You never know but it is not always the best footballers and captains who make it big in the coach stakes. In recent memory just look at Buckley. As much as I hate to say it a great footballer and captain but......
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Trent Cotchin (Merged)
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Buckley was a great footballer.
Never rated him as a good captain. Too much of “look at me” to be a decent leader. Not much better as a coach.
I used to work with Stephen Williams’ wife. She said that she was aware that all football players needed a degree of self confidence to succeed, but there was such a thing as taking it too far, and iho, Buckley did. That was her very polite way of saying that he was so far up himself that it was off the charts.
September 2021 would mean an early retirement, wouldn't you think?
I say keep on keeping on.
What's the definition of a full hand in premiership parlance? Or perhaps a royal routine?
in retrospect, Wallet never had any right to impose his marketing views on the club.
17 was never the captains number in our history, reaks of arrogance for Wallet to try and leave a legacy when he achieved donuts.
Was great strength for a young Cotch to choose his own path on this issue, would not have been easy.
It was a signal for things to come .......
I think Brett Ratten had a fair bit to do wth getting us Cotchin, and Wallet can’t claim any credit for Martin. He’d walked by that point. Jade Rawlings coached the game and Jordan McMahon sealed the deal for us. Mind you, I don’t think it mattered what pick we had that year, we were always picking Dusty.
I still remember Chimp’s U18 highlights reel. Looked like such a low key, classy Brownlow medallist in waiting.
It was at a time when Richmond fans kind of had a messiah complex. Trent never fed into that, and compared to our other hopeful elite draft picks at the time like Deledio, he just came across very differently in his interviews. I didn’t pay enough attention to it at the time, but in hindsight Trent’s quality of character was always evident to those who knew what they were looking for. I’m sure there’s plenty of posters on here who saw it.
His highlights reel (which used to be on PRE until the AFL put an end to that) showed him as smooth, smart, head over the ball, putting teammates into space from congestion, drawing the opponent when handballing (which was a foreign concept to Richmond teams at the time), etc.
There was an abundance of class and confidence without the personal ego we grew accustomed to with the usual draft hopefuls.
Sometime in the future, another player will come to Richmond with similar traits. When they do, he’s not going to wear the #9 out of club tradition, but he probably will receive some form of mentorship from Trent in some capacity. Hopefully the wait isn’t as long as it was for Trent’s class of mentors.
Annnd yes, it’s a few years too soon to be looking that far ahead
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It was at a time when Richmond fans kind of had a messiah complex. Trent never fed into that, and compared to our other hopeful elite draft picks at the time like Deledio, he just came across very differently in his interviews. I didn’t pay enough attention to it at the time, but in hindsight Trent’s quality of character was always evident to those who knew what they were looking for. I’m sure there’s plenty of posters on here who saw it.
His highlights reel (which used to be on PRE until the AFL put an end to that) showed him as smooth, smart, head over the ball, putting teammates into space from congestion, drawing the opponent when handballing (which was a foreign concept to Richmond teams at the time), etc.
There was an abundance of class and confidence without the personal ego we grew accustomed to with the usual draft hopefuls.
Sometime in the future, another player will come to Richmond with similar traits. When they do, he’s not going to wear the #9 out of club tradition, but he probably will receive some form of mentorship from Trent in some capacity. Hopefully the wait isn’t as long as it was for Trent’s class of mentors.
Annnd yes, it’s a few years too soon to be looking that far ahead
..... I still remember Chimp’s U18 highlights reel. Looked like such a low key, classy Brownlow medallist in waiting.
It was at a time when Richmond fans kind of had a messiah complex. Trent never fed into that, and compared to our other hopeful elite draft picks at the time like Deledio, he just came across very differently in his interviews. I didn’t pay enough attention to it at the time, but in hindsight Trent’s quality of character was always evident to those who knew what they were looking for. I’m sure there’s plenty of posters on here who saw it.
His highlights reel (which used to be on PRE until the AFL put an end to that) showed him as smooth, smart, head over the ball, putting teammates into space from congestion, drawing the opponent when handballing (which was a foreign concept to Richmond teams at the time), etc.
There was an abundance of class and confidence without the personal ego we grew accustomed to with the usual draft hopefuls.
Sometime in the future, another player will come to Richmond with similar traits. When they do, he’s not going to wear the #9 out of club tradition, but he probably will receive some form of mentorship from Trent in some capacity. Hopefully the wait isn’t as long as it was for Trent’s class of mentors.
Annnd yes, it’s a few years too soon to be looking that far ahead
Good stuff, Kid
Captain Crunch, the Brownlow Medalist, and THREE-TIME PREMIERSHIP CAPTAIN.
That's all I've got to add.
I can see him as a long term Richmond CEO. He may go elsewhere for a period but it will be all part of the CEO education program
I reckon if we won a premiership in the next three years I'd pretty much be done.''
Flag and I'm done: Cotchin
A Richmond premiership in the next few years would prompt Trent Cotchin to consider retirement, even if only in his mid-20s.
Given we won one in 4 years he didn't lie..
Fourth premiership and then hand over to the next captain, but stay for a year or two to support him. And win 2 more flags
It’s a good time to capture the youngsters before the other side of their family gets the claws in TT.
I have been working hard on it as well
Feels like yesterday that the Skip was drafted , what a career it has been . Though Dusty may get all the big game accolades , th3 skips not far behind in impact in the games that matter.
just about my most prized possession is the first T Cotchin signature as a Tiger
just about my most prized possession is the first T Cotchin signature as a Tiger
Was rather prophetic that his first kick was also a goal. Admittedly we lost the game, but weirdly enough it was against the Cats.
