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Richmond chief executive Brendon Gale says besieged coach Damien Hardwick will remain at Punt Road next year despite admitting the Tigers are playing without belief.Gale came out and publicly backed the under-fire coach following Saturdays disastrous 88-point loss to Greater Western Sydney in Canberra in which Hardwicks side managed just three goals.Damien has a contract, hell be the coach next year, Gale told 3AW on Sunday.Hes been a strong coach for our football club and I think theres some considerable learnings out of this year and I think hell be better for it.I dont look at the game (against GWS) in isolation ... its been a disappointing year.I really think probably from the opening bounce of round one we havent played well and thats disappointing.Hardwick signed a two-year contract extension earlier this year that ties him to the club until the end of the 2018 season.Richmond have bowed out at the elimination final stage of the past three seasons, their last finals win was back in 2001, and they sit 13th on the ladder with a 7-11 record after round 19.Gale assured fans those at the club arent sitting on their hands and just accepting recent results, with all facets of performance at the club were being reviewed on an ongoing basis.But he agreed that the listless performance against the Giants didnt look great.Our guys look as though theyre playing without belief at the moment and I think theyve looked like that for a while, he said of the loss that followed a 70-point thumping at the hands of Hawthorn.Theyve played finals the last three years and thats where they see themselves and I think when it reached a point when that was probably not going to happen they lost a bit of belief.Gale admitted the club has encountered head winds and speed humps as it has tried to improve its playing list during a period when expansion clubs GWS and Gold Coast have dominated the national draft.But he dismissed the notion that the Tigers need to embark on a complete rebuild of their playing stocks.Its an overused word, its very simplistic, he replied when asked if a rebuild was required.List development is a continuum - theres no start, theres no end (and) theres no complete rebuild, start again.Im confident with where our list is at. 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We used to play against teams like that when we werent very good. We were there. We know where weve been. So now weve embraced this completely opposite role.While the Broncos (8-0, 4-0) relish this new role, they attack it with the same vigor they needed to reach this point -- even if Tuesday nights game at last-place Ball State (4-4, 1-3) looks like a gimme to everyone else.For Western Michigan , its chance to show the college football world why they are one of five remaining unbeaten teams in the country and why they deserve to be in the CFP discussion. The first batch of rankings will be released shortly after the Broncos game begins.Play poorly on national television, in a game most believe should be a rout, and the performance could taint Western Michigans national perception for the rest of the season.But its also a potentially dangerous predicament for the Broncos.Ball State can take more risks than usual, will likely play in front of a big, raucous crowd and has something to prove, too.If you want to be the best, youve got to beat the best, and they are the best in our conference, first-year Ball State coach Mike Neu said. Its great to have that challenge here at Scheumann Stadium. We look forward to that.If Western Michigan keeps it up, the possibilities could be limitless -- if they keep climbing the CFP charts.ddddddddddddFor now, Fleck and the Broncos will let everyone else debate where they belong. Theyll be content to add a few more chapters to their 10-game winning streak -- the schools longest since 1940-41.Like we say, start fast, accelerate in the middle and finish strong, running back Jarvion Franklin said. So I think we started fast, and I guess we accelerated in the middle and now we have to finish strong.Here are some other things to watch Tuesday night:NO. 1 vs. NO. 2: Franklin and Ball State running back James Gilbert are the top two runners in the MAC and both could top the 1,000-yard mark on Tuesday. Gilbert, who first committed to Western Michigan before switching to Ball State, leads the MAC with 987 yards and 11 touchdowns and has four straight 100-yard games. Franklin has 909 yards and seven TDs and averages 113.6 yards per game.TIDY ON TURNOVERS: One reason Western Michigan is undefeated -- theyve had only three turnovers all season, the fewest in the FBS. 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