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This is a joke.
I want rex hunt to be our next president. Casey, your time is up. Take frawley and brittain and F&^K off!!!
Defiant Tigers stand by Frawley
By Emma Quayle
April 19, 2004
Richmond insisted yesterday that it would back Danny Frawley through the final year of his coaching contract, and denied it was struggling to attract new board members.
The Tigers also said they would not "hide" defender Darren Gaspar in less-pressured positions should his battle for form continue.
It also emerged yesterday that the Tigers had approached former player and media personality Rex Hunt three times this year about taking an official role at the club; demanded that their under-performing senior players dig the team out of its slump; and would revamp the playing list at the end of the season.
Richmond president Clinton Casey said last night that the board had been clear on its position on Frawley and that there had been "absolutely no change to that" since the Geelong thrashing at Telstra Dome on Saturday night.
He also denied he had struck trouble finding replacements for directors Brendan Schwab, Peter Welsh and Michael Daddo, who quit the club last month.
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Casey discussed the team's plight, and the responsibilities that would be placed on its under-performing senior players, with Frawley and director of football Greg Miller at his home yesterday.
"I'm happy to go back on the record to say that the board's position on Danny Frawley is clear. He will coach for the remainder of the year and fulfil his contract," the Tigers president said.
Casey, who recently appointed journalist Anthony Mithen to his seven-man board, said he had "dozens" of applications in his office for the remaining positions.
"We're in absolutely no rush. We're going to work slowly through them because what we're looking for are people with diversified skills and expertise in areas we don't currently have at the footy club," he said.
"When we find those people, and we think they're the right people, we'll invite them to join the board."
Casey said he was "really disappointed" with Saturday night's result and had not expected the team to be in this position so early in the season.
He said had had asked for an explanation of the team's "lack of confidence and the deterioration in skill level" from the football department after the game and again yesterday.
But the president backed Miller, who he said would continue to turn over the Tigers' list at the end of the season.
"Greg made some very big changes last year and we feel they were for the better and that we have a young team that is going to take us forward," he said.
"At the same time you can't do everything at once and at the end of this season Greg is probably going to need to make similar sorts of changes if we are going to manage our list to be competitive."
Gaspar, who is returning this year from a knee reconstruction, conceded four goals to Geelong forward Ben Graham, spent some time on the bench and was later thrown forward.
Frawley said the full-back did not have the luxury of working his way back into form like an onballer returning from major injury because he was responsible for the gun opposition forward each week, but that he was "proud" and would fight back.
Gaspar conceded yesterday that he was probably a "step off" his best form, but said to play a less-pressured position to rediscover his "feel" for the game was not the answer.
"I wouldn't say it's crisis point. I think it's just a case of I've got to get on the track and build on my speed and get that speed factor back," said Gaspar, who had his right knee reconstructed last June.
"It's not easy. I've got a lot of work do to. I'm working hard at getting the knee right and getting back to top physical condition, but I guess I've just got to keep working at it."
Hunt said he had been approached by Richmond, where he played 113 matches, including the 1973 premiership, three times since Christmas but did not have time to commit to a board role.
Miller said the club's key senior players, including Gaspar and Joel Bowden, were playing "safe footy" and were subsequently down on form but that he was satisfied with the pressure coming from the VFL team.
"There's probably half a dozen there who could come in," Miller said.
"The senior players are letting us down. They know that they need to get better. We've got to give them all the help we can."
I want rex hunt to be our next president. Casey, your time is up. Take frawley and brittain and F&^K off!!!
Defiant Tigers stand by Frawley
By Emma Quayle
April 19, 2004
Richmond insisted yesterday that it would back Danny Frawley through the final year of his coaching contract, and denied it was struggling to attract new board members.
The Tigers also said they would not "hide" defender Darren Gaspar in less-pressured positions should his battle for form continue.
It also emerged yesterday that the Tigers had approached former player and media personality Rex Hunt three times this year about taking an official role at the club; demanded that their under-performing senior players dig the team out of its slump; and would revamp the playing list at the end of the season.
Richmond president Clinton Casey said last night that the board had been clear on its position on Frawley and that there had been "absolutely no change to that" since the Geelong thrashing at Telstra Dome on Saturday night.
He also denied he had struck trouble finding replacements for directors Brendan Schwab, Peter Welsh and Michael Daddo, who quit the club last month.
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Casey discussed the team's plight, and the responsibilities that would be placed on its under-performing senior players, with Frawley and director of football Greg Miller at his home yesterday.
"I'm happy to go back on the record to say that the board's position on Danny Frawley is clear. He will coach for the remainder of the year and fulfil his contract," the Tigers president said.
Casey, who recently appointed journalist Anthony Mithen to his seven-man board, said he had "dozens" of applications in his office for the remaining positions.
"We're in absolutely no rush. We're going to work slowly through them because what we're looking for are people with diversified skills and expertise in areas we don't currently have at the footy club," he said.
"When we find those people, and we think they're the right people, we'll invite them to join the board."
Casey said he was "really disappointed" with Saturday night's result and had not expected the team to be in this position so early in the season.
He said had had asked for an explanation of the team's "lack of confidence and the deterioration in skill level" from the football department after the game and again yesterday.
But the president backed Miller, who he said would continue to turn over the Tigers' list at the end of the season.
"Greg made some very big changes last year and we feel they were for the better and that we have a young team that is going to take us forward," he said.
"At the same time you can't do everything at once and at the end of this season Greg is probably going to need to make similar sorts of changes if we are going to manage our list to be competitive."
Gaspar, who is returning this year from a knee reconstruction, conceded four goals to Geelong forward Ben Graham, spent some time on the bench and was later thrown forward.
Frawley said the full-back did not have the luxury of working his way back into form like an onballer returning from major injury because he was responsible for the gun opposition forward each week, but that he was "proud" and would fight back.
Gaspar conceded yesterday that he was probably a "step off" his best form, but said to play a less-pressured position to rediscover his "feel" for the game was not the answer.
"I wouldn't say it's crisis point. I think it's just a case of I've got to get on the track and build on my speed and get that speed factor back," said Gaspar, who had his right knee reconstructed last June.
"It's not easy. I've got a lot of work do to. I'm working hard at getting the knee right and getting back to top physical condition, but I guess I've just got to keep working at it."
Hunt said he had been approached by Richmond, where he played 113 matches, including the 1973 premiership, three times since Christmas but did not have time to commit to a board role.
Miller said the club's key senior players, including Gaspar and Joel Bowden, were playing "safe footy" and were subsequently down on form but that he was satisfied with the pressure coming from the VFL team.
"There's probably half a dozen there who could come in," Miller said.
"The senior players are letting us down. They know that they need to get better. We've got to give them all the help we can."
