Old Viking wrote:
I made a factual statement.
You tried to read something into it.
If I had wanted to state that antipodean coaches were rubbish, I would have done. I didn't.
And I do know the difference between Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania, which together form the Antipodes.
I am also aware of the date, the decade, and the century.
I have now ended this discussion and your pointless nitpicking.
So you are saying that you have simply put forward a random fact, with no reference to what I had initially written about, concerning hiring an Aussie coach?
Here’s a random fact:
It took approximately 2.5 million blocks to build the Pyramid of Giza.
There it is. It is a fact, but it has little point in this discussion. If you put forward a fact or notion, it should have some meaning or relevance to what is actually being discussed. So which is it, meaningless tripe or an attempt to counter my thought on recruiting an Aussie coach?
It can only be either one or t’other. Simply saying that you have stated a fact tells us nothing. How is it relevant to the thread which was being discussed?
If it wasn’t relevant to anything being discussed, then why did you post it?
Do you go on message boards simply to post random facts, which have no meaning to what is being discussed?
Looking at the posts. In their true contexts, your initial post can only be seen as a slap down for suggesting that the club should look at going for an Aussie coach.
Pepe wrote:
Widnes, for some unknown reason, have never had an Aussie coach. I would hope the club would at least consider it this time.
Old Viking wrote:
I think J20 you are right. Denis Betts was very well respected at Gloucester and I think he will do a good job at Widnes given a little more time.
We did have an coach from the Antipodes once --- Happy Frank Endacott -- who did not inspire the club that much.
Why, on Earth, write this if it is not?
If it doesn’t mean that it isn’t worth hiring an Aussie , because he will be an antipodean, just like Endacott, then it is a meaningless and pointless statement.
With this in mind, everything I have written has been reasoned, with explanations of my rationale on the subject. All we’ve had from you is a series of strange nostalgic twaddle based on the premise that, because we’ve had a New Zealand coach that didn’t work out, everyone from the Antipodes should be similarly discounted. As this is clearly utter nonsense, I made my reply.
If you didn’t mean this then, it is a pointless thing to say. Either way, you’re the one digging your self ever deeper into that whole. Eventually, if you insist on carrying this argument on, you will come out in the aforementioned antipodes. While you’re there, see if there’s any decent Aussie coaches around that wouldn't mind trying their hand in Super league, with Widnes next season.
Enjoy the game and mind how you go.
