CAMPO: Deans is just not the right fit for the Wallabies

There wouldn't be too many knighthoods off the back of 22-0. Off course no NH team would have turned down those shots for goal. As Sheek has said elsewhere, changing the coach won't fix the fundamental problems with rugby in this country.

A last !! a sensible comment. Congratulations !! I am so sick of the hysterical unfair moaning on this site by writers who should know better. The WB were not expected to beat the AB, not with so many stars out injured, and not with the AB full force , at the peak oof their power. Any other side in the world (especially the NH) would be delighted to hold them to a one try advantage in both matches. They would be bestowing knighthoods instead of sharpening the axe. I read these comments and wonder if we were watching theh same game..

A few lines in... "Would any other country allow this to happen?" Are you serious? They all do. No one is beating the AB's. Are they all dumping their coaches? Your article suggests so but is completely incorrect. The AB's are number 1 in the world for a reason. Australia understandably wants more from their team but the form and confidence of the AB's cannot be questioned. Yes, something has got to happen, maybe it is Deans (I'd hope not). But to address your first question, "Would any other country allow this to happen?", they all do. You can't drop a coach each time you lose to the world number 1.

Campo I agree completely , it was the worst defeat I've ever watched for the wallabies not because of the 22 to 0 score it was more we had no identity ....no courage ..... No guts ...... No nothing. ...... Exactly nothing we showed looked good . And I completely agree smiling and saying there just to good by players and captain really ticks me off .. It was more we looked patheticly stupid out there and it was a slap in the face for the legacy of all former wallabies that have put on the jersey ...... Really it was like watching the under 21 wallabies or even the womens Australian rugby team play the world champs but I do think any one of those teams would have attleast score a point !

I can see it now - "Kurtley Beale is the Bradman of Rugby" Two weeks later after another horrible Kurtley Beale performance... "I called you ther Bradman of Rugby, and now you've let me down.

" Bunch of selfish, arrogant tweeting premiership football wannabes! Time to let some man put on the wallaby jumper!” Absolutely spot on! We’ve just been dominated in the Bledisloe and these guys are having a laugh. How the heck are Aus rugby supporters meant to react when the players look like they don’t give a stuff! " " As an AB man I could not believe the Wallabies having a friendly chat with the ABs post-match. These guys have just been zeroed for the first time in 50 years and lost the Bledisloe Cup! If I was a Wallaby fanatic I would have been FURIOUS. " Couldn't agree more with these posts.

Add to that if the cattle in NZ is so much better then McKenzie winning a title and getting to two other finals is pretty good work isn't it?

Get John Eales!!

Agree, nothing wrong with friendly relations but supporters, viewers perceive this differently...especially after the game

FO'K......Don't give Campo nightmares !!!!

Frank that's nuts. Alan Jones coached a team in the amateur era almost 30 years ago. He is now 71. He should not be Wallabies coach.

Campo tell us... Should Alan Jones be the next Wallaby coach?

ALAN JONES!

But who's done a better job coaching *Australian* players? Deans or McKenzie? Bearing in mind that McKenzie was an assistant coach for the Wallabies from 2000 to 2003.

Well still mac who would you rather run at you T-rex/Inglis/Hayne train, or Adam Ash cooper/drew mithcell/Pat Mcabe. enough said. So the pipe tobacco smoking is on me tonight stillmtic1 game set match Johnno and KPM.

why so serious, justin2!? you know how KPM/johnno love a good pipe dream, or just a pipe! i wish the abs could poach some NFL superstars to bolster their lineup. maybe even get usain bolt and co to chuck on the wings. u know im serious.

Long day at work PT. Essentially Deans is Teflon, never to blame. All you have done is make excuses for his atrocious selections and complete lack of any tactical nous or set plays and strategies to create space and deny it it when the opposition is on attack. Like Robbie it's all the players fault. To address your reason you thinknRobbie is the right candidate ongoing you have mentioned a lack of cattle. Very good, sounds like the Brumbies and Reds few years ago. Guess what, good coaching and tactics has transformed both organisations. Props we haven't been blessed with but Palmer, Holmes, Kepu are all fair options. Why did Deans play a Lh at Th and vice versa? Genius! He continued to pick Burgess who it was clear and obvious couldn't pass to save himself. Ben Lucas, Will Genia had much better basics than LB? There are threads and threads on selections of Deans, to repeat is not worthwhile as you are head in the sand but a few classic Deans moments include Dean Mumm, Elsom since his return, Salesian Mafu, oh no back up 7 at the world Cup, now we have one on the bench every match. rob Horne, berrick Barnes. Did I mention he still doesn't know his best back line or even the strategy he wasn't to use? Gave a novice 12 the WC berth on tackling ability and nothing else. Should I bother mentioning his horrible hypocrisy on selection and fitness? His lack of bench use? I'm sure you will tell me the guys on the bench were not good enough,meet the next week they will be starting and Robbie will have a new idea but no tactics to suit the players on the park. What are Deans tactics to get us going forward? His idea to get forwards set up off the ruck, static Ina line of 3 while an excellent impression of 3 statues does little to challenge the defence. I'm not a master coach but a mixture of pick and drive,msome mauling,msome angle runners and interplay of passing from our forwards may just well beat the statue impersonation. There is no sequencing in the Wallaby play, no set piece moves, nothing to get the opposition thinking. What does he do outside of talking jibberish. The ABs bombed at least two tries - Dagg in the left corner. A simple pass and it's a try. He hogged it and got caught. Carter fell over the line and threw a stupid pass trying to be unselfish. God help us if we take too much heart from them screwing up to make us feel our defence was above average, which it rarely has been under Deans (a trait of his coaching actually). You are defending the indefensible quite frankly, I admire your pigheadedness even if it is sad. You can be Robinson Crusoe all you like, the herd has only just caught up to me. And next time buddy try and actually tell some of us why you think he is the best man for the job. The above was none of the sort but a defence of his weaknesses.

Totally agree with some players in particular Beale being so flippant after another Bledisloe loss. That's consecutive weeks Beale has laughed and joked and it's embarrasing and simply unacceptable. This behaviour is insulting and disrespectful to anyone supporting the Wallabies. I was staggered this went on after the Sydney game but to see it again in Auckland beggers belief. What sort of message does that send to every youngster watching the game ? I was disappointed to see Digby join in the banter. Guys like Genia, Moore and Barnes were gutted which is the reaction you expect to see. As for Beale I have had a gutfull of this bloke. I'll start supporting him again when he starts giving a toss about the jersey. He is unfit, playing rubbish rugby, is back on the p!ss and his attitude is terrible. Let's pick guys that are passionate about the Wallabies.

But then I think the NZ issue is the smokescreen, Brett. Putting undue emphasis on NZ distracts from the other unacceptable losses, of which there have been too many. The performances against NZ are just an extension of the performances we have seen against other sides. I would certainly wager that somebody like McKenzie would get better performances from the players and quickly too. There is a precedent in professional rugby for new coaches to immediately improve underperforming sides: Jake White with the Boks, Mike Ruddock with Wales, Warren Gatland with London Wasps, Warren Gatland with Wales, Brendan Venter/Mark McCall with Saracens, Jake White with the Brumbies, Dave Rennie/Wayne Smith with the Chiefs, Jamie Joseph with the Highlanders etc. Deans clearly isn't getting the best out of the players, and nor are they responding to him. There really is no alternative. Like OJ said, it's like a bad relationship.

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