Mate full credit to Sticky. I won't lie I think he's a shit coach and I feel for you guys. But, that was awesome TV, hopefully more coaches / clubs take his lead.
Yeah, I thought it was great television but it confimed what I suspected from press conferences and past interviews I have seen.
He is quite one-dimensional and personally, I haven't ever heard him talk particularly intelligently about the game or any of the teams he has coached. He is not a lone ranger but I wouldn't say the same thing about all other coaches.
I wonder whether he has he ability to mix up the team speech if the cliched
"look your mate in the eye and know you've left nothing on the field" approach doesn't work? He said it before the game and at half time and I know I'd start to get the shytes if I thought the effort was there but our tactics were poor. However, most league players are boneheads so perhaps a bit of repetition and some cliches is what is required?
To me, he looked more effective when he was talking to one or two players and giving them simple mantras to call upon in the game (i.e slow and patient in the mind). From what I have read about Bennett, this is something that a lot people say he is a master at. He communicates meaningful information in a very uncomplicated fashion and leaves the players in no doubt about what he wants.
