Universal Love Welcome to Richmond Adem Yze

[Cdog71]

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Adem Yze appears to be more a cheerleader than an AFL senior coach.

With Richmond’s fall from powerhouse to last on the AFL ladder now complete after just two wins in 17 rounds, the honeymoon is over for the first-year coach.

It’s clear Yze is desperate to be liked by his players and is afraid to publicly hold them accountable for unacceptable performances.

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The first warning sign of Yze’s soft approach came after Richmond were annihilated by 91 points against the Western Bulldogs in round nine.

After consecutive defeats of 43 points against Melbourne and 54 points to Fremantle, it would have been reasonable for Yze to criticise his players and send a message that meek performances would not be acceptable. Standards need to be set early in a new coaching regime.

Surprisingly, Yze appeared satisfied with his players’ efforts.

“I just spoke to our players about our effort, and I can’t fault our effort. The boys are trying. It’s like they are trying hard ... I’ve said this over and over that we can’t fault the effort; it’s just the execution and our tackle technique,” Yze said post-match.

This struck a concerning tone. Players could believe the coach was happy with their endeavours in a 91-point loss. It was not a shock that this disaster was followed by a season-high 119-point loss to the Brisbane Lions. At half-time, the score was 13 goals to two. The Richmond players had given up.

What did Yze expect after he had lowered the bar a week earlier? He had become a booster – and was slapped in the face for his cheerleading.

Yze’s approach contrasts sharply with that of successful coaches who don’t shy away from demanding the best from their players, even if it makes them unpopular.

The best coaches are respected, not necessarily liked, because they hold their teams to high standards. They push them to maximise their potential. Yze’s apparent fear of alienating his players seems to have created a lack of accountability. The result is Richmond’s dismal standing.

Former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick won six Super Bowl trophies with a demanding and sometimes brutal coaching style. This approach is detailed by former players in the documentary Dynasty, which explores the highs and lows of the Patriots across a 20-year period.

No matter what the score was, Belichick cared more about the things they were doing poorly than what they were doing well. He never let them get ahead of themselves.
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“Most of the coaches in the NFL are coaching football, but he’s coaching warfare,” says former player Donte Stallworth. In a rare recorded team meeting, Belichick lived this theme.

“Now look,” he says, “I’m not saying we are in a war here, but I’m just telling you, understand how one stupid play, one stupid penalty, one mistake, ends it for us all.”

This ruthless style may not resonate with today’s more sensitive generation, but most successful AFL coaches have a hard edge. They are not looking to make friends with their players.

Geelong coach Chris Scott and Sydney’s John Longmire would not dare praise their players’ effort after a 91-point smashing.

Three-time premiership coach Damien Hardwick did not spare his Gold Coast players after the two-point loss to North Melbourne: “It’s my job as a coach to sit there and demand better because at the moment we’re capable of beating the premiership favourites last week and then this week we let ourselves down.”

Hardwick put it all on the table: “I’m angry, to be fair. As a footy club we’ve got to grow the f--- up to be perfectly honest.”

After a 51-point loss to Fremantle in the same round, Yze approach was the polar opposite: “I just spoke to the players around their effort, I couldn’t doubt their effort... We never turned our toes up, even the way we finished the game. I thought we were equal [for] inside 50s and time in the forward half, things like that. I thought we played the right way, even through [there’s] some frustration, but yeah their polish was just too good.”

This suggests the coach is too comfortable with mediocrity.

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In another poor look, Yze celebrated a Shai Bolton goal in jubilation with his players on the bench. He is not a supporter. He is the coach and needs to act like one.

The Tigers’ next five seasons will be painful as they rebuild their list.

They need a coach who will drive them hard, hold them accountable, and refuse to accept anything less than their best. They need a coach, not a best friend.

Rebuilding coaches seldom last more than five seasons. Yze has no hope of bucking the trend unless he changes his approach.

Did notice Clarkson copping a bit of the same last year…IMO the crap Hardwick came out with wasn’t for the players or the supporters, I think it’s just another way of him saying he doesn’t have it in him to find another way of “cooking the sausages”.
Like he said at his resignation presser.

So..say, say Yze comes out infront of the playing group after the Freo loss.
There’s :
Cambpell
Blight
Banks
Mcauliff
Brown
Between em 55 games
Say he gets right up in Macintosh’s face and tears him a new on, rips shreds off him. Ron Hitller Barrasi style. “You’ve had 14 possesions..” blah, blah and humiliates him.

