1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:01,560 Speaker 1: I've got to tell you I'm still a little bit 2 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: exercised about Scott Robinson because I like Scott and I 3 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: thought he was a very good coach. His record at 4 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: Canterbury spoke for itself. Of course. See trouble in this 5 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:10,639 Speaker 1: country is we can't have a sensible conversation about the 6 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: all black coach because so many of us come to 7 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,080 Speaker 1: it with myopic emotional views driven by idiocy like geography 8 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:19,319 Speaker 1: and personality expectations that have nothing to do with the 9 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: actual job. See Hanson had pro and anti Campston, the 10 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: as did Foster, as does Robinson. Waste too much energy. Also, 11 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: we might just be a little bit then energized or 12 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 1: exercise because we're a small country with not a lot 13 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: to think about. See in the NFL, which I follow, 14 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: as you well know, in the NFL at the moment, 15 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: there are nine head coaching vacancies, nine after eight sackings 16 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: and one quitting. That's over a quarter of all jobs 17 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: in the NFL are up for grabs, and that's not unusual. 18 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: I mean, as for the EPL, they're sacking somebody every 19 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: second day. As far as I can work out. What 20 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: I can't work out is when David Kirk says, we 21 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: aren't where we need to be at this point of 22 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: the cycle. What does that mean? Where specifically do we 23 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: need to be? I mean, once upon a time when 24 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: the All Blacks won every test as of right, we 25 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: still didn't go on and win the World Cup. So 26 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: presumably when we won everything, or were winning everything, we 27 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 1: must have felt in a pretty good place. Didn't work 28 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: out well though, did it? Also? How is it Robinson 29 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: as banned from going elsewhere? I mean, this is the 30 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,119 Speaker 1: great question that remains unanswered. How is he banned from 31 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,679 Speaker 1: going elsewhere? In other words, he's not good enough to 32 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: coach us, but he's too dangerous to ply the trade 33 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: off shore now apart from paying him not to work, 34 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 1: and that involves a tremendous amount of money. As far 35 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: as I know, I wouldn't have taken that deal. I 36 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: would have told him to get stuffed. Also, I can't 37 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: work out just how much this is player driven and 38 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,479 Speaker 1: of the player feedback. How much is personal versus professional? 39 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: I mean, how much responsibility does a player have for 40 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: what happens on the field as opposed to a coach. 41 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: See back in the NFL there's a blow called Rabel 42 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: who was sacked from Tennessee because they weren't winning, and 43 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: after he left they still haven't been winning. But the 44 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: team he's gone to New England, who are playing today, 45 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: by the way, they were hopeless until a year ago. 46 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: They might now they'll probably win today and if they do, 47 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: they'll go on to win one more game. They might 48 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: well be in the Super Bowl. So is that him 49 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 1: or is it luck or other factors? See, someone always 50 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 1: seems to have to pay the price whenever someone else 51 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: decides things aren't right, which is the other weird bit. 52 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: The All Blacks winning record is an increasingly competitive world. 53 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: It wasn't that bad, so why the panic. Loyalty, consistency, 54 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: and longevity are all traits that are of value, but 55 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: you've got to recognize them. If you don't, you tend 56 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: to make mistakes by going run sacking people with no 57 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: obvious next step in place. 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