Roast The Chronicles of Alan Richardson - Part II - Richo Resigns (16/07)

[GTrains Mullet]

Haven't seen Dr Spaceman for a wee bit, so been practicing my dank Paint skils..



I assume this is what everyone was calling for when they said sack Richo

 

[Persevering Saint]

It makes him seem much more cool and dangerous that he is though, so far his legacy is to make us as beige and innocuous as he could manage. We don't really have a brand, a vision, an obvious end goal. We seem to be under a fog of blandness with Richo in charge. We are a nice club with no real marketability, no stars, no noise, no momentum etc. We are kind of irrelevant to other fans.

It's worse than we thought - we've become North Melbourne.

 

[Mowman]

I think the only way to settle this is to throw Richo into the Yarra.

If he floats, he's a s**t coach.

If he drowns then he's a great coach.

Win either way

 

[mightymalaka]

Win either way

lol
Harsh but fair!

 

[StCicatriz]

might be a glimmer of light in the tunnel for the old campaigner. he certainly is getting them to move the ball a lot better. disposal has improved.

 

[Diehard Saint]

might be a glimmer of light in the tunnel for the old campaigner. he certainly is getting them to move the ball a lot better. disposal has improved.

So hard to quantify...is it better coaching? Game plan? Fitness? Maturity? Emerging leaders?

A bit of everything, I’d guess.

 

[triggering bro]

So hard to quantify...is it better coaching? Game plan? Fitness? Maturity? Emerging leaders?

A bit of everything, I’d guess.

Attitude. Easy to see the players are now buying in, even if it’s only two practice matches. Combination of some new players, incl Hanneberry, new assistants & Billy Slater. Would not be surprised if Lethlean has put a rocket up a few & put them on notice.

 

[VDS66]

Going at 100% so far this year... Bullet proof.

If we win round one, I can see a DVD of the Streak 2.0

Gresh Magic?

 

[Diehard Saint]

Attitude. Easy to see the players are now buying in, even if it’s only two practice matches. Combination of some new players, incl Hanneberry, new assistants & Billy Slater. Would not be surprised if Lethlean has put a rocket up a few & put them on notice.

Agree, but think maturity plays a big role too.

How old are Billings, Steele, Dunstan, Gresh, Sincs, Acres etc? All around 23 and starting to really mature into men. They start getting confidence in their bodies and their skills and that makes a difference too and allows them to start becoming leaders.

Add that to confidence in the coaching staff and plan etc and you get what we are hopefully starting to see now.

 

[Diehard Saint]

Going at 100% so far this year... Bullet proof.

If we win round one, I can see a DVD of the Streak 2.0

Gresh Magic?

Certainly given themselves a confidence boosting start. Just need to clean up some of those tackles.

 

[triggering bro]

Agree, but think maturity plays a big role too.

How old are Billings, Steele, Dunstan, Gresh, Sincs, Acres etc? All around 23 and starting to really mature into men. They start getting confidence in their bodies and their skills and that makes a difference too and allows them to start becoming leaders.

Add that to confidence in the coaching staff and plan etc and you get what we are hopefully starting to see now.

It’s looking like they’ve parked last year & have responded by showing more effort, which is significantly pleasing.

 

[CALL ME SNAKE]

Going at 100% so far this year... Bullet proof.

If we win round one, I can see a DVD of the Streak 2.0

Gresh Magic?

Ok i'll put my hand up.

I bought "The Streak " DVD.
Who else did??????

I also got the "Young Guns" DVD

 

[VDS66]

Ok i'll put my hand up.

I bought "The Streak " DVD.
Who else did??????

I also got the "Young Guns" DVD

Dude, that's way too much info...

 

[Verdun66]

So hard to quantify...is it better coaching? Game plan? Fitness? Maturity? Emerging leaders?

A bit of everything, I’d guess.

Bit of everything probably. Still think last year an aberration. Not that we are that great, but things conspired against us, we dropped confidence, and just fell in a never ending mire. I might well be kidding myself, but I think last year could be the makings of this group. If we can have a reasonably consistent season the group will just get tighter and tighter. Could go the other way of course, but I somehow doubt it.

The changes in coaching and coaching attitudes could well be the refresher, the re-set, that we needed. Not making predictions, but I'm hopeful.

 

[Dr Spaceman]

 

[Tommy Wigs]

So hard to quantify...is it better coaching? Game plan? Fitness? Maturity? Emerging leaders?

A bit of everything, I’d guess.

Belief and confidence. Becoming the hunter again.

 

[Drake Huggins]

Richo's skin is too dark to be passed off as a credible Michael Jackson parody.

 

[VDS66]

That looks like Art Garfunkel...

Hello winning my old friend...

 

[Dr Spaceman]

That looks like Art Garfunkel...

Hello winning my old friend...

 

[Impatient Saint]

With all our early injury concerns I think the club will need to reconfigure what a pass mark will be for Richo.

The season start which a month ago was looking promising, now has me concerned with players dropping like flies since.

 

[Mowman]

With all our early injury concerns I think the club will need to reconfigure what a pass mark will be for Richo.

The season start which a month ago was looking promising, now has me concerned with players dropping like flies since.

Nope no excuses this year finals or gone

 

[ScrappyDo]

With all our early injury concerns I think the club will need to reconfigure what a pass mark will be for Richo.

The season start which a month ago was looking promising, now has me concerned with players dropping like flies since.

Wash your mouth out IS.
And take that tree hugging hippie crap to the pro Richos threads in future please. We's fixin for a hanging here. Dead man walking..

 

[Saint Shags]

Nope no excuses this year finals or gone

So if he were to face say an injury list of 10-12 players for the full year and those include the likes of Robbo and Carlisle you wouldn't be happy if the club scored between 8-11 wins?

 

[Mowman]

So if he were to face say an injury list of 10-12 players for the full year and those include the likes of Robbo and Carlisle you wouldn't be happy if the club scored between 8-11 wins?

8 to 11 will be over the moon
It is his 6th year finals or gone

 

[plugger66]

8 to 11 will be over the moon
It is his 6th year finals or gone

So we finish with 13 wins and come 9th with many injuries and we sack him. That would look real good to our sponsors and even a general supporter and imagine the crap we would cop in the media which sponsors don't like. General statements like that cant just happen due to circumstance. Those wanting him gone will get their wish though because I really cant see more than 8 or so wins.