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The story goes that Balme accepted the role on the condition that Richardson wasn't adversely affected (Balme being a family friend and ex-teammate of Richardson's father). Mark Williams is on record as saying "everyone who didn't have a contract was sacked", so it may simply be that Richardson had a year left to run. Not sure whether "demotion" is the correct term or not, but he certainly reported to Balme. Results suggest it was a happy arrangement.
Might need to wait for Caro's article, but the parting appears amicable enough.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...ball-boss-dan-richardson-20171210-h023vm.html
Nice work by The Age. Impressed they managed to spell both the president and the coach's name incorrectly.