No Oppo Supporters Do we need a new coach?

[Godspeed]

Has he been sacked yet?

 

[Sassafras]

It's Dimma's birthday in a couple of weeks, I wonder if the players will bring a cake into the press conference and sing happy birthday.

 

[Rubber Hips]

It's Dimma's birthday in a couple of weeks, I wonder if the players will bring a cake into the press conference and sing happy birthday.

Well they do love him so the chances are high

 

[Nursie]

It's Dimma's birthday in a couple of weeks, I wonder if the players will bring a cake into the press conference and sing happy birthday.

I baked him a cake.

 

[NaturalDisaster]

It's Dimma's birthday in a couple of weeks, I wonder if the players will bring a cake into the press conference and sing happy birthday.

Maybe Gale is waiting to give him the ultimate birthday gift.

1million payout

and a sacking

 

[Ned_Flanders]

If they have enough support to call an EGM then Hardwick is surely dead in the water. The Rollercoaster people will cause a full spill of the board if he isn't sacked and no one at board level will want that to happen surely.


Sent from my brain using ESP.

1000 is a long way short of what will be needed in a ballot

Also remember that 1000/have not been confirmed to be rfc members (no membership number was provided)

 

[wegetpumped]

1000 is a long way short of what will be needed in a ballot

Also remember that 1000/have not been confirmed to be rfc members (no membership number was provided)

Did you see the petition?

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Did you see the petition?

Yes, I wouldn't comment on it if I didn't

 

[wegetpumped]

Yes, I wouldn't comment on it if I didn't

Was my name on it ?

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Was my name on it ?

Lol

Apologies, misunderstood your q

I've seen the site that generated the petition, not the printout generated from it

I'm always sus on online petitions just because anyone can vote

That why our constitution requires writing, full name, address , and membership number

I'm not dissing those who voted either, just saying it's not a lock that all 1000 were voting eligible members

 

[NZ_Tiger]

Lol

Apologies, misunderstood your q

I've seen the site that generated the petition, not the printout generated from it

I'm always sus on online petitions just because anyone can vote

That why our constitution requires writing, full name, address , and membership number

I'm not dissing those who voted either, just saying it's not a lock that all 1000 were voting eligible members

It was closed at a 1000 after it exceeded the minimum of 100(wtf!) required to trigger an EGM. Board spill as I predicted, the membership base is seething and there has been a ground swell against the club for a while, the atmosphere at games has become quite edgy this season as well. While we have done well to gather in more members a lot of them didn't sign up t be on a losing bandwagon and will let their new found voting privileges do the talking.

 

[Achilles Heel]

Lol

Apologies, misunderstood your q

I've seen the site that generated the petition, not the printout generated from it

I'm always sus on online petitions just because anyone can vote

That why our constitution requires writing, full name, address , and membership number

I'm not dissing those who voted either, just saying it's not a lock that all 1000 were voting eligible members

Are they the ones that were doing it for personal profit?

 

[Ned_Flanders]

It was closed at a 1000 after it exceeded the minimum of 100(wtf!) required to trigger an EGM. Board spill as I predicted, the membership base is seething and there has been a ground swell against the club for a while, the atmosphere at games has become quite edgy this season as well. While we have done well to gather in more members a lot of them didn't sign up t be on a losing bandwagon and will let their new found voting privileges do the talking.

Firstly we don't know if all 1000 are members, no membership numbers were provided

Secondly, only 10% usually vote, remember bigfootys own bob the builder was smashed

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Are they the ones that were doing it for personal profit?

I don't know, ask spud

 

[TigerImposter]

I was left mouth open in astonishment after the presser.

"Our forward line was missing players like Riewoldt vs GWS" ....he played, you probably tried to forgot as he kicked a few against team orders.
"Injuries injuries injuries" You have been blaming them all ******* year.
"We're looking to try a few different ways to move the ball over the last few weeks" Seriously, wtf could we possibly learn in such a short time, not to mention with everyone in different positions?
"Houli played forward" You mean the guy you have been blaming for our poor ball movement off half back all year is now back and being tried forward?

