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April 20th 2009 03:43
RICHMOND president Gary March says no decision will be made on the future of coach Terry Wallace before the club's mid-season review.
Speaking on Melbourne radio station SEN, March said Wallace's position was safe for now despite the Tigers' 0-4 start to the season.
"He is contracted through until the end of the 2009 season and we said last year when we started making changes to our footy department that we would do a review (of the coaching position) by mid-season and that is still on-going and nothing has really changed," March said .
March also revealed the club had a 'a contingency plan' in place should Wallace decide to quite as coach but ruled out former Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy taking over should Wallace decide to walk away.
"As a club you have got an obligation to have contingency plans in place and we have thought through those things and we have got some plans in place," he said.
"Kevin is not part of our contingency plan and never has been."
“Kevin came back to the football club and he made it clear to me he didn’t want to be involved in football and I made it clear to Kevin that we didn’t have a role for him in football, so that’s never been a part of the plan.”
March also defended his controversial decision to miss Sunday's critical game against Melbourne at the MCG.
“I think I’ve missed four games in five years,” he said.
“I went to the wedding of a guy I’ve known for 30 years. He’s worked for me since I started my business 15 years [ago].
“There’s some things in life that you actually have to put ahead of football, it’s a game … had we been 3-0 going into this game no-one would have said anything.”
The Tigers' board will meet on Tuesday night but March said there was nothing sinister in the meeting.
"That is our regular board meeting - we meet the third Tuesday of every month so it's not a specially called board meeting - it's our normal board meeting," he said.
Speaking on Melbourne radio station SEN, March said Wallace's position was safe for now despite the Tigers' 0-4 start to the season.
"He is contracted through until the end of the 2009 season and we said last year when we started making changes to our footy department that we would do a review (of the coaching position) by mid-season and that is still on-going and nothing has really changed," March said .
March also revealed the club had a 'a contingency plan' in place should Wallace decide to quite as coach but ruled out former Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy taking over should Wallace decide to walk away.
"As a club you have got an obligation to have contingency plans in place and we have thought through those things and we have got some plans in place," he said.
"Kevin is not part of our contingency plan and never has been."
“Kevin came back to the football club and he made it clear to me he didn’t want to be involved in football and I made it clear to Kevin that we didn’t have a role for him in football, so that’s never been a part of the plan.”
March also defended his controversial decision to miss Sunday's critical game against Melbourne at the MCG.
“I think I’ve missed four games in five years,” he said.
“I went to the wedding of a guy I’ve known for 30 years. He’s worked for me since I started my business 15 years [ago].
“There’s some things in life that you actually have to put ahead of football, it’s a game … had we been 3-0 going into this game no-one would have said anything.”
The Tigers' board will meet on Tuesday night but March said there was nothing sinister in the meeting.
"That is our regular board meeting - we meet the third Tuesday of every month so it's not a specially called board meeting - it's our normal board meeting," he said.
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