggle.
So? They're supposed to be a professional organisation that doesn't buy into the spin. Firstly Richardson was like "what's his skin folds like" (clearly indicating that he thinks he's a bit overweight) then compared his leadership skills to Hodge. There was a period where, every draft, some skinny kid got anointed as the New Best Thing. Boyd, McCartin, Schache. Now teams have figured out that this is all spin, unfortunately, the saints didn't realise quick enough.Pre-draft, McCartin was considered the standout No. 1 pick by all & sundry so I don't see how you can lay the blame purely at Richardson's feet.
That and we bottomed out just at a time when GWS and GC were being given 1st rnders hand over first