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Has anyone thought about why the article appeared in the paper this morning about Wallace.
Usually if news like this is leaked it is done for a reason.
Either - (A) the Tigers want to see the reaction to his name being mentioned before they finalise the deal.
(B) Or Wallace's manager wants the news to get out so the Hawks/Crows will move quickly and up their offers.
(C) Or the journalist is a complete twit and is clutching at straws.

Perhaps the answer is A, B and C!
 
Originally posted by Tigerland
Has anyone thought about why the article appeared in the paper this morning about Wallace.
Usually if news like this is leaked it is done for a reason.
Either - (A) the Tigers want to see the reaction to his name being mentioned before they finalise the deal.
(B) Or Wallace's manager wants the news to get out so the Hawks/Crows will move quickly and up their offers.
(C) Or the journalist is a complete twit and is clutching at straws.

Perhaps the answer is A, B and C!
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I'm surprised it wasnt written by patrick smith.

Never the less, dont hold your breath. Could mean anything.
 
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Originally posted by itsintheblood
I'm surprised it wasnt written by patrick smith.
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Never fear IITB. Here it is!!! ;)
Includes a nice cheap-shot at Miller and Kane Johnson in regard to Pick 2 in 2002 which omits the fact it was actually Pick 4 and a done deal before Carlton's exclusion, not to mention 2 players and 5 picks were involved in the deal.



Wallace adds lustre to the eye of the Tiger
Patrick Smith
The Australian
August 02, 2004

IN a season of desperate disappointment for Nathan Brown, some good news at last. His mentor and good friend Terry Wallace has accepted the coaching position at Richmond.

Brown left the Bulldogs at the end of last season. Wallace left at the end of the season before. From next year the two will be reunited. They were a potent force at the Bulldogs, expect them to be a potent force at Richmond.

In a season of desperate disappointment for president Clinton Casey, some good news at last. The appointment of Wallace is a coup for his board. They had been under pressure from supporters and former board member Brendan Schwab after another grim loss had been forecast, and Danny Frawley could deliver them just four wins so far this season.

Casey and his men have snared the best credentialled coach available. Wallace's record at the Bulldogs was impressive, if not outstanding.

He was innovative at the Bulldogs and has not had his eye off the game since he left. His newspaper column is challenging, his commentary on television insightful.

In a season of desperate disappointment for football operations manager Greg Miller, some good news at last. Miller had put his faith in Frawley to turn around two poor seasons when the club could only manage a collective 14 wins. After a bright start against Collingwood the Tigers returned to type. Plodding, predictable. Lacking skill and passion.

Miller also watched Daniel Wells blossom into one of the most exciting young players in the competition. Wells went to the Kangaroos when Miller gave up the second pick at the national draft to secure mid-fielder Kane Johnson at the end of season 2002. Johnson has been serviceable, Wells mouth-watering.

In a season of desperate disappointment for Brendan Schwab, more bad news. The pending appointment of Wallace has left his challenge without meaning or momentum. Schwab quit the board at the beginning of the year and had pulled together a ticket to take on Casey. With him was another board member Peter Welsh, who like Schwab quit the board stating he did not have the time to devote to club matters.

Schwab appears to have been utterly outmanoeuvred in the past week. Last Wednesday, he settled on a compromise with Casey that left the incumbent president well placed.

Casey agreed that Schwab's would-be football director Bryan Wood could sit with the sub-committee organised to find Frawley's replacement. Clearly, Wallace had all but signed and Wood attended just one briefing with Miller before news that Wallace had agreed to become Tiger coach.

Casey's other concession was to allow former Tiger treasurer and Schwab candidate Mike Humphris to look at Richmond's books.

It was a concession of no account, for Richmond's books have been more widely read than the Da Vinci Code.

Casey has now delivered a new chief executive officer, the highly regarded Steven Wright. Wallace, the best option for the club, is the new coach. And the club has a business plan that has the AFL salivating it appears so well measured and researched. As well, Casey has the unofficial support of the AFL heavies. Schwab does not. Nothing like it.

Schwab had been rumbling about a potential challenge for months. It looks now that there was too much rumbling and not nearly enough action.

Wallace and Miller have much work to do nonetheless. Richmond's list must be revitalised. They will have the opportunity through the draft and may well have a priority pick if the Tigers cannot win two more games.

They have players that would bring some fierce bidding at trade time as well. They need to think long and hard about some of the club's big names like Matthew Richardson and Brad Ottens. A new captain would be a priority.

In a season of desperate disappointment for Richmond members and fans some good news at last. Suddenly, Richmond is shaping as an exciting club to follow.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10314512%5E12270,00.html
 

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Darth - I thought Patrick was surprisingly upbeat considering his usual Richmond efforts, the Pick 2 comments aside.
 
yeah i know im just sick of him - he is a fool and the pick 2 statement just shows how little research he puts into his articles.
 
If they keep it under wraps for the next week it will be interesting to see how Wallace plays it in the media.

If they are right, Ill pull back on my comments about Frawley.

Well just a little bit perhaps.
 
Originally posted by Tigerland
Has anyone thought about why the article appeared in the paper this morning about Wallace.
Usually if news like this is leaked it is done for a reason.
Either - (A) the Tigers want to see the reaction to his name being mentioned before they finalise the deal.
(B) Or Wallace's manager wants the news to get out so the Hawks/Crows will move quickly and up their offers.
(C) Or the journalist is a complete twit and is clutching at straws.

Perhaps the answer is A, B and C!
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There might be something in this, just heard a rumour that Jason Dunstall is now going hard after Wallace. The question is, is a bidding war about to begin. Could be the reason behind the leak.
 
Originally posted by Hit And Rum
Patrick Smith Forgot about the whole debacle re Carlton and the punishment imposed on them at the draft that brought Wells to North.

That bloke is not even a journo's A-hole.
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exactly its the afls fault we didnt get wells!
 

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Originally posted by Tigerland
Has anyone thought about why the article appeared in the paper this morning about Wallace.
Usually if news like this is leaked it is done for a reason.
Either - (A) the Tigers want to see the reaction to his name being mentioned before they finalise the deal.
(B) Or Wallace's manager wants the news to get out so the Hawks/Crows will move quickly and up their offers.
(C) Or the journalist is a complete twit and is clutching at straws.

Perhaps the answer is A, B and C!
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(D) - Wallace is a media junkie and leaks like a fly-wire umbrella. It was only a few months ago that there were stories in the newspaper that he was going to get the management job at Fox Footy.

If he isn't reading about himself he is frightened that he will cease to exist.
 
yeah i tend to go with part D on this one,

expose a leak to the media about going to Richmond to make Hawthorn move in more quickly with an offer and start a bidding war.

looks like the dawks have taken the bait aswell.
 
If the mail is correct, they have settled on terms so why would Terry conduct a bidding war?

Hope this is correct, as I reckon he will be great for us..
 
Patick is a drongo but in his defence everybody in and out of football knew before the trade period that Carlton would lose their picks, including I suspect G.M.
 

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