Seriously, the only plausible reason for this dribble is tanking.

Agree , but I'm not sure if you blew up your PC , as near the end he mentions
"We are training harder now than at the start of the year"
Read what you want it to it. I see poor early preparation and also if we' re training harder and still getting flogged is it a poor list? Or players Eco on him?

 

[Helen Wheels]

Are they the ones that were doing it for personal profit?

What a weird concept.

 

[69vintage]

Ok I think Dimma should stay , please don't shoot me .If he is replaced do we go with a untried coach who nobody knows if they can coach or not or we go with a tried coach .When was the last time a coach who got sacked the first time around went on to win a flag at his second club after not winning one at his first ?

Blight
Walls
What are some of the names people want to see coach us ?

 

[Nursie]

The biggest handbrake on the side this year has been the game plan, Dimma's game plan. He's responsible for its implementation and poor execution. He needs to go.

 

[Sassafras]

Ok I think Dimma should stay , please don't shoot me .If he is replaced do we go with a untried coach who nobody knows if they can coach or not or we go with a tried coach .When was the last time a coach who got sacked the first time around went on to win a flag at his second club after not winning one at his first ?

Blight
Walls
What are some of the names people want to see coach us ?

chk chk

 

[Ralll]

Agree , but I'm not sure if you blew up your PC , as near the end he mentions
"We are training harder now than at the start of the year"
Read what you want it to it. I see poor early preparation and also if we' re training harder and still getting flogged is it a poor list? Or players Eco on him?

Yeah I didnt hear that bit...to which Im glad.

I dont think we have poor preseason preparation as such, its our slow gameplan that gets rolled imo, especially at the start of the season. Remember he used to shelve Tucky at the start of each season because "the early games were played at too fast of a pace for him".

 

[TigerImposter]

Yeah I didnt hear that bit...to which Im glad.

I dont think we have poor preseason preparation as such, its our slow gameplan that gets rolled imo, especially at the start of the season. Remember he used to shelve Tucky at the start of each season because "the early games were played at too fast of a pace for him".

A bit of both to me mate,but true on the Tuck bit.

