I thought he did well.
On Thorman/Dykes this weekend, he stated that Dykes had missed a few tackles lately, and thought it was time to give Thorman a go. He danced around the Wagon issue, but stated that they would need some attacking prowess v Melbourne, and that at some stage 'the three of them' would be on the field at the same time. Whether Wagon or John Morris would be the third in the trio was left up in the air.
In the form slump since 2001, he basically disproved all the Smith loving apologists wrong. He basically admitted that they had been playing an outdated style of football. When Cameron Smith hit him with the injuries to the 'big 4' (Killer, Hindy, Cayless and Vella), BS replied that they couldn't use that as an excuse. Twas nice to admit that their playing style was at fault. He did say that we are better prepared to cope with injuries this year, esp in the forwards, thus basically saying that he expects us to do a lot better. Time will tell.
On Witt he added that he was pitchforked, underdone, last year, inyto the No. 7 due to injuries to Dykes and Green. He thought he did a great job, but still needed to iron out a few things before he takes the reigns later on (after Dykes leaves next year?)
On Jamie Lyon I was also impressed. He had nothing but niceties to say about him, and bagged all the Lyon baggers for not really having a clue.
But best of all was the massive sell job he did re Hindy for Origin. He basically gave Laurie Daley advice on how to handle him psychologically, and said that if you and Gus get that right, he'll play for 80 minutes and make the try saving tackle on the runaway Queenslander in the dying moments of the game. I reckon they were very well chosen words.
No mention as to why Wagon exists in firsts, and his reason for piss poor defence "blokes don't know each other that well yet" was a let down.
Overall, though, I thought he went well. He proved to me that he can talk the talk, at least.
This could be the beginning of a new style of play for the side with Wagon hopefully moving to a permanent position at lock and Thorman or Dykes playing 5/8.
