{"id":373496,"date":"2024-03-06T18:11:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T19:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=373496"},"modified":"2024-03-06T22:05:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T22:05:30","slug":"tigers-defender-moving-on-from-erratic-dimma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=373496","title":{"rendered":"Tigers defender moving on from 'erratic' Dimma"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richmond<\/a> key defender Noah Balta says he is ready to move past former coach Damien Hardwick<\/a>'s "erratic" ways, as new leader Adem Yze begins his dynasty.<\/p>\n

Balta has played under just one coach – Hardwick – for is entire 85-game career that began in 2018.<\/p>\n

Under Hardwick, Balta was playing as a key defender. \ufeff<\/p>\n

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However, under Yze, the 24-year-old is promising frustrated Tigers fans a new lease on his career.<\/p>\n

He'll still be near the goals, but this year he'll be ready to kick some instead.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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"I feel like the fans are actually going to like me now, kick some goals," Balta said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Balta says he has already trained as a forward under Hardwick, before his former coach, who led Richmond to three premierships in four years, made a last minute change ahead of round one last year.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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"(I'd) done forward the whole pre-season (last year)… and in round one (2023) I went to the backline the first quarter.<\/p>\n

"I found out right before the game (that I was playing in defence)."<\/p>\n

Balta put the change down to Hardwick's "erractic" ways.<\/p>\n

"Dimma (Hardwick) was a bit more erratic to say the least," he said.<\/p>\n

Now, Hardwick is coaching Richmond's opening round opponent, Gold Coast.<\/p>\n

\"Damien<\/p>\n

The star coach abruptly left Tigerland in May last season, citing a "burnout" as his reason for stepping away<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Just months later, Hardwick took the top job up north with the Suns.\ufeff<\/p>\n

It came as a shock to Richmond players at the time, but, Balta says he and his teammates are finally moving on, looking to new coach Yze for a new direction and confidence boost.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Balta in particular declared that Yze has helped him to believe in his capability once more.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"He must see something in me that obviously a lot of people do, a lot of fans do, that he's trying to get me to see in myself, that I can be a really good forward," Balta said.<\/p>\n

\"Noah<\/p>\n

"It felt like up forward I get to control how much I run actually so, instead of chasing somebody else's backside the whole day."<\/p>\n

As for actually facing Hardwick come Saturday against Gold Coast, Balta says he is more than ready.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"I'd be rapt, absolutely stoked (to beat Hardwick)," he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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