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Damien Hardwick
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Dimma won't have much luck at GC unless he can surround himself with quality coaches and admin.
Always been of the opinion that he's a better people manager than he is a tactical or technical football coach. Needs the right pieces in place to be successful. We saw this throughout his tenure with Richmond. We peaked when our coaching and admin teams were A grade.
Always been of the opinion that he's a better people manager than he is a tactical or technical football coach. Needs the right pieces in place to be successful. We saw this throughout his tenure with Richmond. We peaked when our coaching and admin teams were A grade.
burnout was always a load of bong sediment
dimma left because he'd run his course with the players and there was no growth to be had
absolutely a thing in footy as it is in all elite sport worldwide
a blissfully-timed departure for all parties if ever i saw one, i dunno why there'd be any angst from fans or media
dimma left because he'd run his course with the players and there was no growth to be had
absolutely a thing in footy as it is in all elite sport worldwide
a blissfully-timed departure for all parties if ever i saw one, i dunno why there'd be any angst from fans or media
I harbor no hopes he turns GC around.
I hope he wins 5 wooden spoons on the trot and they disband them
Such a bitter man/woman/person/any and all or none of the preceding.
(That’s my gender neutral way of addressing people per my company’s new guidelines. Just practicing. Thanks.)
Got it. Think my company is missing a few references. I’ll update them.
Honestly whilst the players no doubt miss him & wish him well, they look noticeably happier & more unified since he left. I think he did the club a favour.
I, for one, didn't like it the least bit.
Never sat right with me.
Strangely enough, I am okay about the Tigers having a new coach in 2024.
Onwards and upwards
Well i fall into your older category, (60), and never did I lose respect for T'Shirt Tommy, loved the man till the day he died, once a tiger always a tiger and no prouder one than Tommy.
"Nothin' more Tigerish than a bloody TIiger, a wounded Tiger"
Very different situation though. Hafey didn’t want to leave, Greame Richmond pushed him out. Under those circumstances you’d be hard pressed to find a Richmond supporter who felt anything other than gratitude and respect for Hafey.
Dimma has walked out on the club. You can dress it up anyway you like (burn out, can’t cook snags anymore) but the fact is Dimma didn’t want to coach us anymore and walked on all the people he professed to love.
Not comparable to the Hafey situation at all.
Dimma was a major part of returning Richmond to a powerhouse club delivering 3 premierships and for that I thank him. But once his allegiance’s are somewhere else then so are mine.
I think he wasn't cooked with coaching, just coaching us.
Couldn't get more out of the list as per Bangers comment.
I just hope he sits it out next year, then goes for the next job.
Effectively telling Evans to "*smile* off, why would I coach GC?"
Unless they throw huge bags of coin at him.
Also would be a nice up yours to City Hall and Gill or Dill or whatever they go by now.
Then again maybe Dimma has been downloading new recipes!
Couldn't get more out of the list as per Bangers comment.
I just hope he sits it out next year, then goes for the next job.
Effectively telling Evans to "*smile* off, why would I coach GC?"
Unless they throw huge bags of coin at him.
Also would be a nice up yours to City Hall and Gill or Dill or whatever they go by now.
Then again maybe Dimma has been downloading new recipes!
He’d had enough and couldn’t get out the door quick enough as soon as he decided he was done, (which I have no issues with).
However the speed of his exit felt very strange given what he and the group had achieved; even leaving without allowing supporters the chance to turn up and show him their appreciation.
The ‘burnout’ rhetoric was definitely overplayed, but was more palatable than ‘this team is going nowhere and I’m not sticking around to rebuild it’ (fair enough)
He was always going to coach again, and next year.
Though footy for me is tribal, and given he’s no longer Richmond’s Alpha I wish him a solid 9th-14th finish for the rest of his coaching career.
However the speed of his exit felt very strange given what he and the group had achieved; even leaving without allowing supporters the chance to turn up and show him their appreciation.
The ‘burnout’ rhetoric was definitely overplayed, but was more palatable than ‘this team is going nowhere and I’m not sticking around to rebuild it’ (fair enough)
He was always going to coach again, and next year.
Though footy for me is tribal, and given he’s no longer Richmond’s Alpha I wish him a solid 9th-14th finish for the rest of his coaching career.
I'm a bit older. It wasn't just the Scum. I always got the impression he was a Richmond person at heart and Collingwood, Geelong and Sydney were just pay cheques.
Tommy was all Richmond.He just got shafted at the end.Had he been kept I have no doubt that he would have got us another two flags.
I had Tommy give motivational speeches to our leaders on a couple of occasions. He was always engaging and just brilliant but spoke candidly when chatting after. He openly said whilst he enjoyed his time at Collingwood and Geelong he was always a Richmond man. He said that if he had his time again he wouldn’t have coached Sydney.
A couple of other factors that weigh the GCS role more attractive
Port role would mean living in Adelaide. Port role would give him more media and fan scrutiny on his every move, more than it did with us.
GCS living on the Gold Coast (ok, not brilliant but a fair site more enjoyable than Adelaide). He'd have a lot less pressure and scrutiny, plus the novelty of being in charge of the AFL's love child rather than the club the AFL worked to reign in.
