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11 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

So hang on he hasn't told the players yet but Tom Morris announced it. 

Who leaked the info to him. 

I'm guessing there are some phone calls going on tonight 

I believe Dimma told it to Bevo, and Bevo is in a Whatspp group with Tom Morris.

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    pretty poor if the players are finding this out via a tweet

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    3 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

    I believe Dimma told it to Bevo, and Bevo is in a Whatspp group with Tom Morris.

    I wonder if he'll have a bevo response. I mean he should be able to tell the players himself.

    Meanwhile Michael Voss is rapt because suddenly the attention is off him.

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    18 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

    So hang on he hasn't told the players yet but Tom Morris announced it. 

    Who leaked the info to him. 

    I'm guessing there are some phone calls going on tonight 

    all richmond staff were sent an email to attend a compulsory meeting tomorrow

    that's basically how it got out and morris got a tip

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    17 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

    I think you mean truth 189227.

    Sounds like he’d be stepping down after this w/e and not seeing out the season. He owes the Tigs nothing after delivering 3 flags.

    Really?

    If he is experiencing personal issues and needs to get away from football for his well being then ok.

    But if not, surely he owes them the commitment he made at the start of this season - to see the season out, to honour is contract.

    Remember he must have been the driver of going after Torranto and Hopper and his pitch prusumably was we are still in the premiership window. Otherwise why tie up so much salary cap space for two mid twenties players on long term contracts?

    How does a new coach rebuild?

     

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    2 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    all richmond staff were sent an email to attend a compulsory meeting tomorrow

    that's basically how it got out and morris got a tip

    I'm sure that would have made dimma happy 

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    46 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Inappropriate much?

    The affair with the Richmond staffer was inappropriate. Blokes not only a bully and a thug, but a deceitful one at that. Good riddance to him.

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    10 minutes ago, binman said:

    Really?

    If he is experiencing personal issues and needs to get away from football for his well being then ok.

    But if not, surely he owes them the commitment he made at the start of this season - to see the season out, to honour is contract.

    Remember he must have been the driver of going after Torranto and Hopper and his pitch prusumably was we are still in the premiership window. Otherwise why tie up so much salary cap space for two mid twenties players on long term contracts?

    How does a new coach rebuild?

     

    It’s so out of the blue that I gotta wonder if he jumped or was pushed? Something tells me there’s a fair bit more to this story than meets the eye. 

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    I lost respect for Hardwick after the 2000 GF but you have to give him kudos for three Flags at Richmond, I won’t miss his press conferences or him.!!

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    1 hour ago, layzie said:

    Huge news. Two of the best coaches in the modern era departing within a week of each other.

    Maybe they are going to become umpires 😋

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    Maybe tom broke it because he wants some credibility back or because he is a Melbourne supporter and wanted some revenge from 2000

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    36 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Mid season? Nice one Dimma... Sore loser syndrome methinks.

    Or he's made his decision he doesn't have the drive to see through a rebuild so wants to do the best thing by the club to start preparing for their new coach now. I respect what he's achieved and that he has chosen to step down when he has earned the right to stay on given his success at Richmond.

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    32 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

    Has anyone considered that he may have a health issue that requires his full attention?

    People who want to hate don't consider things like that

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    1 minute ago, YearOfTheDees said:

    Deserves the respect of every footy fan, three flags should have/ could have been four. 

    As a coach sure. As a person, nope sorry you dont get respect just because you win stuff. 

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    Interesting two multiple flag winning coaches, both of whom brought their teams up from the mire to sustained success coaching now struggling sides, leave in a matter of days. 
    Is the fall from grace too much to manage??

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    22 minutes ago, monoccular said:

    Interesting two multiple flag winning coaches, both of whom brought their teams up from the mire to sustained success coaching now struggling sides, leave in a matter of days. 
    Is the fall from grace too much to manage??

    If they are in any way related I can only imagine it's because Hardwick has seen the toll coaching has taken on Clarko and seen himself struggling in similar ways.

    But I don't think it's a fall from grace situation.

    Hardwick has been consistent in saying he'd coach Richmond until he felt he wasn't the right person to take the group forward. That's pragmatic and a win for both parties.

    Really he's bailing out now so he doesn't have a Clarko 2019-2021 stretch of futility on his resume.

    A minimum of 5 months off, maybe even 23 months off, then he can walk in fresh to a new job.

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