Frank Facer
First Grade
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For me to make a decent assessment of a coach, I would like to sit down a talk football for hours. I like talking about football and I would probably learn a thing or 2 if I sat down a talked footy with many coaches for hours, I would expect to anyway, but I doubt I would learn much from Mary. We do get to listen to what coaches say in the press conference after the game, but I don't even bother listening to that. We may get a perspective on how coaches see the game on certain Foxsports Rugby League shows, but that would still be very minimal. I also know man management plays a bit role in a coach being successful. I have heard many times that Mary is a good man manager. lol I just don't see how so many people can have such certain ideas regarding coaches. As I have always said, a good coach need the cattle to be a good coach, but some such as Mary still can't succeed with decent cattle, yet Mary still keeps his job. One could make opinions regarding coaches based on the style of play that teams play under those coaches, but again the cattle that a coach has at his disposal may influence the style of play the coach instructs his team to play. One could also make opinions regarding coaches based on the players the coach selects to play or the positions he plays certain players or the players that he ignores and doesn't select.
After saying all of that, I thought of the idea of if I sat down with Jack Gibson and talked footy, would I learn much? From what I saw of Jack Gibson, he was man of few words. I would have had to have be asking a lot of questions. One Gibson's most famous lines was "Do the simple things right". He also said "Do what the opposition doesn't want you to do". He also said "If you have got the best halfback (in reference to Peter Sterling), then you are halfway there"
After saying all of that, I thought of the idea of if I sat down with Jack Gibson and talked footy, would I learn much? From what I saw of Jack Gibson, he was man of few words. I would have had to have be asking a lot of questions. One Gibson's most famous lines was "Do the simple things right". He also said "Do what the opposition doesn't want you to do". He also said "If you have got the best halfback (in reference to Peter Sterling), then you are halfway there"
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