This sounds very strange, especially if the rumours of another player the Rebels have signed turn out to be correct.
Lately? you say he hasn't coached lately? 2007 isn't lately!
Whoever thought that Richard Graham's strength was man management was greatly mistaken.
I have never witnessed a collection of incredibly poor management decisions concentrated around one individual as I have seen with RG.
There are plenty of people that I have seen be great managers, oodles and oodles that are just ok (they have no real impact either way on the performance of the team), but a special few can somehow wrangle the team completely ineffective irrespective of who is in the team.
RG appears to be that special kind of manager - one who has been greatly elevated above his ceiling and in the realms now of the unconsciously incompetent.
That's the way it looks from the outside, anyway.
There's surely no way they could hold onto Graham if the Reds take the spoon, which they are surely now the favourites to do as the Force just beat the Tahs. So in saying that, Graham is certainly staying.
If the Force beat us, I can't see a way that we don't end up with the spoon.
Whenever someone says something like ''can't do any worse'' I always think of the score-line 92-3...There's one way of looking at it. If we get the wooden spoon this year, then RG can't do any worse next year
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Slipper likely to miss next week
I can see merit in the knuckles appointment. He's not there to be a hands on coach or offer tactical expertise. He's likely there more for the management side of coaching which probably evolves less over time.
If he is able to drive the attitude of not accepting poor standards, demanding accountability, etc he can only be a positive addition to a piss poor situation.
But the comments are right. Richard graham is an experienced head coach. If he needs a mentor now, he's just not capable of the role.
Wasn't Horwill acting captain for a bit on Friday?Assuming this makes Simmons captain, who'd get the VC gig? Hopefully not Genia
That's actually something I wanted to ask about. Did anyone actually work out what happened there? Simmons had the (vc) next to his name on the team sheet but when Slipper went off, Horwill appeared to be acting captain.Wasn't Horwill acting captain for a bit on Friday?
The Foxtel commentary team announced that Big Kev was the new C when The Golden Slipper retired from the game.
It seems rather unusual that the nominated VC doesn't get the C armband when the C departs the field.
Maybe it yet another example of RG's mind games he plays on the opposition?
James was replaced fairly soon after oranges, so it is possible that there was a strategy developed by RG and others during the break to deal with the possibility of the Reds Captain leaving the field prematurely.
Wasn't Horwill acting captain for a bit on Friday?
I hate to say it but I'm hoping Mike Harris and Dom Shipperley have ripper games this week.
Because you're a masochist? Or because you think that will actually 'bring about change'?
Some people just want to see the World burn.