Teflon wrote: ↑Wed 20 Jun 2018 11:04pm
Again you’re ignoring who is overall accountable for coaching and onfield performance at St Kilda - the head coach is Richardson. Just like the CEO he is accountable for on field performance and a drastic fall in performance like the debacle this season has been has to largely rest with him. Your view also ignores Riches obvious role in agreeing to coaching structures that have been put in place around him (he will have had direct input here), again that decision also needs to be factored in.
I don't know that he is like a CEO.
I was staggered when Geelong for example told Thompson to 'just coach' and restructured the coaching department around him, as up until that point - a coach was like a CEO.They ran the show. But now we suddenly saw that coaches don't do half the stuff they used to, and that we thought they did. Hardwick had his coaching team restructured around him against his will.
What is Danny Sexton's role? Does Richardson actually develop the strategy? Does Richardson have the final say into how the coaching team is structured?
Where does the Head of Football Operations fit in?
If the Head Coach is acting as the equivalent of a CEO in a large business - where do the Director of Coaching and the Head of Football Operations fit in?
Teflon wrote: ↑Wed 20 Jun 2018 11:04pm
Something doesn’t just “go amiss” this year eg the upcoming retirements of some great players wasn’t unexpected and again, Richo as senior coach is absolutely accountable for managing that transition. IF as part of his decision making process Richo has over valued list quality, as he talked it up often, then again he is accountable.
Is the head coach responsible for list management? Where does the List Manager fit in then?
Teflon wrote: ↑Wed 20 Jun 2018 11:04pm
Finally, his record isn’t that of a high performing CEO - in football terms it’s deplorable and that can’t be ignored. As others point out his record isn’t comparable to Hardwick when he was struggling as he’d at minimum gotten his team into finals. Richo has also failed on that measure in a season where many noted we had a kind draw.
It all depends on what his role actually is.
As a supporter, I don't know what his actual role is. He's the Head Coach - but where do his responsibilities start and stop?
I think it's obvious that the days of a Coach being equivalent of a CEO are well and truly over. They're not like soccer Managers, as GT constantly reminds us. He thinks they should be, and rejects the modern structure of the Coach 'just coaching'. So I think you're off the mark with that analogy.
We saw Ross Lyon throw his assistants under the bus the other year when he blamed Freo's shitness on the fact that his assistants were given too much trust.
So as I said, I'm far from a Richardson fan from what I've seen over the past two years. But I think the old 'sack the coach cause we're losing' approach is outdated. Where is the issue? Find it, and address it.
From afar, I have no way of telling where the problem lies.