Wallace confirms he's not coaching next season

[theScabman]

Standing on the outside looking in, after reading the interview on AFL.com today it's quite obvious - always has been - that the one thing that matters to Terry the most is himself.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/77762/default.aspx
Two bits of the interview stick out like dogs balls to me though..

Your proudest achievement in footy?
It would have to be being best and fairest in a premiership year (Hawks, 1983). All the other awards are nice, I suppose, but to be voted the best player in the team that won the flag – by the people at the club - can’t be topped.
The fact he wants to talk about individual honours more than what he was able to achieve as part of a team and...



How do you feel about not winning a flag as a coach?
There's no doubt that it's a case of being in the right place at the right time. I have a winning record against several premiership coaches so I am confident in my abilities.

The two clubs I have taken over were 15th or 16th so I never received an armchair ride like some have been fortunate enough to get.

Well, that last comment just astounds me, but shouldn't come as a surprise, he's been throwing this crap around for 5 years now and I find myself wondering how Punt Rd is still standing and not burnt to the ground with the amount of posturing and back-pedalling that Wallace was committed over his tenure at Richmond( Does he truly believe other coaches got an armchair ride?), including his inability to take responsibility for the list, the game plan and any of the team or lists short comings.

I really did struggle to read his comments in this interview though as he almost broke his arm trying to pat himself on the back for a job well done, seemingly without the knowledge that he'd just taken a club for a 5 year ride to nowhere...anyway my thoughts are more succinctly put by a fellow Hawk over at HHQ

What a ridiculously self centered interview.

He cops a bit Terry, but that is pathetic some of the things he says in that interview trying to talk himself up in each question, even if not directly sometimes. Making a point of taking over teams that were placed down the ladder as if he got a tough deal. What kind of coach with any pride would bring this up? Surely great coaches wouldn't say something like that? Well, that is why you are no where near a great coach Terry.

He is a selfish coach, and it more than comes out in that interview.

I've heard him take credit for the state of the Dogs list after he left and 2 years into the Tigers job. I've heard him talk about how Hawthorn had the better list before he took over Richmond, then afterwards in 2007 he stated that we had it easier because we had more 21-26 year olds on our list than they did.

I've heard him complain about a short break between games, then two weeks later complain about having a 9 day break and his players weren't "match hardened".

In this interview he is claiming credit for several things to do with the game. He also states his biggest achievement is the best and fairest he won, not the premierships he won. I think that stands out for me.

Good riddance when you go Terry, I've had enough of your spin and crap, and thank god you never coached the Hawthorn Football Club.

 

[Tiger74]

well said mate, this is why I am finally over Wallace - his exit is more about his perceived "legacy" than what is good for our club (which he keeps hammering on about)

grow a set Terry - resign Saturday night

 

[jb03]

well said mate, this is why I am finally over Wallace - his exit is more about his perceived "legacy" than what is good for our club (which he keeps hammering on about)

grow a set Terry - resign Saturday night

Been a bit worried about you lately T74 but succinctly and well put.

 

[tigerinthetank2]

Thread should be renamed, wont be coaching next week. :clap

 

[Rosy]

"So I'm quite comfortable to do the right thing by the Richmond footy club.

"I'll do what the Richmond footy club needs me to do."

I wonder if he thinks doing the right thing by the RFC includes leaving without the $$$ for the final months of his contract.

Tezza has an amazing ability to portray himself as the hero, the hard done by one, the one who is faultless in regard to our poor results but the stories I'm hearing about the players make me want him gone asap before too much more damage is done.

 

[tigerinthetank2]

I wonder if he thinks doing the right thing by the RFC includes leaving without the $$$ for the final months of his contract.

Tezza has an amazing ability to portray himself as the hero, the hard done by one, the one who is faultless in regard to our poor results but the stories I'm hearing about the players make me want him gone asap before too much more damage is done.

100% Correct! Poor results , no accountability =$3,000,000 over 5 years. :

 

[btoz_01]

In the Sun today hes quoted as saying-

"I have a winning record against several premiership coaches, so I am confident in my abilities.

The two clubs I have taken over were 15th or 16th, so I never received an armchair ride like some have been fortunate enough to get."

