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There's no denying Richmond built a fantastic team and made the most of their window. But sustained long-term success was never really on the cards. Without the advantages created by repeated bottom-four finishes, and some shrewd trading, Richmond won't see success. The culture just isn't strong enough. Talent (like Stengle) falls through the cracks.
Yep nothing to do wth a thing called the salary cap. And players needing to find somewhere to play at AFL level while they are in their finite playing days window.
All to do with culture apparently. The culture at Richmond was so bad that many of the players now regularly playing at other clubs could not get a game in Richmond's finals teams. Stengle, Butler, Higgins, Chol, Markov. Our culture was so bad the Cats couldn't employ one of our ex-players as an assistant coach quick enough once he retired, Grigg. Idiotic line of reasoning rom a Cats fan, yawn.