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Springboks vs Wallabies, July 24th 2010, Third Tri Nations Test
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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 330722" data-attributes="member: 38640"><p>Peter de Villiers is unlike any coach I've ever seen before. He isn't totally useless as some would point out, but he has big flaws.</p><p> </p><p><strong><u>Positives</u></strong></p><p>He does something very, very well. It's something which is taking affect right now. He is very good at taking the blame. People can bark on about he is deserves the blame, but the fact of the matter is, players have to play. A coach has to coach. You cannot pin all the pit falls in South Africa's game purely on the coaching. Players weren't tackling, players were dropping the ball and there was very few signs of genius in the play. Peter de Villiers makes stupid and annoying statements in the media, which take the pressure off the players performance and puts the pressure on himself. He plays the fool, but does so to great effect.</p><p><strong><u>Negatives</u></strong></p><p>He's a poor coach. He was given a world cup winning squad, with players who were winners and runner ups in the Super 14 and yet he was unable to have any creativity in his games, and an inabuility to adapt to new laws. While people tend to put him down, they do have to remember, he is the coach of the winner of the Tri Nations and British and Irish Lions tour, so he's not all bad, but a lot of the players were given to him from Jake White's time as coach. I tend to think de Villiers plays the face man, to a fairly effective coaching staff.</p><p> </p><p>I think South African's need to give the idiot more time. Yes, he's a stirrer in the media, but Warren Gatland isn't much worse in that regard. The All Blacks in 2009 were in a very simular position to South Africa, like remarkably so. We won the Tri Nations in 2008, had a Grand Slam tour, and yet in 2009 the All Blacks looked like a shadow of themselfs (all be it with alot more injuries, especially in the June tests). There were questions about wether Graham Henry needed to be changed, but after a bit of faith, we're now reaping the benefits.</p><p>I think South African's need to be a bit more optimistic, Robbie Deans is the most successful Super 14 coach of all time, and one of the best coaches in the world, and yet Australia only seem to have a few players with the potential of some of the new South African talent. Come 2011, South Africa may make a big turn around like the AB's seem to be now. That being said, the Tri Nations are not even half way through! It's still anyones game!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 330722, member: 38640"] Peter de Villiers is unlike any coach I've ever seen before. He isn't totally useless as some would point out, but he has big flaws. [B][U]Positives[/U][/B] He does something very, very well. It's something which is taking affect right now. He is very good at taking the blame. People can bark on about he is deserves the blame, but the fact of the matter is, players have to play. A coach has to coach. You cannot pin all the pit falls in South Africa's game purely on the coaching. Players weren't tackling, players were dropping the ball and there was very few signs of genius in the play. Peter de Villiers makes stupid and annoying statements in the media, which take the pressure off the players performance and puts the pressure on himself. He plays the fool, but does so to great effect. [B][U]Negatives[/U][/B] He's a poor coach. He was given a world cup winning squad, with players who were winners and runner ups in the Super 14 and yet he was unable to have any creativity in his games, and an inabuility to adapt to new laws. While people tend to put him down, they do have to remember, he is the coach of the winner of the Tri Nations and British and Irish Lions tour, so he's not all bad, but a lot of the players were given to him from Jake White's time as coach. I tend to think de Villiers plays the face man, to a fairly effective coaching staff. I think South African's need to give the idiot more time. Yes, he's a stirrer in the media, but Warren Gatland isn't much worse in that regard. The All Blacks in 2009 were in a very simular position to South Africa, like remarkably so. We won the Tri Nations in 2008, had a Grand Slam tour, and yet in 2009 the All Blacks looked like a shadow of themselfs (all be it with alot more injuries, especially in the June tests). There were questions about wether Graham Henry needed to be changed, but after a bit of faith, we're now reaping the benefits. I think South African's need to be a bit more optimistic, Robbie Deans is the most successful Super 14 coach of all time, and one of the best coaches in the world, and yet Australia only seem to have a few players with the potential of some of the new South African talent. Come 2011, South Africa may make a big turn around like the AB's seem to be now. That being said, the Tri Nations are not even half way through! It's still anyones game! [/QUOTE]
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