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Greg Davis (50)
What a terrible article. Spiro makes Growden look like Shakespeare.
Deans has never been accepted as a legitimate Wallabies coach by an unholy alliance of recalcitrant former coaches, players, rugby power brokers and commentators who want to take over the ARU from the establishment.
Read more:http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/myopic-deans-bashers-reveal-the-ugly-head-of-xenophobia-20120831-255kc.html#ixzz25BfyiwNV
The Birthers accept players from other countries playing for the Wallabies, even when they are made captain. They accept Super Rugby coaches such as Jake White, the South African in charge of the Brumbies. Why is Deans, as the Wallabies coach, singled out as an exception?
Myopic Deans bashers reveal the ugly head of xenophobia
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/u...-xenophobia-20120831-255kc.html#ixzz25AE90ArP
Nothing like saying "you're all being racists" to shut down any form of discussion; rational or irrational (the other one is "now you're being un-Australian").
This sycophantic argument that the Blecks are too good is not an excuse. If that is the case why not just forfeit. The fact is the Blecks system is doing something awesome, it's no secret, they have been on top for ten years now as Sloe results go. Our system is not up to that standard, why not and how do we get there?
We need an answer, we can't sit around waiting for Sir Ritchie to retire.
To be fair, I think Spiros point is not so much that Deans should be immune from criticism, but that the criticism that says he is failing because he is a kiwi is a bit silly. He makes the point, which I am inclined to agree with, that some of the criticism against Deans comes from a deep down belief that a Kiwi shouldn't be coaching the team.
If you read the article, that is his only point. In fact it is hard to see anything in the article that is particularly compelling or controversial.
Spiro's a kiwi too isnt he?I read that early this morning and it's taken me all day to realise the only reasonable response to that article is "Fuck off back to Greece Spiro!"
To be fair to the Deans bashers, they've been calling him crap in many different ways for a long time, and it's only now someone finally got around to thinking "maybe it's because he's using a kiwi hammer on aussie nails" and all lof a sudden Deans is beyond reproach?
To be fair, I think Spiros point is not so much that Deans should be immune from criticism, but that the criticism that says he is failing because he is a kiwi is a bit silly. He makes the point, which I am inclined to agree with, that some of the criticism against Deans comes from a deep down belief that a Kiwi shouldn't be coaching the team.
If you read the article, that is his only point. In fact it is hard to see anything in the article that is particularly compelling or controversial.
I thought he was an Aussie.Spiro's a kiwi too isnt he?
Spot on Redstragic but if we want sustained success we need to introduce a cohesive system, as you mentioned the Pommy cricket team did.Yes the Blecks are awesome, but I can't get out of my head the 2005 English cricket team, they beat us by standing up to us, they decided they wanted to win more than we did and they figured out how to do it. They created a system that we could not match in that series and have had the wood on us most of the time since.
The Blecks can be beaten.
Yes the Blecks are awesome, but I can't get out of my head the 2005 English cricket team, they beat us by standing up to us, they decided they wanted to win more than we did and they figured out how to do it. They created a system that we could not match in that series and have had the wood on us most of the time since.
The Blecks can be beaten.
Weren't we complaining back then that half of their team were South African?...!!!
Bit like asking league in NZ to kill rugby. Tell 'im he's dreamin'. AFL and loigue here are much bigger than rugby. Sad reality.Man you guys over think the game sometimes. Big fast guy will generally beat smaller fast guy. Big fast guys with big arses and chests are good for hitting rucks and tall guys with long arms make good locks. Kill League and gAFL, you'll help yourselves no end. And the world, actually.
I accept you cant trust everything you read on wikipeida:I thought he was an Aussie.