In the huddle just after we went ahead by 8.
"Boys. Boys! (Nobodys listening) BOYS!! Thats good. We got em. All we need to do now is ruck it out of our own end and weve got em. Just ruck it out!"
How he could implement this strategy against Thurston and Bowen with 15 to go is anathemic to me. He issued the order to shut up shop. We should have been staying on the attack. Watch the body language of the players change as they try to hold the lead, and Bird drops the ball on the 3rd.
Damning evidence that his leadership is costing us these games.
I was also thinking that we should have set up for a FG when up by 4. In fact, when we turned it over, he order Stapo to run at the posts and then kicked wide, which nobody was expecting.
"Boys. Boys! (Nobodys listening) BOYS!! Thats good. We got em. All we need to do now is ruck it out of our own end and weve got em. Just ruck it out!"
How he could implement this strategy against Thurston and Bowen with 15 to go is anathemic to me. He issued the order to shut up shop. We should have been staying on the attack. Watch the body language of the players change as they try to hold the lead, and Bird drops the ball on the 3rd.
Damning evidence that his leadership is costing us these games.
I was also thinking that we should have set up for a FG when up by 4. In fact, when we turned it over, he order Stapo to run at the posts and then kicked wide, which nobody was expecting.