Wayne has always been respected as a guy with the games interest at heart, so last night press conference came as a shock to people, but it follows a pattern.
He said during the semis that broncos style of football should be praised and rewarded, he then went on to criticize the storm for their style of play, yet the last 40 minutes by the broncos was the most negative football played all year. At his time at the dragons he was criticized with the style of play of his team and his response was 'I'm here to win, not be stylish'
He said we should put more pride into the Kangaroos jumper, he them helps coaches the new zealand national team
He criticizes coaches for not having long term plans and for not developing youngsters. He signed all the older dragons players to contracts as he knew he wouldn't be there for long, while dragons did win a premierships, the long-term effects of Bennetts recruitment/retention strategy are still being felt. At the Knights he signed a whole dads army for a quick tilt at the title
He criticizes the rules even though he is on the rules committee. He changed the rules during the off season but didn't inform the other coaches of the rule changes until pre-season was almost over.
He grumbles at the press for negatively portraying the game, yet after arguably the greatest GF ever he drops a whole lot of negativity on the place.
His beef with golden point was always supposedly about player welfare, yet he thinks the solution should another 80 minutes
He is one of the greatest coaches undoubtly, but this myth that he's a guardian of our game has got to stop. He is like phil gould, if you take everything they say at face value you'd think they have the games best interest at heart, but scratch beneath the surface and you'll find hidden agendas behind almost everything they say
