After four years at the helm, surely it's reasonable to expect that the Terry Wallace-coached Tigers could show an improved skill level? Their first quarter skill level against the Maggies was barely above abysmal. And in a telling postscript, senior players are disproportionately represented among the offenders.
In another repeat performance, former Richmond coach Captain Obvious (Robert Walls) has yet to master the art of saying anything remotely incisive or interjecting with a comment not consisting of a decontextualised statistic passed to him by the producer. "Breathtakingly boring" is the only description that comes to mind.
Friday, February 27, 2009
How many years does it take to acquire skill?
After four years at the helm, surely it's reasonable to expect that the Terry Wallace-coached Tigers could show an improved skill level? Their first quarter skill level against the Maggies was barely above abysmal. And in a telling postscript, senior players are disproportionately represented among the offenders.In another repeat performance, former Richmond coach Captain Obvious (Robert Walls) has yet to master the art of saying anything remotely incisive or interjecting with a comment not consisting of a decontextualised statistic passed to him by the producer. "Breathtakingly boring" is the only description that comes to mind.
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You cannot win games let alone play finals if you cannot kick...
Brisbane had amazing skills, Bombers, Sydney, Geelong etc all did as well in their premiership years in the last 9 years.
Don't tell me that you think Wallace and his team are over rated? The media remain convinced that they will be a finals threat. Do they pack rose coloured glasses just for the Richmond games?
Agreed, Robert Walls is the worst commentator of all time.
Good point, Britam. Are the media influenced by ratings/circulation in their early-season prognostications?
After what seems like a generation of ninth-place finished, the Tigers faithful must crave 'knowledgeable' validation of their hopes and dreams.
We can only surmise that Wallace has been overwhelmed by the culture at Richmond which was fostered by such 'legends' as Danny Frawley (5 years), Jeff Gieschen — look what he's done to the umpires — (2 years), Robert "Captain Obvious" Walls (2 years) and John Northey (3 years).
Only in the Richmond culture would a klutz the size of Richo be venerated the way he is (although the Saints come close with 'Kosi'). Sure, he's kicked squillions of goals, but how many more would he have kicked, how much more successful could Richmond have been, were it not for his regular brainfades and deplorable kicking close to goal.
It will be a football generation — eight to ten years — before the Richo (and Knights and Campbell) influence has washed out of the club. Only then will they have a realistic chance of success.
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