Wayne Bennett has done a great job creating a St George team in his own image in the past two years.
Off the field: Give the media nothing
On the field: Try to milk a penalty in the ruck on every play and, if that fails, kick the ball to the corner rather than give the ball to the centres.
It is all about to unravel on Sunday, when Archer keeps his whistle in his pocket and the St George plan A can't manufacture any points.
When the St George supporters try to turn on Bennett after the game, he will already be one step ahead.
There is an NRL team in 2011 that is a perfect fit for him:
- Looking for a coach being about to punt Henjak and being unable to get their players to accept Stuart
- Having signed Hannant and Inglis with the salary cap back working like it was in the glory days
- They know first hand that Bennett doesn't mind negotiating with another club when he is under contract and coaching his team in a finals series.
So when the Saints are waiting for the press conference to hear St Wayne explain why they couldn't score points in the Grand Final, he will have left via private car out the back door of ANZ Stadium to board the first plane back to Brisbane.
At least for 2011 St George can look around for a coach that is prepared to let Gasnier see more ball than he did when playing rugby union.
Off the field: Give the media nothing
On the field: Try to milk a penalty in the ruck on every play and, if that fails, kick the ball to the corner rather than give the ball to the centres.
It is all about to unravel on Sunday, when Archer keeps his whistle in his pocket and the St George plan A can't manufacture any points.
When the St George supporters try to turn on Bennett after the game, he will already be one step ahead.
There is an NRL team in 2011 that is a perfect fit for him:
- Looking for a coach being about to punt Henjak and being unable to get their players to accept Stuart
- Having signed Hannant and Inglis with the salary cap back working like it was in the glory days
- They know first hand that Bennett doesn't mind negotiating with another club when he is under contract and coaching his team in a finals series.
So when the Saints are waiting for the press conference to hear St Wayne explain why they couldn't score points in the Grand Final, he will have left via private car out the back door of ANZ Stadium to board the first plane back to Brisbane.
At least for 2011 St George can look around for a coach that is prepared to let Gasnier see more ball than he did when playing rugby union.