Listen guys I have sat on the sidelines for long enough now and I believe its time to set the record straight.
When I was appointed Warriors coach I knew and the clubs management knew that there would not be instant success. We had a solid pre-season and after being grand finalist the year before we knew that we would be heavily targeted to begin with.
We decided the main strategy to employe to win the NRL in 2012 was Confusion. No other team had tried it up to this point.
- We decided to wear a jersey like the roosters so the refs would view us as more sydney like and award us more penalties and blow less against us. In hindsight we should of chosen the bulldogs colours instead as it appears the Roosters have just as many peanilities awarded against them as us.
- We decided to only choose players outside the starting 17 each week if it was injury enforced. This way the outer squad would become confused to why they were not selected and it made them want to work even harder to get inside the starting 17.
- We wanted to confuse Kristian Inu as to why he wasnt selected. We told him it was because of his terrible decision making in 20mins of his only game he played but he has become even more confused now because we kept selecting Jerome Ropati and Ben Henry. You will see by the time we reach the finals again and need to pull a Ace card out of our ass to save ourselves - Inu will be more than motivated
-We decided to switch Vatuvei and Tupou on the wings to not only confuse the defense but also to confuse themselves also. Manu reacts to adversity, he is the first to put his hand up when he makes a mistake, well after Jerome, he puts his hand up the most..... But Manu needs a few mistakes to get into the game for next week.
-We confused Mateo by telling him that he was our star of the pack and that we needed him to lead from the front with power and flare. We spent all season getting him ready for his role, you should of seen his face when I read out the team sheet each week and he is on the bench ....... he's confused as hell, and it works because now he is not only speaking out on the field but also on Twitter !! and we the Warriors club know how important social media is.
- We confused the fans by switching to Eden park and pretending we are not sure where our future home lays, it makes u guys work harder to follow us and demand more.
- We confused our new co-owner who opened his check book and asked me who I wanted to sign, "anyone in the world" he said. I said no-one - he smiled at me and pretended he knew my confidence, but deep down inside I knew he was a little confused.
On a side note Ben Henry is the perfect student and listens to everything I say. Infact we get on so well some of the boys have given us a nick name like Brangilina (Brad Pitt, Angeline Jolie). Our nick name 'Brienry' though I prefer just "Brians Boy". He's a good kid, a real good good good kid. If I was in prison he would be my perfect cell mate. I like Konrad Hurrell as well but unfortunately his name begins with a K like Krisnan and not Like Bens which begins with a B like mine. Little things like this make my selections easier to make
Anyhow, just relax guys, 2012 is about confusion, there is an idea to this no idea.
Brian
