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<blockquote data-quote="Cooper" data-source="post: 978056" data-attributes="member: 81540"><p>I don't think the plan for the squad was clear. We didn't know our best centre pairing going into the knock-outs. We started Crotty vs South Africa in the opener, then Goodhue started vs Ireland and England. Same goes for Jordie over Ben Smith after Jordie played OK vs Namibia, suddenly he was in the 23 in the knock out round on the back of that performance after being in the periphery for much of the build up to the competition - That looks all pretty thrown together, lacking continuity by a coach that's too comfortable in his job and can afford to make awful selections like the Jordie one without any repercussions. Tactically it was Foster who reinvented our attack too. I'm actually not sure what Steve tried to do that was new, basically he kept the same approach by not committing numbers to the breakdown and trying to get the ball wide, a strategy that got completely owned by a decent backrow and rush line defence.</p><p></p><p>If we had a new coach that tried that tactics and selections in a semi-final he would've been absolutely slaughtered, let's be honest and clear about that, they would have been. But because it was Steve Hansen and yes he is our greatest coach ever, he's been given basically a free pass for this hiding we endured. You can argue he deserves it given his record, but this all ties back to my point about having someone in the job too long after a run of success.</p><p></p><p>In hindsight there's literally no point we would've have fired him or he would have left, so it is all conjecture, but I find it interesting psychology and maybe a way to keep the ball rolling in the future after successful world cups. Because to me, that group of players and talent certainly had another RWC win in them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cooper, post: 978056, member: 81540"] I don't think the plan for the squad was clear. We didn't know our best centre pairing going into the knock-outs. We started Crotty vs South Africa in the opener, then Goodhue started vs Ireland and England. Same goes for Jordie over Ben Smith after Jordie played OK vs Namibia, suddenly he was in the 23 in the knock out round on the back of that performance after being in the periphery for much of the build up to the competition - That looks all pretty thrown together, lacking continuity by a coach that's too comfortable in his job and can afford to make awful selections like the Jordie one without any repercussions. Tactically it was Foster who reinvented our attack too. I'm actually not sure what Steve tried to do that was new, basically he kept the same approach by not committing numbers to the breakdown and trying to get the ball wide, a strategy that got completely owned by a decent backrow and rush line defence. If we had a new coach that tried that tactics and selections in a semi-final he would've been absolutely slaughtered, let's be honest and clear about that, they would have been. But because it was Steve Hansen and yes he is our greatest coach ever, he's been given basically a free pass for this hiding we endured. You can argue he deserves it given his record, but this all ties back to my point about having someone in the job too long after a run of success. In hindsight there's literally no point we would've have fired him or he would have left, so it is all conjecture, but I find it interesting psychology and maybe a way to keep the ball rolling in the future after successful world cups. Because to me, that group of players and talent certainly had another RWC win in them. [/QUOTE]
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