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Mark Ella (57)
Even Deans was better than Cheika.
FUCK - did I really say that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUCK - did I really say that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even Deans was better than Cheika.
FUCK - did I really say that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And shows it well for the pro era.average margin against the All Blacks by year.
That seems to be the trend though. He managed a heap of wins up to the RWC and it's been a steady decline ever since. How long since they won 4 games in a row?Well I don't think we will see an improvement in Cheks stats tonight.
IMHO, two things need to be considered in the discussion:
1. the general state of the game in Australia is at it lowest point in the professional era. The performance of the super sides reflects what has happened/is happening at the levels below over an extended period. By any form of logical, rational analysis this must impact on the Wallabies. It's simply ludicrous to suggest that players who've been coached by Gibson, Stiles, Magann et al, and have barely won a game in a season of professional rugby can be made to undergo some sort of transformation on being picked for Australia. National pride only carries you so far.
2. No one has yet put forward a credible and available alternative who would even on the balance of probabilities be better than Cheika. Just as there were few alternatives when Cheika took over, there's very few if any now who are proven successful coaches at the professional level.
As an aside, I notice from RR's stats that the much maligned Alan Jones seems to have started the Australian rugby revivial in the early 1980s
A tragic sidelight is that the mainstream media now care so little about Union that a stat far worse than Deans attracts no widespread calls for his removal.Yeah I know we are stuck with the bloke, sadly.
There are better choices in world rugby methinks. In fact I'm just about ready to try anyone.
Couldn't do much worse than this bloke. Seriously 45%.
I honestly think most coaches in Australia even, with the players in the squad would achieve at least that statistic. Bloke lost players awhile ago and reckon it is impossible he'll ever get them back (except for the "favourites and newbies who got their jersey cheap).
By keeping Grey is another bad decision. We have just been flogged by England and Scotland (yep Scotland) and we leaked a truckload of points against the Japanese. Does Chek have the nerve to make the hard decisions? It appears not !
A tragic sidelight is that the mainstream media now care so little about Union that a stat far worse than Deans attracts no widespread calls for his removal.
I guess this is what he bottom of the barrel looks and feels like.
White - No way. As soon as something didn't go his way or he got a criticism wold he throw his toys and walk out, again. Apart from that his would be the most unimaginative game plan seen in Australia outside Hickey/Foley.
There are other options, Australian options overseas.
In any case its a moot point, Cheika will not be terminated and he will not resign. I think we all know that when Cheika goes Larkham has been guaranteed the position, it would after all fit all the ARU/RA position appointment rules, carpark occupancy. Actual performance and ability is not a selection criteria in any ARU/RA job it would seem.
Podcast 281 is very revealing about Cheika by some knowledgeable guys.
The 45% success rate is there for all to see and hear.
Some chat about the "dressing room"
Anyway I'd have thought this Thread would have been humming but same old excuses will be rammed out by the same old Chekmob
Podcast 281 is very revealing about Cheika by some knowledgeable guys.
The 45% success rate is there for all to see and hear.
Some chat about the "dressing room"
Anyway I'd have thought this Thread would have been humming but same old excuses will be rammed out by the same old Chekmob