Hardwick quits

[Tigerbob68]

I'll forever be grateful to Dimma for his role in dragging the Tigers out of the cellar and into the top 8. To see 3 premierships was just amazing, something I never thought would happen as a kid going through primary school and high school in the 2000s and early to mid 2010s. All the jokes about 'ninthmond' evaporated overnight after 2017 and I must admit I don't miss hearing that bloody joke. Maybe we're due for a slide or maybe we're not, but I feel privileged to have watched this team play under the longest serving coach in the long history of our proud club. Dimma has earnt a break and I wish him all the best in the next chapter of his life.

I genuinely felt that all the jokes evaporated when we won the GWS Prelim. That felt like a huge weight off the shoulders.
Who knew how much better there was to come???

 

[archer the tiger]

harmes?

 

[archer the tiger]

harmes?

#15

 

[Michaels]

Yea dimma looked fairly relieved was jovial , emotional for a bit when talking about his players

Was Tom there?

 

[Sir_Loin]

Benny not impressed from the vision I saw

 

[Ralll]

At least we know why he was so relaxed in the after match presser vs Ess.
He even had to prod the journos into asking a question while they sat shaking in fear, too afraid to cop the wrath that would be a reply from Dimma after another close loss.

 

[smasha]

That r4 game against Port in 2019.
Amazing.

Was in a packed social club for that match,went right off.

That game turned our season around.

Wish I was at AO.

I was there in 2017.

Dimma immortalisms.

Big Boy Month.
The Richmond Way.

 

[Groupie_]

 

[darcytiger]

That r4 game against Port in 2019.
Amazing.

Was in a packed social club for that match,went right off.

That game turned our season around.

Wish I was at AO.

I was there in 2017.

Dimma immortalisms.

Big Boy Month.
The Richmond Way.

1 Wood. The whole comp says that now

 

[Sir_Loin]

Just watched 360 & teared up a bit! Memories flooding back what a journey. I was lucky enough to watch 2017 at the Punt Rd end with a bloke who played a lot of footy at another club & loved the Tigers growing up! Got blind & had the best day ever & ran amok! The Tiger blood runs strong in many current & ex AFL players! Wish you all the best Dimma & all the Tiger men you coached! *en good times

Who’s got the photo of the bloke with the horses head on in the granny. Only thing that will cheer me up

 

[Wooden Robot]

Man I'm so flat today. If only we had some real up and coming talent coming through the ranks and our first round pick, then I'd probably be feeling better and would be able to reflect more on what Dimma has accomplished. I can't help but feel as though we're in for a real dark period for the foreseeable future.

Which is why he gave it away. We’re not in the ball park

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Who’s got the photo of the bloke with the horses head on in the granny. Only thing that will cheer me up

Second this.

 

[Crumpet_avenger]

Is it too soon if I ask if mrs hardwick is available?
Asking for a friend....

 

[aislegi]

I know there’s a sense of shock but I thought it might be interesting to look at all the back-to-back premiers in the last 50 years and where they finished the year after going back-to-back:

Richmond: 1975 (third)
Carlton: 1983 (fifth)
Essendon: 1986 (fifth)
Hawthorn: 1990 (fifth)
Adelaide: 1999 (13th)
Brisbane: 2003 (first)
Brisbane: 2004 (second)
Hawthorn: 2015 (first)
Hawthorn: 2016 (fifth)
Richmond: 2021 (12th)

So, it seems, the only team to turn in a worse performance as reigning back-to-back premiers was Adelaide in 1999 (and Malcolm Blight was gonski at the end of that season).

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

Mates with the brother of one of our assistants and talking to him today and can confirm the coach of a team we despise! Was one of the first to call Dimma and say it was the right call and one of a true leader. Also something they are considering themselves.
Seems like quite a few are struggling.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Mates with the brother of one of our assistants and talking to him today and can confirm the coach of a team we despise! Was one of the first to call Dimma and say it was the right call and one of a true leader. Also something they are considering themselves.
Seems like quite a few are struggling.

The demand and scrutiny on AFL coaches these days is crazy.

With social media, fans and above all the media who call for everyone’s head and then act like it’s sad when they finally get one, positions like head coach are going to become untenable.

 

[Serenity_Now]

I know there’s a sense of shock but I thought it might be interesting to look at all the back-to-back premiers in the last 50 years and where they finished the year after going back-to-back:

Richmond: 1975 (third)
Carlton: 1983 (fifth)
Essendon: 1986 (fifth)
Hawthorn: 1990 (fifth)
Adelaide: 1999 (13th)
Brisbane: 2003 (first)
Brisbane: 2004 (second)
Hawthorn: 2015 (first)
Hawthorn: 2016 (fifth)
Richmond: 2021 (12th)

So, it seems, the only team to turn in a worse performance as reigning back-to-back premiers was Adelaide in 1999 (and Malcolm Blight was gonski at the end of that season).

2020 is such an outlier to all other years before and after that I’m not sure you can make any comparisons for the season that followed.

 

[Bramax]

Even though the Tigers are our mortal enemy, I take no pleasure in Dimma’s resignation.

Champion coach, champion bloke. I wish only the best of luck for his future endeavours.

 

[Ctl]

Mates with the brother of one of our assistants and talking to him today and can confirm the coach of a team we despise! Was one of the first to call Dimma and say it was the right call and one of a true leader. Also something they are considering themselves.
Seems like quite a few are struggling.

C Scott?

 

[Sir_Rancelot]

Mates with the brother of one of our assistants and talking to him today and can confirm the coach of a team we despise! Was one of the first to call Dimma and say it was the right call and one of a true leader. Also something they are considering themselves.
Seems like quite a few are struggling.

Has to be Chris Scott

 

[aislegi]

Mates with the brother of one of our assistants and talking to him today and can confirm the coach of a team we despise! Was one of the first to call Dimma and say it was the right call and one of a true leader. Also something they are considering themselves.
Seems like quite a few are struggling.

I always thought he should have done a Makybe Diva and gone out after the third Cup in 2020. I always thought that year was the one that took the toll on him and was never optimistic about him having another good year after that. The last three seasons haven’t felt right.

 

[aislegi]

2020 is such an outlier to all other years before and after that I’m not sure you can make any comparisons for the season that followed.

I think the result in 2021 is pretty damning; a real sign that things weren’t right anymore

 

[Livonski]

Today?
There’s a coincidence. 13 years today.
Oh boy.

 

[SavDog23]

Who’s got the photo of the bloke with the horses head on in the granny. Only thing that will cheer me up

 

[sante]

Today?
There’s a coincidence. 13 years today.
Oh boy.

Thanks for everything Dimma