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David Wilson (68)
Hopefully they were at the bar for the last 5 minutes of the first half and missed the 5 minute scrum.
Waratahs v Blues, Saturday 28 March, Round 7 2015
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Hopefully they were at the bar for the last 5 minutes of the first half and missed the 5 minute scrum.
It is standard template stuff.
The 4 steps to sack a sports coach
Step 1. Team starts losing. Convenient excuses are found - usually injury crisis, or "full credit to the opposition. We have a few things to work on at training this week".
Step 2. Coach denial. "We can still make finals", "I'm not going anywhere soon" etc but CV has been circulated.
Step 3. Full support of the Board. "We are not looking for a new coach. Coach x has the full support of the board, and they will be seeing out their full contract." The process is irreversible at this stage, and it is just a matter of time until we see step 4. The Board is reviewing CV's and contacting potential replacements.
Step 4. Coach sacked. "The Board regrets to announce that we have reached an arrangement with Coach x to release them from the rest of their contractual obligations and we wish Coach x all the best for their future endeavours."
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David Wilson (68)
You left out the step where the coach quotes various statistics to show that they should have, in fact, won a number of games, but the opposition happened to score more points.
^^ Oh yes, the "moral victory" phase. I'd kind of lumped that in Step 2 - Coach Denial.
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John Hipwell (52)
Next up then must be the Grant Fox statement that Surgeon Kirwan has the full support of the Blues Board.
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David Wilson (68)
Full support of the board is the death knell for any professional coach.
It wasn't really a head clash. Kaino's shoulder hit Dennis' eyebrow.
I think it was a high tackle and certainly a penalty. A yellow card was probably a little harsh.
Dennis didn't really duck into it. His head position dropped slightly but Kaino was way too high for a legal tackle.
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Fred Wood (13)
Best description yet. Dennis fell into the hit, and a nasty head clash! No grounds for a yellow card at all.
Felt almost sorry for Mr Kaino, then i went and got a beer.
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John Hipwell (52)
Wow - this is very very very bad form and does not look good at all
"Sanzar bosses refused to answer questions last night on whether they have covered up an incident that saw Waratahs coach Michael Cheika break the rules by entering the referees room at halftime during the match against the Blues."
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11429676
"Sanzar bosses refused to answer questions last night on whether they have covered up an incident that saw Waratahs coach Michael Cheika break the rules by entering the referees room at halftime during the match against the Blues."
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11429676
The SMH article is suggesting that SANZAR sent Cheika a please explain and he explained and then they issued him a warning.
Bullrush
John Hipwell (52)
I'd like to see that 'please explain' notice and the actual explanation especially when the penalty count swung so much after their talk INCLUDING that ridiculous yellow card to Kaino.
I find it unbelievable that Cheika didn't know that he couldn't go into the the refs room OR that Peyper himself didn't know.
Clearly Cheika planned the Kaino high tackle and subsequent yellow card with Peyper at half time.
The yellow card was over the top but it definitely warranted a penalty. If your shoulder connects with someone's eyebrow you've probably tackled them too high.
The yellow card was over the top but it definitely warranted a penalty. If your shoulder connects with someone's eyebrow you've probably tackled them too high.
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Simon Poidevin (60)
penalty count first half: 8-1 Blues
Coach Chieka illegally breaks into refs room at halftime
penalty count second half: 9-1 Waratahs.
Coach Chieka illegally breaks into refs room at halftime
penalty count second half: 9-1 Waratahs.
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John Hipwell (52)
1. If Kaino had possession of the ball, run it up at Dennis and had hit Dennis as a tackler in exactly the same way, is it still a yellow card? A penalty? His shoulder still connects with an eyebrow so why not card or penalise the ball-carrier?
2. Cheika didn't plan it obviously but it seems he was keen to get the ref to see his way on things.
If you can't see how bad this looks, there's not much I can say really.
Of course it wouldn't be a penalty if Kaino was the ball carrier. The law refers to a tackler not tackling a player above the line of the shoulders. Kaino's shoulder hitting Dennis in the eyebrow would suggest that the tackle was too high.
I don't agree with the yellow card because Dennis did drop slightly into the tackle. If you're a defender and you're relying on the ball runner not dropping the slightest bit into contact to ensure your tackle isn't high you're going to be caught out regularly though. The onus will always be on the tackler, not the ball carrier.
I can definitely see how bad this looks. It seems fairly certain though that if it was as bad as it looks, more action would have been taken. Do you really think if Cheika had bailed up Peyper in the rooms and physically or verbally intimidated him it wouldn't have been taken further?
I think it's definitely out of the ordinary and the rule exists because it isn't appropriate but I think the reaction afterwards indicates that there's nothing further to it.
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