OK, so clearly this is the last season that Terry Wallace is going to be coaching the Richmond Tigers. After their disastrous 1-7 start to the season and the turmoil that happened this week with the news that he was sacked, then that he wasn't... it's all just getting out of hand.
I know the media can sometimes cause problems by the paparazzi-style reporting, but clearly there's great unhappiness with Wallace within the club. And it's also pretty clear that the Tigers are not going to be playing in September, so Wallace's chances of coaching the team in 2010 are, well, 0%. OK, to be safe, let's just say 1%. Either way, it's low!
My thinking is, though, why keep a coach on for the remainder of the season when there really is no chance he'll coach them next year? It doesn't help player morale, it doesn't satisfy the supporter-base and it certainly doesn't help putting the media to rest. Fair enough that last point really shouldn't be a reason to base decisions on, but keeping Wallace on when he won't be there next year is a lose-lose way to proceed.
They should just go the way Carlton did a few seasons back - get in a new coach, evaluate his performance and then determine how you go forward in 2010 at the end of the 2009 season.
There is just nothing to be gained from uncertainty. And currently, that's the situation at Richmond!
