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The shake-up at Richmond has begun with five assistant coaches expunged from their regular roles in the club's end-of-season reviews and strongly encouraged to seek opportunities elsewhere.

Port Adelaide premiership coach Mark Williams, Ross Smith, Brendon Lade, former Carlton and Footscray player Mark P. Williams and forwards coach Greg Mellor were not required to report for work at Tigerland on Monday. All five are out of contract.

Although the Tigers have guaranteed the contracted coach Damien Hardwick for at least one more season, the club has reacted savagely to its dismal 2016 season and will move to reshape its recruiting, development and assistant coaching personnel.

Although the final outcomes of the Ernst and Young review into the club's struggling football operation have not been tabled the above assistant coaches have known for some time that they could not be guaranteed contracts beyond the end of the season which for Richmond concluded with a 100-plus point loss to Sydney on Saturday.

Neither chief executive Brendon Gale nor football boss Daniel Richardson could be contacted on Monday as the review entered its final days. Further dismissals are expected with calls for the club to consider bringing Neil Balme from Collingwood to mentor the less experienced Richardson.

Balme has been demoted by Collingwood and both him and the Magpies list manager Derek Hine have been left disenchanted with the appointment of Graeme Allan to the role of director of football — a move the club bosses had denied to them would happen after Allan returned to the Magpies in May.

Richmond's recruiting manager Francis Jackson is also under pressure.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...fl-killing-season-erupts-20160829-gr40hd.html

 

[Concatenate]

Good to see axes being swung....

 

[TheAnt]

Headlines in December:

Richmond content after missing out on signing any new assistant coaches

 

[Jozzy]

Surely not Chocco?

 

[theyellowsash]

its a shame jackson and hartley arent already out the door with them

 

[TheAnt]

Choco is head of development.

Our development is s**t.

It's sad, but not entirely surprising that the development coach is sacked.

 

[Neen]

Coco and Ross Smith should have remained. Shame Dimma survived.. for now. Hopefully Harley and Jackson are shown the door as well. Would be happy with the appointment of Balme if it happened.

 

[Heisenberg_]

I will be able to live with Dimma getting another year with the boys club gone and having assistants who will challenge him.
We seriously need to get Balme in, Richardson doesn't have the experience he needs a experienced head to answer to

 

[tugga]

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...fl-killing-season-erupts-20160829-gr40hd.html

The shake-up at Richmond has begun with five assistant coaches expunged from their regular roles in the club's end-of-season reviews and strongly encouraged to seek opportunities elsewhere.

Port Adelaide premiership coach Mark Williams, Ross Smith, Brendon Lade, former Carlton and Footscray player Mark P. Williams and forwards coach Greg Mellor were not required to report for work at Tigerland on Monday. All five are out of contract.

 

[TheSmokingGun]

As long as we are getting rid of the deadwood and not just unfair dismissals.

Richmond's recruiting manager Francis Jackson is also under pressure.

How much pressure? He's been at punt road since 2005, and only now they are realising he has pushed his insipid talents as far as they will go?

 

[Accepted 04]

Wish Choco would have stayed. The rest I don't mind. Hopefully we can target Joel Corey from the dogs and maybe Balme and Hine


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[Equus]

That's some wholesale clearing.

 

[tugga]

Rt beat me to it.
Mods, please delete.

 

[cairo tiger]

there is a mentoring role for choco nothing else. dimwit needs to go. all the coaches should go.

 

[TheProwler]

Not saying I disagree with most of the axing so but they are scape goat pure and simple. the man in charge is ultimately the person responsible for how we play. Watch em sack McRae next for his attacking style of footy he is using in the VFL.

 

[Groupie_]

everyone but dimma hahahahaha

 

[Grockadoc]

Would love to get Leppa back as a defensive coordinator.

 

[Groupie_]

Wish Choco would have stayed. The rest I don't mind. Hopefully we can target Joel Corey from the dogs and maybe Balme and Hine


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hine is crap, he doesnt select players who are good kicks

 

[SnakeMan86]

Hartley and Jackson next and I can live with hardwick staying

 

[peterand]

As long as we are getting rid of the deadwood and not just unfair dismissals.




How much pressure? He's been at punt road since 2005, and only now they are realising he has pushed his insipid talents as far as they will go?

They need to get in Balme just remove Jackson and Hartley and how the senior coach has escaped the axe well goes to see how some people can be easily fooled

 

[Truetiger]

McQualter surely has 2 go as well.

 

[Charlie Pannam]

wonder how Hardwick is feeling tonight ? 5 blokes lost their jobs after signing up to his coaching philosophy. I'd fall on my sword knowing I was responsible.

 

[Punt rd end]

Forward and offensive coaches gone.......good

 

[TheAnt]

Wait what...
"It remains unclear where the replacements in the coaching department will come from, although one possible new face looms in the recently retired Troy Chaplin"
What happened to fresh ideas?

 

[duzzy]

*ing bang!