Tiger puzzle: where's Miller?

IT WAS the straightest of straight bats from Richmond coach Terry Wallace when he was asked in his post match media conference about the apparent departure of director of football Greg Miller.

Wallace said he'd had an early-morning phone call from Miller, but denied any knowledge of what was happening.

"Can you tell me what's unfolded? As far as I'm concerned at the moment, nothing's unfolded," he said. "We'll find out in the next 24-48 hours where it sits.

"The only thing I know is that I got a message from Greg this morning – Greg rang me and said that he wouldn't becoming to the game today for personal reasons; that he was stepping away.

"I asked him was he all right, were things okay, and he said he'd fill me in more in the next 24 hours.

"That's all that I've had any contact with … look, we were in the middle of preparation of the game, I didn't speak to the playing group about anything whatsoever, we were right in preparation mode, and we just couldn't allow anything to get in the way."