Top 10 Richmond Coaches since 1990

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Mr Magic

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#27
Some of you guys are hoodwinked by the Collingwood marketing.

For mine since the last premiership they have achieved virtually nothing.

If you have a taste for hot air knock yourself out.

Richmond are in better shape than the pies without question. The pies team actually reminds me of us in 2001.
If Port played to form the pies wouldn't even be in the GF against the Lions

I think some of you guys are being hoodwinked by a story. Colliingwood are as real as an umpired owned by the pies crowd.

Give me JR and DM for a reality check anyday!!!
 

CoggaRules

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#28
We hadnt been in a Grand Final since 1974 so Im not sure about that Cogga.

The way we disposed of Carlton,Geelong and Collingwood was beyond what we did in the season even though we only lost top position in the last round so someone got them up at the right time.

Still, Jewells results at StKilda and Richmond when he returned do give you some ammunition behind your arguement. Just know that Bourke was taking some discontent players into that 1982 GF.
Man, Groucho got the job as a baby sitter for a year. We were waiting for Sheeds to retire so he could get the job. Sheeds wanted in on the party in 80. So when Sheeds retired the next year, you cant really remove a flag coach can you?
1980 was good, but it started the biggest rot to this club. We dont win that flag, we would have Sheeds doing to us what he did at the bummers, setting us up as the most powerful club in the land. ;)
 

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#29
Man, Groucho got the job as a baby sitter for a year. We were waiting for Sheeds to retire so he could get the job. Sheeds wanted in on the party in 80. So when Sheeds retired the next year, you cant really remove a flag coach can you?
1980 was good, but it started the biggest rot to this club. We dont win that flag, we would have Sheeds doing to us what he did at the bummers, setting us up as the most powerful club in the land. ;)
Dont see any premiership as starting the rot other than blokes like Graeme Richmond and Ian Wilson being harder to challenge as to thier ways of operating becoming archaic.

You reckon they said to Sheeds that he was next in line but after the premiership they couldn't promise it to him as you cant sack a premiership coach?
 
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#31
1 -Northey - 95 was pretty good effort but obviously smashed be Geelong
2 - Frawley - '01 Prelim with Ray Hall at CHB a pretty good effort
3 -Wallace - Everyone says our drafting, trading and list was horrible and Coughlan, Brown, most of our ruckman etc were injured so 3 Ten+ wins seasons in his 4 full years was probably a good effort.
 

YellowandBlackBlood

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#32
1. Northey: Great Motivator. Will have to thank Knighter for that memorable win against the Dons. Got us there without Richo and Wigney (yes he did beat Carey that year and held down CHB). That deserves him getting the number 1 position.

2. KB. Yes I know some think he was a crap coach, but he had the guts to blood many of the kids that made Northey have the limited success he did. A good coach has to be able to mould a team from an idea into reality. He did that but unfortunately he wasn't a great coach. The latter requires him to be a good tactition and to be innovative with team structures and game plans. I don't think he was the latter.

3. Hardwick. He may yet be the best of all. Like KB has had the balls to start from scratch but he seems superior tactically. I place him ahead of Spud because Spud had limited game plans (like plan A,B,C and D were kick it to Richo).

4. Frawley. Spuds success was from guns like Richo in his prime and Ottens. His overestimation of the list and giving away draft choices downgrades him severely.

5. Wallace. One of the best game day coaches we have had. Unfortunately that is all he offered us. One of the poorest developer of youth we have had. How can a number 12 draft choice say that he was only spoken to once in 4 years by the coach? Too much self promotion (Terry on Tuesdays etc) and not enough time encouraging our youth. Best coaching move was to move Richo to the wing. He has been dining out on that since!

6. Rawlings. Did ok but seemed limited and its hard to judge considering what he took over. Also too young for the job.

7. Jeans. Great coach, but too old and sick at the Tigers. Taught the young guys a few things. Campbell raves on about him. Rating lowered as he won only 5 of 22 games.

8. Walls. Crap coach but had one redeeming feature. He brought in the concept of kicking the ball to parts of the ground that would allow quick scoring. Problem was players weren't good enough to kick the ball there and often the opposition were there instead and made us look silly! When it worked, we kicked lots of goals. It may have have worked once or twice...

9. Gieschen: Rode on the success of new coach syndrome and on a couple of tricks (moving the players to the boundary next to the supporters for one). He coached the team like he now coaches the umpires and we all know how good that is!

10. There were no other coaches in the last 20 years!
 

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Dont see any premiership as starting the rot other than blokes like Graeme Richmond and Ian Wilson being harder to challenge as to thier ways of operating becoming archaic.

You reckon they said to Sheeds that he was next in line but after the premiership they couldn't promise it to him as you cant sack a premiership coach?
Dont know if they said it to him but the plan was that he would take over after he retired. If ever a player looked like coaching material it was Sheeds and here we had him as our own, from player to coach. Enter the flag, he retires, we cant sack a premiership coach, the bummers are after one, they pounce and Groucho is sacked the next year and we have been floundering ever since, while Sheeds made waves from day one and never looked back and coached them for 20 years, the end. ;)
 
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