Reds 2015
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Michael Lynagh (62)
Anyone catch the presser?
Facebook page said it was up on the Reds Rugby home page, but I missed it. The photo showed a nearly empty room with barely any journos and just RG and a player (Slipper?).
Depressing.
So the burning question is: which performance was worse? Round 1, or tonight's?
And by how much with the Brumbies flog us by next week?
Facebook page said it was up on the Reds Rugby home page, but I missed it. The photo showed a nearly empty room with barely any journos and just RG and a player (Slipper?).
Depressing.
So the burning question is: which performance was worse? Round 1, or tonight's?
And by how much with the Brumbies flog us by next week?
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Mark Ella (57)
The writing was on the wall to read regarding Graham if one wanted to look. As late as round 2 last year I was commenting on the woeful defence structure of the Reds. That hasn't changed at all this year.
To go back a bit further, as Redshappy says, you really have to question the Reds board and Link himself about the decision making that saw Graham brought in. Unfortunately many here saw these results coming. Graham may well be a great bloke, IMO he hasn't been helped by a decision making system (if there was a genuine one) that promoted a bloke so obviously beyond his current capabilities.
When the camera panned acorss the Reds bench after half time there was no real fire or interest there, just a dull resignation. This side is beaten already.
To go back a bit further, as Redshappy says, you really have to question the Reds board and Link himself about the decision making that saw Graham brought in. Unfortunately many here saw these results coming. Graham may well be a great bloke, IMO he hasn't been helped by a decision making system (if there was a genuine one) that promoted a bloke so obviously beyond his current capabilities.
When the camera panned acorss the Reds bench after half time there was no real fire or interest there, just a dull resignation. This side is beaten already.
Brendan Hume
Charlie Fox (21)
Their scrambling defence has been excellent - kept them in the game on a few occasions.
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Mark Ella (57)
Scrambling defence is about individuals, the fact is they concede in the contact and line breaks are very easy to come by against the Reds. They have been vulnerable on the wings for two years now with the narrow defence structure they have. The Fox crew were very critical of Turner taking Folau in Betham's try, but did not comment that this has been their structure since 2013.
Brendan Hume
Charlie Fox (21)
^^^ set play defence is abysmal. I still reckon they'll hold the brumbies to within thirty.
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Michael Lynagh (62)
From what I understand, Link had nothing to do with Graham's appointment. It was the QRU board, of which several Graham is apparently close to.
Ruggo
Mark Ella (57)
Yeah but he was the man many of you wanted to save the Tahs when Chris Hickey was not achieving anything.
Thinker
Darby Loudon (17)
It's no secret that RG and one board member are particularly close having paired up in high school. This board member may or may not have previously been one of the most powerful sports "agents" and by all reports carried RG throughout his coaching career.
2 Franchises, 30% winning record at both. It's a damn joke and certainly not one ruining both QLD and Aus rugby for.
There really have to be questions over the boards competency.
Strewthcobber
Mark Ella (57)
Just after he's (deservedly) sacked he's going to wonder what could have been with fit and availible Cooper, Horwill, Simmons, Holmes, Robinson, Quirk, Hunt.
Who'd be a coach.....
Who'd be a coach.....
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Darby Loudon (17)
Of those listed only 12 totals games were missed in 2014. Quirk accounted for 6 of those games. Hunt is a repeated illicit drug user whom RG saw fit to appoint VC.
This has nothing to do with injuries. The man cannot coach. The injuries are just an externalisation of fault and why his teams never improve.
Look at the difference between Cheika and Graham. For two years RG has blamed everything possible, never internalising responsibility.
Tahs lost to Force, Chek straight away said HE got it wrong. That's not grandstanding for the players, that's taking responsibility so you can get better.
flat_eric
Alfred Walker (16)
Ange Postecoglu would always do the same after a loss, making it clear the buck stops with him. It's in the DNA of a good coach/manager, no matter what the code.
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Greg Davis (50)
Is this a coaching decision?
Quade stood very flat and now we have seen Khunt, Frisby and JOC (James O'Connor) all stand so deep.
Does Quade ignore the coach?
I guess the the coaching staff must not watch too much of the game or dont listen with commentary on, they must realise after reviewing the game.
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Greg Davis (50)
I think it is a QLD mindset to only employ locally even though proven success comes when you pick the best candidate no matter where they are from.
QLD had its best recent success with an outside coach and I seem to recall someone from AFL getting a pretty high position (CEO??).
I think we need to start from scratch and build from the ground up before all our decent players leave.
RedsHappy
Tony Shaw (54)
The grave next risk I see is that the QRU board will spiral into a long-delayed panic reaction over RG, sack him, and rush without a rigorous, considered search process into a knee-jerk reaction to, for example, promote the unproven 'insider' Stiles and we'll have the same or similar problem all over again.
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