That isn’t gonna help those kids or Sonsie, Miller, Kosi, Ryan etc.
We are gonna lose games and we are gonna get pumped…
New players to the AFL system aren’t usually use to losing, they would’ve been in great teams and won heaps of games and flags to probably.
He has to keep em feeling like he believes in them, he has to keep selling it that there’s some positives and they need to keep up the effort.

He can’t tell em their shit because they’re not winning.

 

[SplintWhisky]

Thats the key words.
We use to leak like a sieve years ago(Every time our coach would fart Caro would know about it).
Nowdays its silence.
Doesn't mean we're sitting on our hands on all aspects not just our hunt for a new CEO.

The fact that the CEO position requires public interaction should lead to media picking it up though. We can be as tight with information leaks as possible but as soon as there is an interaction outside our 4 walls the game is up.

 

[Tiger51]

I had some news from a family friend who is on the coaching staff at the tigers and he stated the he felt Aden E lacks in his leadership and appears to have lost the likes of Dusty who has lost interest and enjoyment of the game and is unlikely to play again this year.

 

[Tiger Toffee]

I had some news from a family friend who is on the coaching staff at the tigers and he stated the he felt Aden E lacks in his leadership and appears to have lost the likes of Dusty who has lost interest and enjoyment of the game and is unlikely to play again this year.

So who is this family friend who apparently is on Yze's coaching staff going to be working for next year cause it's quite obvious it's not going to be at Richmond, and anyway unless you throw up a name i call bullshit.

 

[Lacustrus]

So who is this family friend who apparently is on Yze's coaching staff going to be working for next year cause it's quite obvious it's not going to be at Richmond, and anyway unless you throw up a name i call bullshit.

How realistic is demanding T51 name names here? Unfair comment.

It’s pretty obvious Yze is struggling, he looks haggard in interviews, speaks like an amateur (he must fix the aahs & ums), and keeps referring to his recent past (who gives a **** about his Melbourne Football club heros, he’s at our club now and needs to utilise our history).

And the irony is he didn’t try and keep Balme who could have helped him.

His game plan ?

Can see him gone after three years.

 

[Tiger Toffee]

How realistic is demanding T51 name names here? Unfair comment.

It’s pretty obvious Yze is struggling, he looks haggard in interviews, speaks like an amateur (he must fix the aahs & ums), and keeps referring to his recent past (who gives a **** about his Melbourne Football club heros, he’s at our club now and needs to utilise our history).

And the irony is he didn’t try and keep Balme who could have helped him.

His game plan ?

Can see him gone after three years.

It's not unfair, put up or shut up i say or it's just another throwaway comment said by those who want to lay the boots in.

 

[Lacustrus]

It's not unfair, put up or shut up i say or it's just another throwaway comment said by those who want to lay the boots in.

He’s underwhelming, everyone can see it . So no wonder Dusty’s had enough.

 

[Grechy]

Written and authorised by noted click bait artist Kane Cornes and no surprises that it's being taken as gospel by those who would have less idea than Cornes when it comes to knowing what is happening inside the club because it suits their negative narrative.

He raises good points and I dislike much of his commentary.

 

[NaturalDisaster]

How realistic is demanding T51 name names here? Unfair comment.

It’s pretty obvious Yze is struggling, he looks haggard in interviews, speaks like an amateur (he must fix the aahs & ums), and keeps referring to his recent past (who gives a **** about his Melbourne Football club heros, he’s at our club now and needs to utilise our history).

And the irony is he didn’t try and keep Balme who could have helped him.

His game plan ?

Can see him gone after three years.

Alastair Clarkson says uhm and uh a lot in interviews and he is a 4 time premiership coach.

Means absolutely nothing

 

[Erakor]

Dustin Martin will always be the GOAT… but people make too many excuses for him. He is a senior player on a shit ton of money, he should be helping the new coach, not acting like an emo 16 year old.

 

[Tiger Toffee]

He’s underwhelming, everyone can see it . So no wonder Dusty’s had enough.

LOL, think that just about sums you up.

 

[Erakor]

He’s underwhelming, everyone can see it . So no wonder Dusty’s had enough.

It’s up to him to help the coach and be his right hand man.

If he has had enough, should have retired or moved on already.

 

[Tiger51]

It's not unfair, put up or shut up i say or it's just another throwaway comment said by those who want to lay the boots in.