Here is a great summary from Goldust

Thanks for the opening Tassie27 ...Hardwick's presser from yesterday severely irked me and if Richmond supporters are not not yet convinced that he is not the right man for this job than they should go and have a look at the interview.
As someone who has participated in countless interviews, press conferences over the years, I say with conviction that I am not sure who was the poorer performed during that 13-odd minutes - Hardwick or some in the media.
I agree with Greg Denham's assesment of Hardwick, and whether you like the guy or not, credit him for being one of the few scribes willing and capable of calling Hardwick to account. The rigorous and recurrent defences from his Essendon mates Robbo, Lloyd and Watson, who ridiculed the Bulldogs for signing Beveridge til 2019 yet is happy to plump for Dimma to remain until then, just don't stack up.
Where to begin?
Just minutes into his presser, Hardwick credits his side's lack of scoring v GWS to the absence of three of his best forwards. To quote him: "Griffiths, Riewoldt, Edwards." Note to Dimma, I'm pretty sure that was #8 running our forward line - and back line, midfield too. And I'm sure #8 kicked two of our three goals.yet no one picked him up on this.
Next: "We tried Bachar Houli forward last week, he didn't go back once," says Hardwick. Is this the same Bachar Houli, who "run and carry" from half back we've missed since he went down with injury? Logic suggests if we miss him across half back (and we all know how important this position is to our side as it gets rammed down our throats every second week), he plays half back.
From there Hardwick goes on to suggest our "fantastic board, fantastic football department" - the same football department and board that weren't on the same page this year when Daniel Richardson suggested we weren't in for a total rebuild?
In a slap to the face of the loyal, ever-patient and now discontent fan base, Hardwick suggests: "The people that matter are within these four walls." In other words, stop whinging Tiger fans, remain patient - not that we care about you anyways. Then asked to address the potential board challenge what is our maestro's response. "Zero debt, 72,000 members, good luck." Could anyone, but Hardwick get it any more wrong. Sorry, Damien, us Tiger fan want on-field success, of the type you and your 'fantastic board promised. You see, which you soon will, our great club has 'zero debt, 72,000 members' as a result of those 72,000 members., There are no certainties in football, including that 72,000 supporters will renew their membership. Keep dishing up the type of unappealing and unsuccessful football that we have been and you'll be saying 'debt free, 50,000 members, because trust me, Tigers fans have shown they won't stand for it.
Moving on, Hardwick says: "The best organisation in the world are the most stable." Possibly! But when it comes to Richmond I suggest this is the type of mentality that has cruelled us. Few, if any, coaching panel changes, hence a lack of fresh and indeed innovative ideas. The same tired football department and the same, proven unsuccessful recruiting boss, who couldn't pick the quinella in a two-horse race. Our stability is what has caused us to go backwards as we haven't kept up t date with what's going on around us.
Harwick says: "We've had a lot of injuries - it's been above the norm", before acknowledging - rightly - our injuries in 2013-15 were well below the norm. take a peek around, clubs are just as affected us - and winning. But he goes on to bemoan the loss of McIntosh (I'm sure we were about 1-5 when young Kamdyn, who is a fine player, went down - please journos ask the question), Corey Ellis, Connor Menadue (who was dropped about three weeks ago after we decreed we would be playing the kids) and Ben Lennon. Please! Admittedly, Lennon has had a rough trot this year - glandular fever, concussions. But the obvious question remains, Mr Hardwick: If you don't play a guy like Lennon when he's fit and in-form, say like ahead of last year's elimination final (Rising Star nominee in round 22, with 10 marks in wet and atrocious conditions at the MCG v Essendon), why would you play him now? I believe he said he would get his chance, "maybe this week" .... he didn't! We stuck with Tyrone and brought back your other protege Edwards. Enough said. Mind you, when one week say "we have the best in my time as coach", should we not have sufficient depth to cover the loss of a pair of second and third year players? As for the media, when will the question come re Lennon being dropped?
Then the finale - re coaching staff. "It's always my call - I do the interviews and all that," says the head coach. Then he suggest those getting their marching orders: "They will be highly sought after - they are outstanding coaches." That is despite not winning a final in seven years in some cases. I am at a loss to explain how some supporters and indeed the club can advocate the removal of several assistants, yet not replace the main in charge, who admits to hiring these failed assistants. It's just another example of poor decision making by the head coach.
In summary, this guy is just making blind statements on a far too frequent basis, which are erroneous at best, and worse to the detriment our of organisation and forward planning. He's a laughing stock.
That interview was a train wreck!

 

[Rubber Hips]

The biggest handbrake on the side this year has been the game plan, Dimma's game plan. He's responsible for its implementation and poor execution. He needs to go.

Agree that game plan seemed to work well in 2012-14 but only during home and away
Once we hit the real stuff, that game plan is torn apart in finals.....and anyway, footy has moved on

 

[Sassafras]

It doesn't make sense that someone who isn't a good coach would say they will be the one interviewing the assistant coaches. Especially when he won't be there himself all being well.

 

[Calcium Man]

It doesn't make sense that someone who isn't a good coach would say they will be the one interviewing the assistant coaches. Especially when he won't be there himself all being well.

He interviewed and employed all the current ones and apart from Rutten he either coached or played with them.

 

[Goldust]

What a weird concept.

Speaking of profit, Helen. As you suggested last week re people possibly gaining from certain parties winning a place on the board etc.
Are we not seeing evidence of this already. I mean, a review being undertaken by noted football experts Ernst and Young.
I could swear current board member Rob Dalton s a senior partner at Ernst Young
Maybe we're getting a cheapie.
Or more likely, more akin to Tigerland, E&Y are probably getting the under-graduates to conduct the review.