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BRIAN SMITH MEDIA CONFERENCE - ROUND 2
21/03/04
Q - BRIAN THAT MUST HAVE BEEN SATISFYING?
A - Yes it sure was.
Q - WHAT WAS THE BEST BIT OF IT?
A - The scoreline - we won!
Q - IT WAS A DIFFICULT GAME - A FEW MISTAKES AND A HIGH PENALTY COUNT AGAINST YOU?
A - Yes, it was good to win with all of that
Q - WHAT CAN YOU TAKE FROM A WIN LIKE THAT?
A - For us at the moment, 2 points is what we got. That will do us.
Q - GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LAST WEEK DOES IT ADD TO THE SATISFACTION?
A - I can't remeber last week, I can only remember today.
Q - A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS AFTER THIS TURNAROUND, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THEM?
A - I don't know, I don;t have an answer to that.
Q - WAS IT JUST THE FIRST HALF LAST WEEK THAT YOU WERE UNHAPPY WITH?
A - We certainly improved last week in the second half but you certainly can't do what we did in the first half and expect things to go your way.
Q - YOU COMEPTED THE WHOLE GAME - FOR INSTANCE THE KICK CHASE WAS GREAT?
A - Yes, we competed very well. In the end that's what got us the two points.
Q -WERE YOU PERSONALLY FEELING THE PRESSURE?
A - Yes, I always feel it.
Q - WAS THE WEEK A DIFFICULT ONE FOR YOU BRIAN?
A - It was a tough week, yes.
Q - LUKE O'DWYER MADE A GOOD DEBUT?
A - He is a player that boy. To come in and do what he did..to come from the Queensland Cup..it has become pretty obvious that that competition is serving one of the purposes of promoting good young players, there are quite a number of them across the board, he is just another one. I am rapt for him - he is a dedicated young man who works really hard and has fitted in perfectly in our place and I have really enjoyed being his coach
Q - DID YOU THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN FURTHER IN FRONT AT HALF TIME BRIAN?
A - Yes, there were some mysterious things happen out there today. I thought the planets were all lining up for a while - I'm not sure which planet some people were from out there today. That all just added to the drama, and just added to the amount of character that the boys had to show - the way they prepared this week, they put everything aside and they did it great - it just kept getting worse and worse during the game but they just didn't let it interfere with the target of the day, which was tog et a win.
Q - HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING FROM JAMIE LATELY?
A - Yes, I had a text message from him last night wishing the boys all the best and one of our staff got one straight afte rthe game saying how he was going to sing the team song and how he wanted to congratulate the team.
Q - WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU BRIAN?
A - I don't know and I don't want to read too much into it. I know what I would like to read into it. We all would. Jamie has some things that need to get sorted. Hopefully all the people that are frustrated fairy tale writers and gossip mongerers that have had their last this weekcan have a look in the mirror and ask themselves are they printing something that actually know or are they printing something that someone else has fed them, and are they making fools of themselves in doing so. From our point of view what is a bit sad is that it is alla dding pressure to Jamie - and we don't want that - we just want him to take his time and sort himself out. We are selfish - we want him back playing footy - but ultimately we want him to make the best decsion for himself - which must be tough at the moment.
21/03/04
Q - BRIAN THAT MUST HAVE BEEN SATISFYING?
A - Yes it sure was.
Q - WHAT WAS THE BEST BIT OF IT?
A - The scoreline - we won!
Q - IT WAS A DIFFICULT GAME - A FEW MISTAKES AND A HIGH PENALTY COUNT AGAINST YOU?
A - Yes, it was good to win with all of that
Q - WHAT CAN YOU TAKE FROM A WIN LIKE THAT?
A - For us at the moment, 2 points is what we got. That will do us.
Q - GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LAST WEEK DOES IT ADD TO THE SATISFACTION?
A - I can't remeber last week, I can only remember today.
Q - A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS AFTER THIS TURNAROUND, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THEM?
A - I don't know, I don;t have an answer to that.
Q - WAS IT JUST THE FIRST HALF LAST WEEK THAT YOU WERE UNHAPPY WITH?
A - We certainly improved last week in the second half but you certainly can't do what we did in the first half and expect things to go your way.
Q - YOU COMEPTED THE WHOLE GAME - FOR INSTANCE THE KICK CHASE WAS GREAT?
A - Yes, we competed very well. In the end that's what got us the two points.
Q -WERE YOU PERSONALLY FEELING THE PRESSURE?
A - Yes, I always feel it.
Q - WAS THE WEEK A DIFFICULT ONE FOR YOU BRIAN?
A - It was a tough week, yes.
Q - LUKE O'DWYER MADE A GOOD DEBUT?
A - He is a player that boy. To come in and do what he did..to come from the Queensland Cup..it has become pretty obvious that that competition is serving one of the purposes of promoting good young players, there are quite a number of them across the board, he is just another one. I am rapt for him - he is a dedicated young man who works really hard and has fitted in perfectly in our place and I have really enjoyed being his coach
Q - DID YOU THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN FURTHER IN FRONT AT HALF TIME BRIAN?
A - Yes, there were some mysterious things happen out there today. I thought the planets were all lining up for a while - I'm not sure which planet some people were from out there today. That all just added to the drama, and just added to the amount of character that the boys had to show - the way they prepared this week, they put everything aside and they did it great - it just kept getting worse and worse during the game but they just didn't let it interfere with the target of the day, which was tog et a win.
Q - HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING FROM JAMIE LATELY?
A - Yes, I had a text message from him last night wishing the boys all the best and one of our staff got one straight afte rthe game saying how he was going to sing the team song and how he wanted to congratulate the team.
Q - WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU BRIAN?
A - I don't know and I don't want to read too much into it. I know what I would like to read into it. We all would. Jamie has some things that need to get sorted. Hopefully all the people that are frustrated fairy tale writers and gossip mongerers that have had their last this weekcan have a look in the mirror and ask themselves are they printing something that actually know or are they printing something that someone else has fed them, and are they making fools of themselves in doing so. From our point of view what is a bit sad is that it is alla dding pressure to Jamie - and we don't want that - we just want him to take his time and sort himself out. We are selfish - we want him back playing footy - but ultimately we want him to make the best decsion for himself - which must be tough at the moment.
