How dumb is the Richmond Football Club?

[tigerjoe]

I ask you, could a club be any dumber than Richmond.

Poor draft picks,

crap game plan,

5 year contracts,

letting injured players continue to play,

poor administration,

etc, etc...................

And now Richo is out for 10 weeks because the medico's and coach let him play on Sunday.

Richmond you are a joke!

 

[Bunnerz]

have to agree.

 

[Angie]

Dumb? or just incredibly unlucky. In the case of draft picks and injuries there is an element of luck involved - and it seems like none of it has gone our way for an awfully long time...

As for the game plan, contacts and administration.....

 

[Gordietiger]

Dumb and dumber---Richo out for 12!!!!

 

[BrisTiger24]

Yep....pretty dumb.

 

[dimmauchump]

Don't be like that!!

How could they tell that Richo would have been injured??

The fact he hobbled off during the North game clutching his hammy??
The fact they sent him back on against North and he was limping??
The fact he limped from the first whistle against Sydney??
The fact they took him off against Sydney for almost a qtr??
The fact they brought him back on against Sydney when he clearly was struggling to walk let alone run??

Which one of those?? How could they know?? It was just plain unlucky!!!

 

[tigersnake]

is this a trick question?

 

[Hypoxic]

I ask you, could a club be any dumber than Richmond.

Poor draft picks,

crap game plan,

5 year contracts,

letting injured players continue to play,

poor administration,

etc, etc...................

And now Richo is out for 10 weeks because the medico's and coach let him play on Sunday.

Richmond you are a joke!

The only one who is dumb is someone who would be a member of such a poor club.....IF THEY BELIEVED THIS WAS TRUE.

Go away and join Carlton.

 

[BloodOath]

I take it your NOT a member Hypoxic??

 

[daoula]

It all makes sense now...its AFL espoinage at its best
We are doomed....get ready the "TASMAINIAN TIGERS" will be leaving punt road

 

[Mac]

The only one who is dumb is someone who would be a member of such a poor club.....IF THEY BELIEVED THIS WAS TRUE.

Go away and join Carlton.

This post has saved me starting a new thread, which I would have called Misguided Loyalty, which is somehting I have been accused of. My only response was along the lines of "Oh yeah? Is not. Says you." But I didn't have any real come back.

In hindsight it has been misguided loyalty. If the RFC was a stock, I would have dumped it years ago. If it was the local garage, I would have switched to someone who could actually fix my car. Not many other entities enjoy such a return of loyalty like a football club and no more so than the RFC. It is of course different to these analagies, because of the emotional and tribal attachment with a team - and it's usually virtually impossible to change for a true supporter once they've aligned themselves. I always held the utter belief and hope that one day they would repay me, not understanding the nature of how a good team works (when I was a kid I didn't understand why the players in my team wouldn't do the things the players in other teams were doing - now I understand it's because they couldn't). The RFC of course hasn't repaid me and doesn't look like doing so for some time still. And yet I remain loyal. Why? It's not like the rewards are abundant. Are they loyal to me? If I let my membership lapse for a year, would they embrace me back as a gold member? I'd have to make my case to them pretty good - they might do it. What if it lapsed for 3 to 5 years? No way known would they reinstate my gold status. What if they invested in me for 27 years and I let them down for all but 2 of those years? How loyal would they feel toward me?

I won't be changing teams, but I currently don't have that unshakable hope because I'm older and can understand they have to build/rebuild properly and if they don't they will continue to perform poorly - I'll just be more philosophical about it.

And let's face it. They have been and continue to be dumb. It was one thing to put Richo back on against the roos as a game day tactic, but it is inconceivable to me how they didn't rest him against the swans. I was astounded he was was even considered let alone named and played.

 

[IanG]

And let's face it. They have been and continue to be dumb. It was one thing to put Richo back on against the roos as a game day tactic, but it is inconceivable to me how they didn't rest him against the swans. I was astounded he was was even considered let alone named and played.

Why when all the medical evidence was that the glute injury was OK?

 

[Mac]

Why when all the medical evidence was that the glute injury was OK?

Richmond’s doctor Greg Hickey admitted that having a weakened glute may have added to the risk of injury

I appreciate that I've quoted selectively here, but... "all the medical evidence"? All the medical presumption more like.

 

[itsintheblood]

Would have to be the biggest basket case of a sporting organisation on the entire planet.

Cannot seem to get one thing right.

If Gary March sends me any more warm fuzzy Fighting Tiger magazines I'LL SPEW UP!!!!!

 

[IanG]

Richmond’s doctor Greg Hickey admitted that having a weakened glute may have added to the risk of injury

I appreciate that I've quoted selectively here, but... "all the medical evidence"? All the medical presumption more like.

If you know you're quoting selectively then you know that section has been completely taken out of context.

 

[lukeanddad]

I must say, I am surprised at the number of surgeons and physios who contribute to PRE.

I wonder of the Kardinia Park End (KPE) is melting down with stories of how mismanaged Gary's groin has been. Or Carringbush End (CE) or Windy Hill End (WHE) when Buckley had Heard really struggled to get on the park.

The alternative to 'we stuffed it up' is that Richo has a 34 year old body and has got the maximum out of it - particularly in the past three years. The way he pushes himself, it is not surprising that something was going to happen.

 

[tigerinthetank2]

Facts are that Richo was injured PRIOR to the Kangas game

 

[IanG]

The alternative to 'we stuffed it up' is that Richo has a 34 year old body and has got the maximum out of it - particularly in the past three years. The way he pushes himself, it is not surprising that something was going to happen.

Exactly, if he's been playing with tendonitis for the past year then he'd be aware of the risks.

 

[Chocco]

dumber than dumb

 

[Mac]

Exactly, if he's been playing with tendonitis for the past year then he'd be aware of the risks.

then the risks were badly underestimated.

I still say playing a 34 your old with aggrivated/injured tendonitis is dumb. His scan confirmed tendonits and know one doubts he was injured the previous week.

No, I'm not a doctor and I'm not at the club. But I am in my thirties and I have sport related tendonitis and the clear medical advice I've had is that with sore, inflamed, injured tendonitis at that age, it is extremely important to rest , as the risk of incurring further and serious injury is VERY high.

So ok, you've got me. I ain't got no clue. But the fact is they took a risk (and, ok... it is only in my opinion that it was a dumb risk, although I wasn't the only sideline "expert" to say so prior to the game) Despite all their medical and personal knowledge he injured himself in the first few minutes.