Never truely understood the hype around Nick Mallett. Am I in the minority in thinking that Pierre Berbizier accomplished more in two years as Italy coach than Mallett did in four? Sure, Berbizier missed out on the quarter finals back in 2007, but had David Bortolussi landed that penalty at the very end Italy would have gone through. That Italy team circa 2007 looked to me like capable of breaking the top three in the Six Nations in a year or two and were maturing seriously fast. To be honest they looked stronger than any of Mallett's Italian sides. I don't know why people would get excited about him as England coach. I say let John Kirwan have a crack at it.