Reportedly:
Tigers part ways with Wallace: reports
Richmond has reportedly split with embattled coach Terry Wallace, ending his tumultuous five-year association with the Tigers.
Wallace and Tigers part company?
Terry Wallace and Richmond have parted company, according to 3AW's Neil Mitchell. Without naming his 'source', Mitchell confirmed an earlier report Wallace - who did not show up at the club on Tuesday - will not coach the Tigers again.
Wallace sacked from Richmond: report
Speculation is growing in Melbourne that Richmond coach Terry Wallace has been relieved of his duties following his side's loss to Port Adelaide this weekend.
Wallace sacked from Richmond: report
Richmond and coach Terry Wallace are parting ways, according to radio station SEN.
Terry Wallace's tortured five-year tenure as coach of Richmond is reportedly over with an official announcement expected later on Tuesday.
Wallace and Tigers part ways: report
Coach Terry Wallace has reportedly parted ways with Richmond after the Tigers made a dreadful start to the 2009 AFL season.
TIGER CHIEF SHOT DEAD
Update! They play for keeps at Tigerland:
Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran shot dead
THE leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers was shot dead yesterday while trying to flee government troops, a senior defence official said.
REPORTS REPORT REPORTS OF HIS SACKING WERE PREMATURE: REPORTS
Update! "We here at Richmond are right behind Terry. He has the full support of the board. And we will be sacking him at the end of the year!"
Richmond is in turmoil yet again after coach Terry Wallace was reportedly sacked and then reinstated as coach of the embattled club on Tuesday.
Mark Robinson, Tony Sheahan | May 19, 2009 09:37am
TERRY Wallace will remain as coach of Richmond following a crisis meeting at the club this morning.
Robbo will be pleased to know I kept his original:
It is believed the players were upset about Wallace's post-match critique of the team after Sunday's loss to Port Adelaide.
Players yesterday, led by captain Chris Newman, spoke to Wallace about the closed-doors post-match address and it's understood Wallace has walked from the job, believing the players had lost faith in him.
Out: Robbo. In: Staff Writer.
Staff writer | May 19, 2009 12:21pm
RICHMOND has denied coach Terry Wallace was sacked this morning until a crisis meeting with senior players.
It's not easy keeping up with the Herald Sun. Staff Writer managed to change his story in under a minute:
Staff writer | May 19, 2009 12:21pm
TERRY Wallace's job as coach of Richmond has been saved by a crisis meeting with senior players this morning.
So, let's get this straight. Wallace was sacked after a meeting with senior players, then saved by a meeting with senior players.
Out: Staff Writer. In: Jay Clark.
Jay Clark with AAP | May 19, 2009 12:21pm
UPDATE 12:50pm: TERRY Wallace's job as coach of Richmond has been saved by a crisis meeting with senior players this morning.
Stumped or jumped?
Posted by: boynton | 05/19/2009 at 11:14 AM
Stump Jump Plough.
Posted by: Tony | 05/19/2009 at 11:26 AM
Summary: Richmond in Crisis.
Analysis: Nothing here; Richmond has been in crisis since 1983. Same as always.
Press Review: Clueless.
Posted by: Rob de Santos | 05/19/2009 at 01:17 PM
Herald Sun = idiots.
Mark Robinson = fat idiot.
Mitchell = loudmouthed conservative self-congratulatory idiot.
Mr Staff Writer = a hardworking, underappreciated journo.
Posted by: chris88 | 05/19/2009 at 01:54 PM
Rob: Richmond in crisis = good for football.
Chris: You can see what the Hun are up to. Get Robbo in for the scoop. Get set to trumpet an "exclusive". Then, when the story goes belly up, take Robbo out of the picture. Replace Robbo with an anonymous staffy so that no one down the track can accuse the gun Hun hack of getting it wrong. Clean it up with a different reporter.
"Newman said it was his job to ensure the fiasco would not distract the players."
Did the media fiasco distract the journalists?
Posted by: Tony | 05/19/2009 at 02:29 PM
Tony - as a journo I know the M.O of how these things work. But then again, we're talking about Robbo here - the guy who reckons Buddy Franklin's weight is a back page story.
And as a Richmond supporter - well, words escape me.
Posted by: chris88 | 05/19/2009 at 02:50 PM
You don't work at the Hun, do you?
Stroll on over to Robbo's cubicle and stick a drawing pin on his reinforced seat.
Posted by: Tony | 05/19/2009 at 03:23 PM
Imagine barracking for Richmond. Go on. And tell me what it's like, because I can't for the life of me.
And then to add insult to injury you've got the usually risible level of football news-breaking-coverage-analysis diving deeply into a portable hole. Now give me the punch line from that Bugs Bunny cartoon.
Posted by: Lad Litter | 05/19/2009 at 07:01 PM
What a bunch of clowns all these "journos" are.
Did any of them admit to getting it wrong and going too early with the story? Did Robbo? Did Neil?
I'm no Tiger fan, but no club deserves the crap that was dished up all though yesterday, except maybe Collingwood
Posted by: Pevva | 05/20/2009 at 10:13 AM
Don't you love today's Hun?
Yesterday: Big stuff up.
Today: Go in harder.
They can't let it go. They have to "get" Wallace so that they can say they were right all along.
Posted by: Tony T | 05/20/2009 at 10:30 AM
Shameless.
Considering these tools bang on about on-field accountability, where is it in sports journalism?
What a grubby trade to ply, where success is measured by "scalps".
Posted by: Pevva | 05/20/2009 at 11:54 AM
Disgusting from the Herald Sun.
You know when a paper makes Patrick Smith look measured, they're in trouble. Read Patrick's article in the Australian today - god, it actually makes some sense.
Tony - no, don't work at the Herald Sun, but would be happy to thump Robbo. First fist would be reserved for Damien "Ratboy" Barrett who bags RFC at every turn, seemingly unable to get over being embarrassed by Matthew Richardson on an episode of Footy Classified a couple of years back.
And as a journo, I hate these "journos" who would climb over a dead relative to get a scoop, and then when its wrong don't apologise. Scum of the highest order
Posted by: chris88 | 05/20/2009 at 12:14 PM
Robbo was interviewed by Mark Doran yesdee arvo. Doran asked if he was going to apologise. Robbo's reply was a very bitter - I paraphrase - "Get stuffed!"
The thing is. I reckon Robbo probably had something spoken to someone in authority at the Tiges.
But once the story fell over, the Hun had to own it.
With the Hun on the warpath, I pity the person responsible for the original mail. The Tiges are going to cop it.
Posted by: Tony | 05/20/2009 at 12:43 PM
Not that I think Robbo should apologise.
These days public apologies are a waste of time.*
But it wouldn't hurt him to acknowledge he might have gone too hard, too early.
* If I offended anyone with that sentiment, I apologise.
Posted by: Tony | 05/20/2009 at 01:16 PM
Well, Tone, if Richmond in crisis is good for football what does that make Melbourne in crisis? Wait, wait, don't tell me...
I concur with Chris: when you make Patrick Smith seem sensible you're in it deep... but then, if you cover the AFL (and here I can speak from experience) a certain willing suspension of disbelief is in order.
Posted by: Rob de Santos | 05/21/2009 at 02:13 PM
Patrick Smith is a Fundamentalist.
Posted by: Tony | 05/21/2009 at 03:47 PM