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Damien Hardwick
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Trouble is the three assistant coaches that were instrumental in developing the game plan that won us our Premierships aren't there any more.Didnt know where to put this, but with the posting about ball movement, and kicking efficiency, it is worth noting who our best kicks are, and how many games they have missed:
Your AFL club's best kickers
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Richmond
Most kicks: Jayden Short (345)
Best short kick: Shane Edwards (+13.9%)
Best long kick: Kane Lambert (+12.5%)
Best kick under pressure: Nathan Broad (+30.6%)
Best kick for goal: Jack Graham (+24.4%)
Best overall kicking efficiency: Nick Vlastuin (+10%)
The eye test says Dustin Martin is one of the competition's best kicks, but he doesn't top any category at the Tigers in 2021. Another real surprise. Broad is the AFL's best kick under pressure while Graham sits in the top five for kicks at goal.
This year is ample proof that their replacements are not up to scratch.
We need to bring in quality replacements and soft cap be dammed.
Yeah we have the hardest part of the puzzle - an experienced, inspiring and hardened leader of men.
Dimma is forever minted as premiership coach. His words therefore carry the ultimate authority - how can a cocky rookie possibly think they know better?
This is priceless. Invaluable moving forward. Getting a young coach (Teague, Longmuir) or even an experienced hand (Ratten, Fagan) means little if the guy hasn’t got any cups under the belt. Cos when the chips are down, players will doubt.
This is the mountain any coach must climb. Most fail.
We have a ‘made’ man. An astronomically valuable asset.
Provided Dimma has strong tactical support, I’d be all in on him becoming a mainstay, Bellamy style.
Dimma is forever minted as premiership coach. His words therefore carry the ultimate authority - how can a cocky rookie possibly think they know better?
This is priceless. Invaluable moving forward. Getting a young coach (Teague, Longmuir) or even an experienced hand (Ratten, Fagan) means little if the guy hasn’t got any cups under the belt. Cos when the chips are down, players will doubt.
This is the mountain any coach must climb. Most fail.
We have a ‘made’ man. An astronomically valuable asset.
Provided Dimma has strong tactical support, I’d be all in on him becoming a mainstay, Bellamy style.
we only 1 had 1 last year and won the flag. the bombers have 2 of them but are still ordinary.
if you havent got the players on the field, it doesnt matter who is in the coaches box.
but yes we should aim for the best assistant coaches regardless of the cost. may as well pay the afl "tax", as give them "re-distribution".
Dimma, please let the year go. It's done, we're done.
Play Cumberland, RCD, Martyn and drop Aarts, Castagna etc. Get games into the kids.
Prepare for next year.
This years 7th and 8th placed teams will be the worst in history.
Freo have a percentage of 90 FFS.
Have no doubt he’ll come up with a different game style over the summer , 6 out of 7 loses is time to have a look at what’s not working , just a few tweaks here and there and September 2022 beckons , the year of the Richiemond 
We would just end up having to go to play the Kochies or Bears or Swans away only to get brained.
I'd rather we just left it to the others and re load for next year.
I want our players and coaches to feel the sting of failure, as that will be what spurs them like the 2018 catastrophe bought us 2019 and 2020.
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This is a solid point.
But I dunno, I reckon if we scraped in our style is still well suited to finals at least.
They are simply not up to it. The myth of our depth has been exposed time and time again.
At season close Dimma needs to go away, relax, reflect and come up with a new plan. Also get some seasoned assistants to back him up
Must stop being pigheaded and embrace the importance of clearances & stoppages, contested footy, ability to play tight man on man at times, sticking tackles one on one and bold ways of moving the ball from point kick ins. It’s no longer solely a turnover game.
No harm in finding out once and for all.
Important post season coming up this year a very important one.
It will go a long way to deciding how the club goes forward as a final's contender or stagnates and declines.
