07 May 2015, 16:04#2
If I am not mistaken, Bergamasco's passes in that test features in Seam Maloney's top 5 worst passes on Fox sports.
I can remember how they were taking the p!ss, over here, at Mallett before and after that test.
08 May 2015, 08:08#3
That and dropping Andre Vos were two of Mallet's biggest mistakes! Buuut, he does know his stuff. Just listen to him on SuperSport and there is no doubt. Granted, he has taken risks or gambles in the past that have not paid off, but is the opposite not what most people hate about Meyer?
DEDezertFox
Pro2,288 posts
08 May 2015, 11:34#4
@Ceradyne: I saw that game, well, the first half. I was so disgusted I turned it off at the half-way mark. There were many passes that flew right over and behind the entire backline. That top five list could have easily featured Bergamaso exclusively. It was a tragedy.
@Bluebok: As a head coach Mallett is very smart. My point here is that his opinions on backplay need to be taken with a grain of salt. What really stuns me sometimes is how little our coaches take in in a single sitting of watching a test. Take the England test, when I went threw that test a second time, it only confirmed what I already saw the first time. I just picked up some more detail. But an ex-Bok coach came away from it saying that Lambie and Reinach dominated... that was bizarre to say the least. I certainly would expect a person whose job is to implement gameplans and set moves to see the game in a more structured way than myself.
08 May 2015, 11:46#6
@ Lestat. If I had to choose between ex-international Will Greenwood, ex-international player Nick Mallett and ex-international player Naas Botha, when it comes to ana.lysing a game of rugby, I know who I would choose 100/100 times. Don't get me wrong, I was a huge Naas Botha fan as a player.
DEDezertFox
Pro2,288 posts
08 May 2015, 12:10#7
Naas was a good player in his day, the best of his era, but he makes some horrendously poor calls. His calls are almost as bad as Michael and Rooibek! In fact, he wanted many of Rooibek's calls in the build up to 2007's World Cup. He gets it wrong more often than not.
Denny, you are correct. He dropped Teichmann, who was the successful Bok captain of the 1998 Tri-Nation Championship winning team. It was no doubt a blow to the Boks, but I think the real problem was that Australia upped the ante that year by installing defensive systems from Rugby League. That was the year that we fell behind the top teams. From there onwards defenses became incredibly more complex and difficult to breakdown. Look at Super rugby stats from 1993-1999 and Tri-Nations stats from 1996-1999; we were competitive. From 2000 onwards, it was a horror show.
08 May 2015, 12:29#8
Denny, spot on, I meant Teichman. That was Mallet's biggest mistake. Probably cost us the 99 world cup.
CLclevermike
Coach57,555 posts
CLclevermikeCoach57,555 posts
08 May 2015, 16:07#9
I do not think that Mallett was a good coach - matter of fact I criticized him severely in the past - essentially the Teichmann issue - but also about his and the cokesniffer's conduct before his appointment.
Letsal started this thread because I mentioned in another thread that Mallett and Naas Botha severely criticized Francois Steyn about idiotic play during halftime. Although he was not a good coach I think that Mallett is a very good theoretician - hence the fact that Supersport use him on Boots$All and the panel discussing Super 15 matches.
However, his most deadly sin was to criticize Fransie - hence this posting about something that happened many years ago. That is because the three village idiots on this site prefer to live in the past and cannot accept that people change, that circumstances change and that people learn through their mistakes of the past. Stuffed up brain boxes isd all I can say.
DBDbDraad
Captain26,388 posts
DBDbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
08 May 2015, 17:03#10
Mallet also threw in Gaffie and Dave von Hoesslin in the deep end against NZ, when it flopped he criticised them heavely in public. He is one rude individual with almost z ero people skills, comes accross as a doos in short, but he is still one of the better coaches and thinkers in rugga, like Jake. And like Jake his ego is also a problem.
