Is Danny Frawley the matter with this footy club, or is this footy club the matter with Danny Frawley?
Probably a bit of both, because our issues are plenty old.
However, given the experience and knowledge Danny is now surrounded with, we are seemingly no better off than before. That is a real concern. But the kind of change we need cannot take place over night - no matter who is the coach.
It matters not to me who is coach, but it matters to me that he lives in the real world.
I don't understand some of the things that are going on at our Club. Some of them just don't add up. I just hope the right people do the right thing by the Club.
We all want a 'super' coach, someone who will come in and solve all our problems.
The chance of us getting one of those is remote, at best.
Let's live in dream world for a moment and imagine that a 'super' coach came to Richmond. One of the first things he would do would be to rid us of the selfish and individual environment that sabotages and prevents the possibility of us achieving any amount of progress and success.
He would do this because he would know the futility of it all if he did not.
And unless he does, he knows that nothing else he implements, puts in to place, does or says can have the impact that it would otherwise have if team unity/spirit exists.
Think of a champion team. Imagine them at their best. In all likelihood, they could have and probably did, at times have players playing out of position. But, on their day, they could still beat the majority of the competition.
Why? Because they have what it takes to succeed. They have commitment, unity, the will to win, the desire and most of all they have spirit - and team spirit at that.
That allows them to overcome all challenges and hurdles that come their way. As a united force, they overcome seemingly overwhelming odds.
What have we got? Very little of any of that. And some of us fear that any we do have may be lost over time, if we allow this environment to continue.
Instead of seeing where our real problems lie, we persist with moving deck chairs on the sinking Titanic. Knowing full well all is lost, but hoping our problems will all be over with the next move we make. As if blind to the reality that hits us in the face, time after time, we muddle on.
Perhaps the biggest difference between the 'super' coaches and others is the awareness they have of what is going on around them. What then separates them even further is the courage to do what is necessary to bring about positive change.
Change will continue to take place at our Club, just not quick enough for us all.
