Newly appointed Gold Coast coach Damien Hardwick says a lot of the parts of the Suns’ subsequent premiership aspect are already on their listing.
The Richmond triple-premiership mentor was unveiled because the Suns’ new coach on Monday morning, with the large six-year deal sealed after Gold Coast chairman Bob East and chief govt Mark Evans flew to Milan to influence the holidaying Hardwick to hitch the membership.
Hardwick stated he was excited to play with a “great new bunch of toys”, with solely “little bits” wanted as additions to propel the Suns to an inaugural flag throughout his tenure.
The 51-year-old will step into the position following Gold Coast’s spherical 24 conflict in opposition to North Melbourne in Hobart, with a six-year contract taking him by means of to the top of the 2029 season.
“I think 80 per cent of our first premiership side is sitting in this room right now,” Hardwick stated.
“There’ll be a few bits added along the way, but the fact of the matter is this club is very capable of saluting in the not too distant future.
“I’m not putting a ceiling on this group … I’m very excited about the playing list. I likened it to waking up on Christmas Day and walking out to a set of brand new toys, which is very exciting.”
Hardwick wouldn’t be drawn on whether or not he needed his former star participant, twin Norm Smith medallist Dustin Martin, to hitch him on the Suns subsequent season.
“He’s a contracted player at Richmond … all I want to do at the moment is sit back and enjoy the moment I’ve got here,” Hardwick stated.
“List management decisions will come in due course … over the next couple of weeks I’ll step back in and start to do a little bit of list management.”
The new coach stated he additionally had no plans to carry his personal folks into the membership’s soccer division, expressing robust assist for the prevailing assistant coaches led by present caretaker Steven King and together with Rhyce Shaw, Brad Miller and Josh Drummond.
“I think we’re pretty set, I’m happy with the people we’ve got. I’m very confident in the footy department that we’ve managed to bring together,” he stated.
“At this stage I’m sitting here thinking I’ve got all the people I need in the building, and I don’t really need to bring anyone else in at this stage.”
Hardwick arrived again in Australia final week after a prolonged abroad vacation and attended the MCG on Saturday for the ultimate video games of his premiership captain Trent Cotchin and star ahead Jack Riewoldt.
He stated a mode of play much like Richmond’s was what Gold Coast followers may anticipate to see subsequent season.
“We’ll bring a style of play that will be relatively similar to what you see Collingwood, GWS and Richmond play,” he stated.
“Let’s make sure we’ve got a game style we can implement that brings out the strengths of our players … fast, dynamic footy I love, and I’m sure our fans will love as well.”
Source: www.news.com.au
