Damien Hardwick | PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
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Damien Hardwick

Gonna come a time soon where Dimma will be asking himself whether he has the desire, energy, tools to hang around for the rebuild.
And if he's not asking the question, then I hope Gale etc all are asking it of him.
History shows that many individuals struggle to return to the mountain top after getting there and then tumbling down.
Hopefully RFC will spend the remainder of this foregone season asking itself some serious questions about it's player list and the coaching staff.
Things need to change if the Tigers are to avoid being cellar dwellers for a while.
 
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He's probably had to give 60-70 percent of his net worth to his ex Mrs. With all his house renovations with new partner you can bet he will be trying to stick around. Not much on seek paying a mill a year...
 
There isn't much he can do with the midfield he has got at the moment. He will go down as an all time great but with the state of our generation next midfield he could be facing three or four years at the bottom.

It might be hard to go back to coaching a team in full rebuild mode.
 
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2-4 & the season still alive but it's slipping.
At some stage soon (unless somehow things turn around fast) Hardwick will need to make the call on a couple of decorated careers.
Particularly looking at Edwards, Tarrant & Lambert here.
 
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Tigers of Old said:
2-4 & the season still alive but it's slipping.
At some stage soon (unless somehow things turn around fast) Hardwick will need to make the call on a couple of decorated careers.
Particularly looking at Edwards, Tarrant & Lambert here.
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Our draw opens up a bit now … but the eagles game is a non negotiable must win. Lose that and it’s curtains. Win and we could turn around evens or in front after round 10.
 
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As long as we’re still “Looking forward to the challenge.”

The day we stop hearing that, you know we’re in BIG trouble.
 
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If Edwards plays poorly against the Eagles and still isn’t dropped, you’d have to question Dimma’s appetite for the next climb.
 
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Bullarto Tiger said:
Gonna come a time soon where Dimma will be asking himself whether he has the desire, energy, tools to hang around for the rebuild.
And if he's not asking the question, then I hope Gale etc all are asking it of him.
History shows that many individuals struggle to return to the mountain top after getting there and then tumbling down.
Hopefully RFC will spend the remainder of this foregone season asking itself some serious questions about it's player list and the coaching staff.
Things need to change if the Tigers are to avoid being cellar dwellers for a while.
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I hope Dimma doesn’t move on, but I would seriously start look at pillaging other clubs support staff. They’ve done it to us for years, let’s give it back. That sort of turnover was a big part of the bounce in 2017.
 
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In AFL we seem to have teams that dominate for a number of years, then decline and start a long re-build.
Has anyone analyzed how Melbourne Storm continue at the top even after an annual loss of superstar palyers? Perhaps some lessons could be learnt.
 
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tha8ball said:
Our draw opens up a bit now … but the eagles game is a non negotiable must win. Lose that and it’s curtains. Win and we could turn around evens or in front after round 10.
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yep, we've got the Eagles, Pies, Hawks then Bombers. 4 very winnable games. then the swans. we should be looking to hit the bye at 6-5, or at worst 5-6 and the season is alive. 4-7 and its probably not.
 
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Yep noticed that as well. Who could blame him. A win tomorrow could be the start of things to come.
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Agree. Was up and about a little bit more than normal. Hopefully he is seeing signs of a turn around in our form / playing style that may not yet be fully transparent in games.
 
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Selections are for skill, not defensive gut running.

In our glory era we would defend the ground so well but with 666 and stand we can’t do it nearly as well.

Teams have worked out how to exploit us.

These changes are a serious injection of skill and speed.

If - IF -we can start pushing oppo zones back with slick and dynamic ball movement we might be able to get our defensive rating back on an even keel.

A big ask, but the right selections have been made and hopefully the whole group feels more energised.

A bonus would be Lambert getting through and not pulling up sore.
 
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Carter said:
Selections are for skill, not defensive gut running.

In our glory era we would defend the ground so well but with 666 and stand we can’t do it nearly as well.

Teams have worked out how to exploit us.

These changes are a serious injection of skill and speed.

If - IF -we can start pushing oppo zones back with slick and dynamic ball movement we might be able to get our defensive rating back on an even keel.

A big ask, but the right selections have been made and hopefully the whole group feels more energised.

A bonus would be Lambert getting through and not pulling up sore.
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Putting Baker and Balta back shows he wants to move it out of the backline better. Last week we couldn’t move it forward. I think we will show a lot more dare and run from the backline and through the middle which in turn will open up the forwards.
 
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richards42 said:
Putting Baker and Balta back shows he wants to move it out of the backline better. Last week we couldn’t move it forward. I think we will show a lot more dare and run from the backline and through the middle which in turn will open up the forwards.
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I doubt both will play back. Short will surely go back, and Broad is on the bench.
I expect/hope Balta will play back, with Soldo in, so Baker will play forward.
 
I'd love to see Hardwick get back to an aggressive, play on, perpetual ball movement style game that gives our forwards a chance. We've become so slow and stagnant with ball use in fear that if we turn it over, our backs will be exposed. We play wide, play conservatively, go down the line and my pet hate, chip it sideways to the pocket from full back!

Time to get ballsy again to increase our F50 entries, and increase our chance of scoring. Time to find out which players can pull this off successfully, and which ones repeatedly turn it over. Right now, our game style is just protecting those players that turn it over. I'd rather see them exposed and eradicated from the team as part of the regeneration.
 
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Brodders17 said:
I doubt both will play back. Short will surely go back, and Broad is on the bench.
I expect/hope Balta will play back, with Soldo in, so Baker will play forward.
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We will see. Hardwick hinted there will be a few positional changes and with Stack going forward someone will have to move back. Short could be an interesting move as well with his pin point kicks long into the forward line. We have to change something up.
 
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