Past Richard Hadley (2001-2007)

[Hollow Knight]

Re: Richard Hadley

The streak continues.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

 

[POBT]

Re: Richard Hadley

I thought he did some OK things without being anywhere near the best dozen or so players on the park. He will probably be a decent enough player for the Blues in most games without ever starring. He looks like he has slimmed down from last year when he just looked cumbersome.

 

[lookagoose]

Re: Richard Hadley

Disposal is still ordinary. Pissed that he left, but who would we drop off our list for him now?

 

[Grimreepah]

Re: Richard Hadley

Thanks to irel for finding this interesting write up:

JOHN TOWNSEND - Young men thrive in AFL deals

There is no doubt who is the most powerful man in WA footy at the moment.
It’s not West Coast boss Trevor Nisbett or his Fremantle counterpart Steve Rosich, who has heard the voice of the people and guaranteed the future of the Dockers’ colours and anchor emblem.
And it’s not rival coaches John Worsfold and Mark Harvey who will be spending plenty of anxious moments in the coming weeks as they remake their team lists through the AFL draft and trading.
It’s not even WA football director Grant Dorrington, who has a finger in most pies involving the game.
No, the person with the most power is player manager Colin Young whose influence is at its peak at this time of year when clubs and players are considering their options.
Young has designed the deal that is likely to see Fremantle ruckman Rob Warnock set sail for Carlton next year.
The contracts may not have been signed yet but you can punt plenty on pen being put to paper before too long.
Warnock may well prove to be another Docker like Adam McPhee and Trent Croad and Peter Bell and James Clement and Paul Medhurst who plays his best football after being traded to another club.
In fairness, other players have played their best AFTER coming to Freo so that is a double-edged sword for recruiters and club footy departments.
Like all the other powerful football managers, Young answers to no one but his client.
And even then he may be playing a convoluted game like the ones savoured by manager Paul Connors in which a priority client such as Chris Judd gets the cream while other lesser players are pawns in the deal.
Clubs have to keep sweet with Young and his ilk to make sure they can deal with players.
Sometimes this means recruiting players they don’t particularly want in order to get the big fish.
The Judd deal saw Josh Kennedy come to the Eagles but it also saw Brisbane’s injury-prone Richard Hadley go to Carlton.
Hadley is a Connors client. The former East Fremantle player had little future at the Lions but the manager needed him to be accommodated and used the goodwill he had gained over the Judd coup to seal the deal with Carlton.
There were few losers in that deal. Carlton picked up a star, Brisbane got rid of a player they didn’t want and the manager kept two clients happy.
The Blues may have got a player they didn’t want or need but every club has a dud or two on their books and realise that is the price they have to play to negotiate with the game’s real powerbrokers.
Young also acts for Daniel Kerr, who has a year to go on his West Coast contract but is clearly tradeable for the right deal.
That means just one thing – Young’s phone will come close to meltdown in coming weeks as clubs play suitor to him as part of a potential Kerr deal.

 

[Tim the Toolman]

Re: Richard Hadley

I was wondering why that spanner's name was brought up again here?

 

[Cousin Jed]

Re: Richard Hadley

Another premiership player retired

“I am disappointed that I am retiring from AFL as I have really enjoyed being involved with both the Brisbane Lions and the Carlton Football Clubs,” Hadley said.

“While the injuries have been very disappointing and frustrating I will always cherish being a member of an AFL premiership side and appreciate how fortunate I am to have had the opportunity to be a part of this.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Not many players have their career peak in their fourth game.

Good luck to him, but still think we have the superior Hadley on our payroll still.

 

[LionKing]

Always sad when a player is forced to retire because of injury.

All the best post footy

 

[blynd_freddie]

Has Warwick been sent a text?

10 years and only 66 games – deserved far more. An assistants role somewhere?

 

[irel]

Not many players have their career peak in their fourth game.

Good luck to him, but still think we have the superior Hadley on our payroll still.

Can we get him as a player scout under the F/S recruiter rule?
Surely some of those intuitive genetics have been passed on from the Sr Hadley.

 

[Mazza44]

Sad day always one of my favourites at the Lions and the only player at Carlton I didn;t mind.

 

[chopperduck]

One of the unlucky ones. Only 66 games. Rich has played about 45 games already. Hopefully he can find something to move on to. It's good that he can now reflect on how lucky he is to accomplish what he did in the game during his time.

 

[blinker]

Sad day always one of my favourites at the Lions and the only player at Carlton I didn;t mind.

he is one of a very small group that saddened me when he left the club. Richard and Hendo both 14 fo the lions, both moved to the blues. .... Brent Staker should change his number to buck the trend.

i think Logan is the only other player that i did not want to see go.

anyhow, 66 afl games and a premiership is more then a lot players have finished their careers with.

 

[seanc1971]

he is one of a very small group that saddened me when he left the club. Richard and Hendo both 14 fo the lions, both moved to the blues. .... Brent Staker should change his number to buck the trend.

i think Logan is the only other player that i did not want to see go.

anyhow, 66 afl games and a premiership is more then a lot players have finished their careers with.

Not to mention the fact that he was employed for ten years - which is also way longer than many players end up with. I do not begrudge him this at all - he was always a favourite of mine and I certainly wish him all the best for whatever direction his life takes after footy.

 

[danielcan]

Don't forget we also overwhelmingly supported him through a BigFooty player sponsorship in 2007.

 

[Pancho Gonzales]

I was at the practice match against Richmond the day he first did his knee and I remember how bad I felt as Sir Richard was a real rising star for us. But he really kicked the Club in the guts when he left "for more opportunities" after we'd looked after him through two knee reconstructions. I always thought that was a pretty low act. We had been giving him game time, but it seems that he didn't feel like he had to earn it.

The Lions may well have given him more of a chance than the Blues. It's sad that history will record him as another Lion who felt that it was the Club and not himself that was responsible for his lack of superstardom.

Best of luck in the future Richard - I'll always remember that snap goal in the '03 GF!

 

[brizrider]

http://www.aflplayers.com.au/article/hadleys-grand-final-experience/

 

[ZoBlitz]

Where Are They Now?: '03 Premiership Team

Ash McGrath, father to two daughters and one son, works for the Clontarf Foundation in improving education, discipline, life skills, self-esteem and employment prospects in young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. And Richard Hadley, father to three boys, ran his own coffee shop for three years but is now in medical sales in the joint replacement division with ‘Stryker’.