More likely to be a baggy of the ol Colombian Marching Powderr, or Steroids on the Goldie.
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Damien Hardwick
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But he is objectively one of the best coaches in the history of the game, so that would be predictable and unremarkable wouldn't it?
He spent years building Richmond to the point where we could be contenders Then delivered on 3 flags.
I reckon he didn't want to do it again, imagine the work and the pressure he was under for all of those years. I reckon he had just had enough at Richmond and knew the whole thing was getting a bit stale. Plus, coaching a big Melbourne club is a lot more stressful than GC.
So, he left and decent timing really. The players ageing, lower draft picks etc. Not sure Hardwick or the club would have benefitted from trying the next rebuild with the same coach.
GC have a good list, plus, it is a young good list with some good prospects coming through their academy (what's with academies, do we even have one, did they find the worst academy just for us?) so the prospects there are good.
Good luck to him, nice job, warm climate, some decent prospects with their list. I reckon he will do well. Stuart Dew won't get the credit but he is the one who got them to this point where they are a decent team. GC have won some good games this year and should improve anyway. Dimma is a good coach and they will get a bounce next year and should be in finals.
Won't hear a bad word from me about the guy who got us 3 flags after 37 years of pain.
DS
I reckon he didn't want to do it again, imagine the work and the pressure he was under for all of those years. I reckon he had just had enough at Richmond and knew the whole thing was getting a bit stale. Plus, coaching a big Melbourne club is a lot more stressful than GC.
So, he left and decent timing really. The players ageing, lower draft picks etc. Not sure Hardwick or the club would have benefitted from trying the next rebuild with the same coach.
GC have a good list, plus, it is a young good list with some good prospects coming through their academy (what's with academies, do we even have one, did they find the worst academy just for us?) so the prospects there are good.
Good luck to him, nice job, warm climate, some decent prospects with their list. I reckon he will do well. Stuart Dew won't get the credit but he is the one who got them to this point where they are a decent team. GC have won some good games this year and should improve anyway. Dimma is a good coach and they will get a bounce next year and should be in finals.
Won't hear a bad word from me about the guy who got us 3 flags after 37 years of pain.
DS
I don't reckon dew was much chop. They are at a point where they are a decent team because of a swag of early draft picks.
I will be forever grateful for the role Dimma played in delivering those three flags.
He mightn't have meant it but I didn't like on AFL 360 where he said he was happy he made the effort to go to Jack and Cotch's last game. I would have thought he should have been there with bell's on rather than saying it was an effort to go.
He mightn't have meant it but I didn't like on AFL 360 where he said he was happy he made the effort to go to Jack and Cotch's last game. I would have thought he should have been there with bell's on rather than saying it was an effort to go.
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Agree and I also didn’t like the shiny new toys comment
Just casting aside the old toys, like they had no use anymore- those players had put their bodies on the line for him, for years
It just seemed a bit tacky
Hardwick didn’t resign . He was tapped on the shoulder. Club knew exactly what was happening behind the scenes . Will come out in the wash
I got feeling Gale seen the writing on the wall and the club and made the move.
