a bit surprised at how soon it is in the year, thought he would have been given until the end of his contract. with the way australian rugby is going he had to go eventually. His selections since the 2011 world cup have been near disastrous at times, he's never established a settled side since then, and his style with the wallabies has gone from being a nation with potential attacking superstars and hes tried to get them to play blunt one dimensional safe rugby, trying to play not to lose, more than play to win, which is not very entertaining. the situation has spread into the persona' and/or performances of the likes of kurtley beale, quade cooper, and now james o'connor.
I think Mackenzie is a good choice, he's right now coaching one of the best attacking teams in the Super 15, he'll have the respect of the players and he'll understand the australian philosophy.
Am certain now that Quade Cooper will get his place back at 10, cause O'Connor is not up to scratch in that position, and quade is the best 10 Australia have available. While Quade does still need to work on his defence, he has that X-factor, skills and unpredicability on the pitch that make the opposition defences afraid of him, and that ability to change a game his way single-handed. That's what Australia need back. That entertaining attacking rugby, which was estabilished into their game by the likes of Campese, Marc Ella and so forth.