Dux wrote:
Absolutely.
I despair when Stevo talks about, for example, Leon Pryce 'shutting down' Danny McGuire.
A successful playing career which included a world cup triumph, 20 years as a professional commentator, and he still hasn't realised that stand-offs don't man mark each other.
Clearly you can't use Stevo as a barometer of the coaching standards, but the game does seem to be much better understood over there than it is here, which may well be why they are always so much better than us at the basics.
I despair when Stevo talks about, for example, Leon Pryce 'shutting down' Danny McGuire.
A successful playing career which included a world cup triumph, 20 years as a professional commentator, and he still hasn't realised that stand-offs don't man mark each other.
Clearly you can't use Stevo as a barometer of the coaching standards, but the game does seem to be much better understood over there than it is here, which may well be why they are always so much better than us at the basics.
Completely agree, Stevo is embarrassing. He is just a cliche machine, who is way out of his depth when it comes to analysing Rugby League these days. You can almost predict some of the stuff he's going to say and when he says it, I feel like throwing a brick at the telly.
I also concur with McClennan and the Chairmaker. Whilst, I'd like to see more British coaches, we simply don't produce good enough quality for them to be involved at the top level.
How many successful British coaches can you think of in the SL era? Noble 5 years ago. Hanley briefly 10 years ago.... er....?
