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RICHMOND star Jack Riewoldt has survived the axe despite copping a broadside from coach Damien Hardwick.
Could Jack be the sub this week? Herald Sun cartoonist Macca thinks so! Source: Supplied
The 16th-placed Tigers didn't react savagely at the selection table despite last week's shock loss to Melbourne, dropping just youngster Sam Lloyd for Saturday's clash with Greater Western Sydney at Spotless Stadium.
Matt Thomas, Dylan Grimes and Matt Dea were called up to fill the holes left by Lloyd and injured pair Nick Vlastuin and David Astbury.
Riewoldt could be seen to have been lucky to be playing after Hardwick's comments before training.
The coach said the key forward had "let our family down" by making comments about the team's game plan.
After days of intense scrutiny, Riewoldt reignited speculation about the Tigers' season on Wednesday by saying the Tigers had tried — and failed — to replicate premier Hawthorn's short-kicking style.
"Unfortunately we went one way with our game, and the game went the other way, really," Riewoldt said.
Hardwick hit back on Thursday, criticising Riewoldt for going "outside the boundaries" of the club.
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"We caught up with him this morning and removed his foot from his mouth and my foot from his a---," Hardwick said.
"We're disappointed, those comments don't help. He probably was stumbling along and kept getting himself deeper and deeper in to trouble."
Riewoldt took to Twitter last night and conceded he spoke out of school.
"Poor choice of words by me yesterday and poor timing. I've copped my right whack and moved on, can't wait to play this weekend," he tweeted.
The Tigers have endured a week of harsh criticism after last weekend's loss to Melbourne left them with a 2-6 record.
Asked if Riewoldt's comments about trying to replicate the Hawks' game plan were on the money, Hardwick said: "If we are we're not doing it overly well, are we?"
"Our game plan is our game plan, it's been the same for about three to four years and we have subtle changes with that.
"From our point of view some things have worked and some things haven't. We constantly reassess, but the overall philosophy stays the same."
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Hardwick conceded the club had worked its way in to a "very bad form slump", even going as far to say that it was playing "boring" footy.
In his fifth season at the helm, Hardwick said it was the toughest period he had experienced.
"It was never always going to be a linear progression," he said.
"We've improved every year, but there was always going to be a bump in the road at some stage.
"Funnily enough you find out a little bit about yourself and your footy club at that stage. That challenge is for us now — we've just got to make sure we work through it."
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