Hardwick seemed non-committal about whether Jack Riewoldt will be offered another contract in his exit interview tomorrow.

Could we offer him a 1-2 year contract playing offer and a position as the forward coach when he finishes?

I'll put my hand up and say I have not watched much neutral footy this year so I don't know how he's going in general re his physical ability for 1+ more season, but his record speaks for itself - he's in the upper echelon of modern day forwards alongside Hawkins and Kennedy, his contribution on and off the field could be invaluable for the next few years.

If we're delisting Mitch Brown and attempting to trade out Weideman with 1 year left, then perhaps he would be perfect depth and a valuable player/coach at Casey, and would be ready to replace Brown or TMAC on form and injury when required so long as he backs himself to play again, and it seems like he wants to go on another year at Richmond .

Everyone is taking it for granted that JVR will be ready next year, but you just don't know that yet - As for where he fits in with Jackson/Gawn and Gawn/Grundy well of course we are at risk of being very top heavy. It's probably a conversation to be had at the end of the season as we assess how T.McDonald and Ben Brown go, but it won't cost much and it's a bit of a free hit at 300k a year. Not much to be lost, plenty to gain.

 

I doubt Reiwoldt would be interested in playing VFL footy when he has a media career ready to go as soon as he's done with AFL and I would rather put games into JVR than a 34 year old.

Great player (but past his peak) and seems like a great guy, but it's a pass for me.

It certainly didn’t sound positive for Jack last night which has me loathing the thought of more Jack on tv and radio. I can’t see him moving to another club at his age and with a media career in the waiting, he’s been an amazing player though. 

Problem with Reiwoldt is he isn’t the sort of forward we need. He plays more like Fritta than a true KPF.

His two shots from the boundary in the EF were vintage Reiwoldt. He is still better than most of our forward options 

You'd take him in a heartbeat to get him into the club provided he's prepared to play as a Fritsch replacement.

Imagine if Fritsch didn't get up for Brisbane and his replacement is Reiwoldt still kicking goals from the boundary lol

Could I just hire him as our Forwards & goalkicking coach !!! 

Hypothetically, sure! But when you factor in all the other stuff mentioned here it doesn't seem like the smartest option. 

Still kicked 40 goals from 21 games.

Loathe him or not, he'd be the perfect mentor for JVR who plays a similar game style to Riewoldt.

Recruit another key forward through the draft and offer Riewoldt a two year deal with transition to potentially part time forwards coach.

I'm very keen on a variety of veteran players that are keen to extend their careers. Grundy, reiwoldt, gunston all would suit us imo. 

personally, i think he would waltz into every team's best 22

that said, i refuse to believe he'll want to leave the team that he's played in three premierships throughout his entire 300+ game career 

I just think Hardwick was non committal on AFL360 last night because their exit interview with Riewoldt is today. There's no way Dimma is going to open up to Robbo on TV on the club's thoughts before reaching an agreed position with Jack directly.

I reckon if Jack wants another year, the club will sign him on. If the club wind him up, I'm not sure he'd move elsewhere for another year. 

Didn’t watch AFL360 but it was mentioned on SEN yesterday that Richmond had offered JW a one-year contract worth around $300K.

Edited September 6, 20223 yr by Ethan Tremblay