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PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
RICHMOND FOOTBALL CLUB has a very good future.
Why?
Because We Have -
1. The nucleus of a very good midfield in the near future - Graham, Foley, Jackson, Coghlan, Tuck, Cotchin, Deledio to name a few
2. The foundation of a strong backline and it will continue to improve over the next season or two - McGuane, Moore, Polo, Rance, Newman
3. Arguably good to very good footballers playing a very poor game plan - White, Nahas, Collins, Morton, Tambling
4. Players who are still under developed and who with the right Football Department direction and leadership will become good to very good AFL footballers - Pattison, Hughes, Post, Vickery, Raines, Riewoldt, Oakley-Nicholls, Conners, Thursfield, Putt
5. Older players who still have a lot to give - Richardson, Brown, Simmonds, Bowden
6. Forgotten older players who may rise to AFL level again - Polak, Pettifer, Thompson
7. An off-field RFC that is stabilized and growing (how the Global Finacial Crisis impacts this is not known at this stage)
On the not-so-good-side of the equation we have -
1. A poor coaching panel whose approach and game plan is simply not getting the right results
2. A poor player development team that needs an investment of resources
3. Some players who are not AFL level - *smile*, Edwards, Hislop, King
4. A Tradeable player whose value is questionable - McMahon
My opinion is that the RFC can turn this around by
1. Appointing a new coaching panel that is prepared to make the right tough decisions by introducing the right game and development plan to the right players
2. Investing in the Football Department's Player Development area
3. Getting or developing quickly a strong CHF to straighten the attack up
4. Putting more muscles on our players as they grow into their manly bodies
5. Increasing the skills of our players through constant drills and individual training
All this can turn-around-quickly because we do have a good base of young talented players.
In other words it is the coaching panel and the footy department that has let them down........Evidence of this is
1. A player manager announcing on Fox Footy Teams that one of his young players at Richmond did not have a development coach until his third year in AFL - it appears as though we expect kids to develop themselves over the first 2 years
2. The run and carry possession and outside game plan is not getting the right results and it appears the coach does not have another contingency plan
3. A Mid-field coach who was in his day as a Richmond Footballer part of the weakest mid-fields the Tigers put on the paddock in the modern era of AFL - our midfield performed far better in the last half of last season
4. A forward coach who is a better mid-field coach
And Lastly
5. Please don't tell me the top draft picks we took all of a sudden lost their skills or football brains when they were drafted by Richmond - they simply have not been developed.
Change the coaching panel and invest in the footy department and the young talented players we have will make the Mighty Tigers roar again in the near future......my opinion only.....RT
Why?
Because We Have -
1. The nucleus of a very good midfield in the near future - Graham, Foley, Jackson, Coghlan, Tuck, Cotchin, Deledio to name a few
2. The foundation of a strong backline and it will continue to improve over the next season or two - McGuane, Moore, Polo, Rance, Newman
3. Arguably good to very good footballers playing a very poor game plan - White, Nahas, Collins, Morton, Tambling
4. Players who are still under developed and who with the right Football Department direction and leadership will become good to very good AFL footballers - Pattison, Hughes, Post, Vickery, Raines, Riewoldt, Oakley-Nicholls, Conners, Thursfield, Putt
5. Older players who still have a lot to give - Richardson, Brown, Simmonds, Bowden
6. Forgotten older players who may rise to AFL level again - Polak, Pettifer, Thompson
7. An off-field RFC that is stabilized and growing (how the Global Finacial Crisis impacts this is not known at this stage)
On the not-so-good-side of the equation we have -
1. A poor coaching panel whose approach and game plan is simply not getting the right results
2. A poor player development team that needs an investment of resources
3. Some players who are not AFL level - *smile*, Edwards, Hislop, King
4. A Tradeable player whose value is questionable - McMahon
My opinion is that the RFC can turn this around by
1. Appointing a new coaching panel that is prepared to make the right tough decisions by introducing the right game and development plan to the right players
2. Investing in the Football Department's Player Development area
3. Getting or developing quickly a strong CHF to straighten the attack up
4. Putting more muscles on our players as they grow into their manly bodies
5. Increasing the skills of our players through constant drills and individual training
All this can turn-around-quickly because we do have a good base of young talented players.
In other words it is the coaching panel and the footy department that has let them down........Evidence of this is
1. A player manager announcing on Fox Footy Teams that one of his young players at Richmond did not have a development coach until his third year in AFL - it appears as though we expect kids to develop themselves over the first 2 years
2. The run and carry possession and outside game plan is not getting the right results and it appears the coach does not have another contingency plan
3. A Mid-field coach who was in his day as a Richmond Footballer part of the weakest mid-fields the Tigers put on the paddock in the modern era of AFL - our midfield performed far better in the last half of last season
4. A forward coach who is a better mid-field coach
And Lastly
5. Please don't tell me the top draft picks we took all of a sudden lost their skills or football brains when they were drafted by Richmond - they simply have not been developed.
Change the coaching panel and invest in the footy department and the young talented players we have will make the Mighty Tigers roar again in the near future......my opinion only.....RT