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PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum

i was doing some research on Wallace's past record at the bulldogs. Now i know he came across with big wraps but in looking back his record doesn't sit all that well.

He had quite a good team at the bulldogs and a ready made team at that. Junior players on his list were of the calabre of N. Brown, L.Gilbee, Giansericusa, S.West, R.Murphy, etc.. Now this got me thinking on a whether the tigers list was comparable and looking at it i would say YES.

After 3 seasons the bulldogs were on the slide. Here is how they went - 15th, 3rd, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 10th, 12th

So after getting a ready made team Wallace was unable to develop it moving forward.

After Peter Rhode's inglorious effort Rodney Eade took over and moulded this group into a very good side. This raised a couple of questions.

1/ Can Wallace develop young players?
2/ Is his game plan or lack thereof adequate?
3/ Was it the Alan Joyce recruiting that got Wallace up and going?
4/ By saying to the board that he will be following Geelong's example does this mean he needed to copy and didn't have his own ideas.
5/ Is RFC just very unlucky when it comes to coaches?

i'm currently a very confused and disillusioned supporter at the moment.