Who did he coach?^^^ Nah. It's gotta be Campo.
Tried his hand at some club stuff IIRC, no high level gigs.Who did he coach?
i always hated seeing Larkham line. up for the wallabies as he was so good at setting up the backs and pkaying great rugby, So now hes coach whats gone wrong? Is he a worse Australian version of Sir John Kirwan, in playing talent to lack of coaching ability?
Too much Jake White induced kickand clap (the are victims of ther own maul success), not enough balls to unleash a good set of backs
That makes me think - Have they even changed the playbook from when Jake White was coaching?
Those defensive stats are misleading in isolation for a fullback, who is the last line of defence, and thus has little control over how many tackles they make in a game. In a strong team defensive performance the fullback may make no tackles at all. That doesn't mean he defended badly. It just means the defensive line did its job.True, stats only tell part of a story. So when a 15 averages 0.68 tackles per game so far this season (yes, less than one tackle a game!), and with a tackle success rate of 46%....but at least he has missed more tackles than he has made!
Those defensive stats are misleading in isolation for a fullback, who is the last line of defence, and thus has little control over how many tackles they make in a game. In a strong team defensive performance the fullback may make no tackles at all. That doesn't mean he defended badly. It just means the defensive line did its job.
Too much Jake White induced kickand clap (they are victims of ther own maul success), not enough balls to unleash a good set of backs
Those defensive stats are misleading in isolation for a fullback, who is the last line of defence, and thus has little control over how many tackles they make in a game. In a strong team defensive performance the fullback may make no tackles at all. That doesn't mean he defended badly. It just means the defensive line did its job.
IIRC, two missed tackles early in the season let in try's (Izzy being one that blew past him) and neither caused the stats man to do work as he basically sidestepped the player and didn't attempt to even make (fake) a tackle.
I agree in isolation the stats could be misleading, but if you go back and consider the Brumbies losses, the last line of defence was non-existent at times. I noticed last night on 2 occasions where the Blues had numbers (overlap) he just didn't move to cover the gaps at all, yet he has the best vantage point to see it and is supposed to be the last-line of cover.
IMHO, Beale looks like a tackling monster in comparison to Toua's efforts.
The Brumbies were actually a far better attacking team under White...
Overall they were a much better team run by a better group of coaches with White, Fisher and Larkham....
The only two aspects of their game that have improved are scrums and mauls.
Tried his hand at some club stuff IIRC, no high level gigs.
Which is strange, because White didn't coach attack. Maybe it was a more productive structure.
If your going to make statements how about some facts. He has held no HC position, in fact not even a formal assistant position. He was an attack consultant for the Sharks a few years back. So there is no basis for comparison.
I really do detest this sort of statement on people with no real facts to back it up, just because they have a certain love hate relationship with many fans.
Kafe actually did. He was appointed Saracens HC in 2003 after Buck Shelford got sacked. He talked about it a few weeks ago on rugby 360.