Until the RWC, the errors of Deans teams could be forgiven. By the time he departed he'd been in the job for 6 years. He had dealt with almost a generation of Wallabies and had time to put systems, etc. in place to maximize their performance for the Wallabies. The fact that barring anomaly bad then good years in 2009 and 2010, he achieved steadily on par or below what Connolly who was heavily criticized, had achieved was an indication he wasn't the right coach to get the best out of the Wallabies.
You can't keep blaming injuries for half a decade. Over that time you need to ensure you have developed test qualities players in every position. Many of Deans issues with injuries stemmed to his own poor management and selection. If he had managed to convince George Smith to play on for one season further, he would have been a huge factor at the RWC for example. Instead we lost our only 7 and were already carrying an injured 8 if I recall correctly.
in 2014 Link deserves a little leniency due to the number of injuries we have had (e.g. our FOUR first choice hookers). By 2015 and 2016 that will run out.
