SASaffolk
Captain30,741 posts
SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
01 Aug 2022, 19:09#3
So true Rooi - the bloke is a prime tool
SASaffolk
Captain30,741 posts
SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
02 Aug 2022, 09:18#8
The dumb cunt is also clearly jobless for all his trolling is a full time occupation
Sad fuck
PLPlum
Captain21,007 posts
02 Aug 2022, 10:32#10
Rose, the brain drain, or lack of brain, exists at all levels in SA.
We have a great example from a few years back and i’ll never stop mentioning it.
Coetzee had taken over the Boks while the Lions franchise was doing something never before seen from any other SA team. That being, scoring 50 points more often than not during SR seasons.
This was occurring against some Kiwi SR teams that would easily beat NH test sides and see off most other international squads with relative ease.
At the time, i said, looking at their(Lions) confidence, their winning habit and how unanswerable the questions they asked of their opposition was…make them all Boks and replace strictly the ones that could be replaced if it could be done without losing any synergy.
Hardly anybody here agreed and it was the usual BS about “but test level” is a different beast. The same board experts that couldn’t recognise that the Crusaders and Highlanders where probably only beatable by the ABs and the Lions.
This is the problem with Saffa thinking. It doesn’t only lack innovation on the field…it’s lacking plasticity of mind in the chair too. And that’s fine, you know. I mean if you can’t come up with ideas then you’re limited. What’s annoying is that when something spectacular does happen, and every sign that you should be paying maximum attention is there…yet you fail to see what’s happening right in front of you.
It was ridiculously obvious that that Lions team already had all the attributes, from game plan to synergy and skill, to easily hit the floor running at test level. And to add to that, there were other players, already Boks, that could have slotted into the Lions system and taken it up yet another level.
And the same people on the board then yelled “See, we were right!” when the odd Lion was picked for the Boks and then made to play in the direct opposite of the system they excelled in and which got them selected.
Let’s do X instead. Then Coetzee does X, picking a side that i remember most here agreeing with and…the rest is history. The same people who called for Coetzee to do X then slate him.
And i’ll put this in caps…
THE BOK TEAM YOU PEOPLE WANTED LOST AT HOME TO THE VERY SAME ARGENTINE SIDE THAT THE LIONS PUT 60 POINTS PAST.
Your only saving grace…”but when Los Pumas put on their Argentina jersey they play better”. I still can’t believe a board member actually said that.
SASaffolk
Captain30,741 posts
SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
02 Aug 2022, 11:40#11
All this anti Bok rugby is fucking pathetic - one would swear our current record was super shit the way some of you fools carry on
SASaffolk
Captain30,741 posts
SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
02 Aug 2022, 19:46#13
He was with Rassie as a consultant at the start then packed it in himself. Swys has a history of mental health issues it’s why he packed it in at the Lions and the Boks
An unbelievable rugby brain, which is what Rassie has - so as a combo they were lethal
PLPlum
Captain21,007 posts
03 Aug 2022, 09:37#18
Rose, they had plenty of muscle, as you well know and as can be gleaned from their set piece dominance.
They fell at the final hurdle a few times through bad luck, a touch of stage fright and some Kiwi reffing…particularly that one game in Argentina that caused them to play an away final.
I still think that Swys left the Boks because of disagreements with Rassie. They’re both good rugby brains but my feeling is that their ideas weren’t compatible and Rassie was never gonna step aside.
I’ll go as far as to say that I’ve never seen a coach do what Swys did with a relatively no-name team.
