Mitchell the former AB coach who was the inaugural Western Force coach is of to help (?) the Lions in Super 15 by being anointed as their coach. I had high hopes for Mitchell taking over at the Force and instilling some hard hitting forwards and dynamics in the backline. It never really happened though although their forwards were effective in year 1 after taking the best of the QLD pack apart from Croft their lack of a 5/8 and coordinated backline style. Injuries in the Force has exposed the lack of quality players in Aus. The player revolt (Giteau lead?) and the revolting players (Fava and the Quokka incident) never helped. The force had some highs (more than QLD in the same time frame) but some of the lows were significant (the firepower failed sponsorship & the sums of money they sloshed about are still having repercussions in the game). All in all he was a dead man walking this season and its no surprise that he has taken the initiative to go as no doubt the Lions have shown him some love that in WA had gone decidedly sour.
Giteau lead because he was seen as a leader in the playing group when the coach walked out and slammed the locker room door at half time... the reality is Mitchell is not a leader of men but has left every coaching position as a desperado… Its wasn’t Giteau who lead a coaching and Player vote of no confidence in Mitchell. It was Mitchell’s actions as coach, which led to this discreditable outcome. Please stop the man love he doesn’t deserve it.
the guy is a joke...
Unfortunately I can already see some of the headlines now: 1 down 1 to go