Wally all your spin is making us all dizzy and were all about to

What the ??? Ok Wally if youre so confident of your abilities why dont you try getting another senior coaching job? Good luck finding a sucker like our club.
You have had 4+ years at our club and developed what? We have a better list that when you first started and we cant win a game.
No game plan, cant develop juniors and its all about Wally. :brickwall :brickwall

 

[gustiger12]

I think its pretty clear, here. We all agree, we all know I'm gone, and once the final stages of the settlement are negotiated and signed I will pack my bongo's and head off to the bank to deposit my big fat cheque, then off to the HS to see how my new desk is looking.

I think they are simply finalising the agreement and putting the finishing touches to an exit strategy where both come out ok and that will be it. Like most others, for him to come out and say this a few days before his 500th game is a reasonable indication that this maybe his last as the coach of the RFC. Just setting the scence for the press conference next week.

"Yeah look we're disappointed with the way things worked out and it was unfortunate, but I think the poor recruiting history by Greg Miller really cost me my career." ;D

 

[CarnTheTiges]

Now that the news is out I honestly hope the Richmond Football Club gets serious and does not waste the opportunity to get a quality coach.
Someone who has balls and is not afraid to make hard calls on fragile egos. We aren't going to get anywhere with the soft, don't offend anyone attitude and that is proven. I hope the clean out goes right through the whole coaches box and everyone of them to a tee is shown the door. I am anti Wallace but he is not alone in his box....the whole team should go as they simply do not have a good record. Ours skills are deplorable, our structures pathetic, there is no system and this must stem back to the entire coaching group. 2009 is a write off but surely with some gutsy and inspired selections we can make 2010 a good year. A lot of woeful teams have turned it around quickly with a new approach and i guess most notably the pies when they selected Tom.

Go on Richmond...no soft options please. Get tough and grab us a coach. Return to the ruthless days when we were hated and admired...not laughed at for our insipid lack of skill, commitment and attitude. If you aren't able to make a few tough calls the entire board shold consider themselves as inept as Wallace and his minions.

I agree with pretty much everything you've said here DHN, but just who is this coach and his team? Over the past quarter of a century (sounds great when you put it like that, eh?) the RFC seem to have tried every strategy with regards to coaching and nothing has seemed to work. I don't know who to appoint, but I'm starting to get the feeling that no matter what the club do that we'll all be back here in a few years saying the same things, but with a different name. I wonder if when Terry goes to his new job in the media he'll be honest about what happened at the RFC.

 

[tigersnake]

Shocked. Did he give any reasons why he wouldn't be coaching next year ?

I know its a dumb joke, but I nearly regurgitated my coffee onto the screen from laughing.

 

[Tigers of Old]

Might just want the 500 milestone

No doubt he'll refer to that fact several times in his future media career. :blah

In the Sun today hes quoted as saying-

"I have a winning record against several premiership coaches, so I am confident in my abilities.

The two clubs I have taken over were 15th or 16th, so I never received an armchair ride like some have been fortunate enough to get."

Has there ever been a person so totally deluded and totally up themselves involved in the AFL?

How about you refer to your record against top 8 sides over the past 5 years Terry?

How about you refer to your wooden spoons and a coaching record at Richmond that's ended up considerably worse than your predecessors who was the laughing stock of the AFL?

Seriously I am sick to the guts of listening to his *smile* and the sooner we never have to listen to his fabricated excuses the better off we'll all be.

 

[tigerjoe]

No doubt he'll refer to that fact several times in his future media career. :blah


Has there ever been a person so totally deluded and totally up themselves involved in the AFL?

How about you refer to your record against top 8 sides over the past 5 years Terry?

How about you refer to your wooden spoons and a coaching record at Richmond that's ended up considerably worse than your predecessors who was the laughing stock of the AFL?

Seriously I am sick to the guts of listening to his *smile* and the sooner we never have to listen to his fabricated excuses the better off we'll all be.

Amen , ToO!

 

[yellow_and_black]

3-experienced
2-rookie

You beat me to it.

 

[Streak]

Gee, I am gald that Terry confirmed this for us because I reallty thought he might be coaching us next year based on this season's efforts.

 

[gustiger12]

How about you refer to your wooden spoons and a coaching record at Richmond that's ended up considerably worse than your predecessors who was the laughing stock of the AFL?

This is why Terry has announced it. He doesn't want to be the first Richmond coach to end up with two wooden spoons against his name. Actually does anyone hold that distinction, anyone know.......Rhett?