How Richmond have embarrassed Dons, Pies and Blues

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Richmond FC performances, on and off-field, over the past four seasons – despite a 2020 marred by scandals – have embarrassed Essendon, Carlton and even Collingwood. | ANALYSIS The Age Real Footy tigers grandfinal essendon collingwood carlton

On the day that Richmond prevailed over Port Adelaide to enter a third grand final in four seasons,exit of Adam Saad

Or they should have embarrassed those clubs, who have not kept pace with Richmond where it counts most: winning games, finals and premierships. Richmond, for so long a laughing stock among the "big four" – or what Brian Cook, Geelong's sage chief executive once called "The Beatles" – have out-performed Essendon, Carlton and, to a lesser extent, the Magpies on every football front: list management, coaching and conditioning.

Significantly, the Tigers have all bar one of their nine coaches in their Gold Coast hub in a year of slashed budgets. Collingwood's main failing, relative to the Tigers, has been in list management planning, notably for a key forward, as symbolised by Tom Lynch, and in some long-term legacy contracts that have seen the Pies become a bystander in free agency and with limited scope for trades.

First was chief executive Cain Liddle, who presided over the Tigers' membership growth in 2017 and was hired, in part, to propel that kind of groundswell within a long-dormant and disillusioned Carlton fan base.

 

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