At this stage I’m still a supporter of Yze, we all need to allow him space to clean out the deadwood and instigate his own agenda, I’m in agreement with other posters and agree no call can be made for at least three years. I posted information from one of the coaching staff which may or may not be correct but does indicate that not all is right behind the scenes and the end of season review will need to be extensive and look further than the fitness staff

 

[Ralll]

Corn makes an interesting point and maybe Yze is being too soft to get the best out of them.
But on the flip side with all our injuries, would being hard on the left over players be anymore beneficial.
I feel for the prediciment he's in, I mostly judge him on the pressure rating and cohesive gameplan, rather than winning or losing, but with this many injuries it's hard to know how we should be performing.

 

[THE THIN MAN]

Good players make good coaches!

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

Our process must’ve been dog shit with the names linked with the eagles, all premiership players



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[Tiger Toffee]

At this stage I’m still a supporter of Yze, we all need to allow him space to clean out the deadwood and instigate his own agenda, I’m in agreement with other posters and agree no call can be made for at least three years. I posted information from one of the coaching staff which may or may not be correct but does indicate that not all is right behind the scenes and the end of season review will need to be extensive and look further than the fitness staff

A mistake a lot of fans make is to attribute on field results to off field instability, its an easy out so to speak and as for a coaching staff employee blurting out crap, fair to say he could very well know he is out the door and is sprouting shit.

Where i called bullshit is the Dusty crap saying he won't play the rest of the year cause he has lost interest, umm wouldn't be his back that's maybe not going to have him play, i smell employee who has probs been told to look elsewhere and is now sprouting shit.

 

[Groupie_]

Our process must’ve been dog shit with the names linked with the eagles, all premiership players



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we shouldve got dean cox

 

[Cam Payner]

Good players make good coaches!

 

[Muddiemoose]

Good players make good coaches!

I think it’s actually the opposite
Most of the great coaches I can think of bar A select few were just clubby role players that got selected every week in successful sides players akin to Kmac especially when you look at the more successful modern coaches… Scott Brothers, Hardwick, McRae, Clarkson…

None of them were particularly good players

 

[HumanMeatball]

I reckon he ends up a 10+ year coach

 

[Cam Payner]

I reckon he ends up a 10+ year coach

Where at?

 

[Vassp]

guys, calm the house down, dimma had a much better list than this in 2021 and 2022 and 2023 and didnt do much.

Half of our team is spent, the new recruits are ok, but not worth anything near the money.

Blind freddy can see we need nearly a full rebuild. Other wise we going to be in no mans land for a while.

Dont matter who we have as coach.

 

[RJK Tiger]

Nank as solo captain has been leading admirably. We have several players who are candidates to replace him. Tim Tarranto just put up his hand.

Ellis, like Markov? Nah for moi.
T
BH I think trying to recreate the Richmond man culture by bringing Ellis, Markov as players & Edwards & Houli back to won't work.
Talk of Selwood ~ why not Cotchin?

Relatively new President, soon to be CEO et al. With the club at 18th know the challenges. Off field and on.


Set to lose Dusty, Grimes, Prestia, Lynch, Broad, Vlas over the next 1 ~ 4 seasons means the era ended a bit quick Time for a new story. I hope like hell Henriette Rothschild gets the CEO gig. Its time for the Illuminati

It's not so much about re-creating, but embracing it before it dies completely. I really see no downside to Ellis. He is a respected journeyman & best mates with 2 of our top 10 players. With Markov, its more about finding a cheaper, ready made replacement for D.Rioli and Markvo is out of contract & the same age and a lot cheaper. The fact he is a former, quite loved Tiger is a coincidence, but also certainly not a negative.

They can talk to Cotchin, but honestly - he and his family need a long long break from Richmond IMO. And it would be better to get someone else in to learn from. Selwood has seen it all happen at Geelong. He makes more sense to me.


Re Toby, he has been improved of late - but i see his leadership more around "do as i do" vs " do as i say". The elite captains do both. Taranto putting his hand up is not overly impressive. I think he is a fine player, but i don't look at him and think he is the next Cotchin. He is more likely the next Kane Johnson. I also call bullshit we have "several" options. And question even more the value of many of those options. The lack of leadership is glaring

 

[RJK Tiger]

guys, calm the house down, dimma had a much better list than this in 2021 and 2022 and 2023 and didnt do much.

Half of our team is spent, the new recruits are ok, but not worth anything near the money.

Blind freddy can see we need nearly a full rebuild. Other wise we going to be in no mans land for a while.

Dont matter who we have as coach.

ahh - 3 years later even Blind Freddy can see we need a full rebuild.

Better late than never Fred!