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[2016 Super Rugby] Brumbies vs. Chiefs (Round 6) 02/04/2016
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 792906" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>Hang on a bit, lets be a little fairer than that!</p><p></p><p>Firstly, in 2001-2003, he was assistant to John Mitchell, who would have to be one of the worst coaches the All Blacks have had in a very long time. Mitchell was incomprehensible as he mumbled and stumbled his way through media engagements and crapped on and on about <em>"outcomes"</em> and <em>"journeys"</em>. Mitchell could spend ten minutes answering a simple <em>"yes or no"</em> question with such a wide variety of gobbledegook that when he was finished. everyone was totally confused and still had no idea what his answer was. Someone like Deans, a no-nonsense sheep farmer from Glenmark, is never going to do well in a new-age bullsh¡t environment like that.</p><p></p><p>Then when Deans was made Wallabies coach, the knives were out for him right from the get-go. The Sydney Suits in the ARU did not want him in the job and did everything they could to undermine him. Add to that the Wallabies reputation for <em>"player power"</em>, and really, Deans tenure was doomed from the outset. His record was the equal of Eddie Jones' and, the man who replaced him, Ewen McKenzie - hailed as <em>"the saviour of Wallaby rugby"</em>, fared even worse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 792906, member: 20605"] Hang on a bit, lets be a little fairer than that! Firstly, in 2001-2003, he was assistant to John Mitchell, who would have to be one of the worst coaches the All Blacks have had in a very long time. Mitchell was incomprehensible as he mumbled and stumbled his way through media engagements and crapped on and on about [I]"outcomes"[/I] and [I]"journeys"[/I]. Mitchell could spend ten minutes answering a simple [I]"yes or no"[/I] question with such a wide variety of gobbledegook that when he was finished. everyone was totally confused and still had no idea what his answer was. Someone like Deans, a no-nonsense sheep farmer from Glenmark, is never going to do well in a new-age bullsh¡t environment like that. Then when Deans was made Wallabies coach, the knives were out for him right from the get-go. The Sydney Suits in the ARU did not want him in the job and did everything they could to undermine him. Add to that the Wallabies reputation for [I]"player power"[/I], and really, Deans tenure was doomed from the outset. His record was the equal of Eddie Jones' and, the man who replaced him, Ewen McKenzie - hailed as [I]"the saviour of Wallaby rugby"[/I], fared even worse. [/QUOTE]
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