Where’s Wallace? (Media Street)

The smile, the sunnies, the media throng that follows him everywhere he goes…talk about living the rock star life! Tell me Terry isn’t loving every second of this!!!

We all know that when there is a “CRISIS” in AFL footy, there is nowhere to hide. Richmond are currently in “CRISIS” mode and the eyes of all media and Tiger supporters are fixated on the footpaths and back exits at Punt Road. So what is going on down there?

• Yes, they lost to Melbourne and have yet to win this year…that’s kinda bad…
• So has Terry Wallace been sacked yet? Well, no…actually he hasn’t. And he intends on hanging around all year!
• But wasn’t he on ‘death row’ before the Melbourne game? Kind of…though as much as the media like to think so, they don’t actually decide when coaches finish their tenure!
• However, they can talk about it all they like…and they will. It’s great for business…
• Luckily, the Richmond board are not in a drastic hurry to cut him loose…so we have a few more Tuesdays With Terry to look forward to…
• But that doesn’t seem to matter as the race to name his successor and/or caretaker hots up. Looks like the field has been narrowed down to about 45 candidates…
• Most of which are probably not interested….and some that Richmond have stated are not in their plans. But like that matters!
• If Denis Pagan was actually interested in the job, he’s totally stuffed that up now! Sure, he didn’t mean to do it but what irony for a man who frowned on his players treading down Media Street gets burnt now that he needs to travel down that same street, screaming “I need a job!”
• Anyway, for the moment, Terry Wallace is still with us. And the players are right behind him…of course. Will the level of scrutiny at Punt Road remain on the verge of farcical? You betcha!
• My favourite moment – the player who fronts the media to talk about the mental problems within the playing group…Matthew Richardson! I shit you not…

Richmond’s spokesman for mental problems reveals to the footy world that…yes, they have mental problems!

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The KKK? Look more like a cheap-ass Casper the Friendly Ghost…with a little Blues Brothers thrown in!

Um…sorry but are Fremantle players really dressing up as members of the Klu Klux Klan in order to pull pranks on their teammates?

Did I say KKK? I meant that the players dress up like the RSPCA! They go around feeding puppy dogs and petting kitty cats…our players are soooooooo cute!!!

Sounds more like a poor choice of words from the Freo assistant coach to me. Come on – this is the twenty-first century! As if anybody would seriously be that insensitive as to parade around in racist paraphernalia these days…

Um…never mind!