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Wallace will resign this week
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Mark Harvey wants everyone to leave Walla$e alone
Reported this evening in the Sun that Harvey wants everyone to stop scrutinizing Wally.
Harvey wants Wally there for 1 more game so that he can join the long list of coaches that have outcoached Wally.
Reported this evening in the Sun that Harvey wants everyone to stop scrutinizing Wally.
Harvey wants Wally there for 1 more game so that he can join the long list of coaches that have outcoached Wally.
500 game club----and thats it. Decision been made by all parties----Wallace has secured his future already and RFC have moved on!!!
Regardless of what has happened in the last five years, I think Wallace can walk away with his head held high. He gave it his best shot and at the end of the day it just wasnt good enough, but he gave it a go. Obviously its not satisfactory, but his a proud person and I think he has every right to be proud of his effort.
Terry Wallace is a premiership player and has been an AFL coach for over a decade, anyone who has 500 AFL games next to their name isnt a push over. We can kick him now that he is down, but I will always respect him.
We can look at him the same way we look at Danny Frawley but they both took on a tough job. And stress? Whats stress? Having the highest circulating newspapers calling for your head? People asking for you to be sacked via talkback radio, what other job offers such a priveledge? Death row and your face underneath it? Id laugh at such a thing if it happened to me for just one day. But not for 5 years...
Terry Wallace is a premiership player and has been an AFL coach for over a decade, anyone who has 500 AFL games next to their name isnt a push over. We can kick him now that he is down, but I will always respect him.
We can look at him the same way we look at Danny Frawley but they both took on a tough job. And stress? Whats stress? Having the highest circulating newspapers calling for your head? People asking for you to be sacked via talkback radio, what other job offers such a priveledge? Death row and your face underneath it? Id laugh at such a thing if it happened to me for just one day. But not for 5 years...
hellenictiger said:
$650k per year - twice what the Prime Minister gets!! - it goes with the territory I would think.
I don't see the logic in simply waiting until some pre-defined mid year review while the club falls to pieces. It simply makes no sense at all. The decision makers at Punt Road should hang their collective heads in shame. Wallace surely should have been fired after the Melbourne game yet for some inexplicable reason continues on in his role as coach of the RFC. Despite being in a weakened position due to Richmond's horrific win-loss record this season and the loss of confidence by a sub-set of the playing list he is still influential enough to hang on. I hate to think what is going to happen should the Tigers string a few wins together. Contract extension, perhaps? While the players do bear some responsibility Wallace is ultimately accountable since he has had direct input on the selection and development of the list. It is really painful watching how inept Richmond has become. Anger should no longer be directed at Wallace but rather those that are incapable of making the most obvious change of all.
I think it's got to do with the fact that the board and whoever is concerned have not secured a coach for 2010 or at least serious interest... and maybe the interim coaching prospects are also hesitant after seeing the hysteria with TW.Willow said:
Oh well, its Thursday and Wallace is still there so looks like I was wrong, mods this thread can be closed 
Willow said:
Club falling to pieces? Please...hang tough, don't get sucked in by the media garbage. All that has happened is our attempt at painting over the deficiencies in our list have shown up for all to see when the light of day has been cast on it.
The club is far from falling apart, it's merely getting honest in weeding the weak links out of the chain. There is a right way to go about that, not one of fire and brimstone and kneejerk reactions.
In any situation you think now it's even remotely possible Wallace will get a contract extension? You're really freaking out now. No chance.
I very much doubt Wallace will make it past the split round, at least wait till then to have a melt down.
Dyer Disciple said:Club falling to pieces? Please...hang tough, don't get sucked in by the media garbage. All that has happened is our attempt at painting over the deficiencies in our list have shown up for all to see when the light of day has been cast on it.
The club is far from falling apart, it's merely getting honest in weeding the weak links out of the chain. There is a right way to go about that, not one of fire and brimstone and kneejerk reactions.
In any situation you think now it's even remotely possible Wallace will get a contract extension? You're really freaking out now. No chance.
I very much doubt Wallace will make it past the split round, at least wait till then to have a melt down.
I was joking about the contract extension with Wallace. However I wouldn't think after 4.5 years of mediocrity that firing him would be considered a knee jerk reaction but rather a long over due decision. His use by date really was at the end of the 2007 season.
btoz_01 said:
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Lyrics
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On the road to nowhere with the master of spin
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