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Over the last few years I have been reading about how bad Robbie Deans is as a coach. This has picked up in the last few weeks, in particular the inept performance of the Wallabies attack recently.
One thing that I have been mulling over is why is our attack so bad?
We actually do have a lightning backline in Kurley Beale, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Digby Ioane and Pat McCabe. And I know we have stars like James O’Connor and Will Genia missing, but these guys are some of the best in the business.
I also know there is a lot of criticism around McCabe’s ‘one dimensional’ game, but is his fault? Or is it a symptom of a greater issue?
To answer some of the questions above, I think we need to look back at winning Wallabies sides.
And let’s start with one of the best, the 1999 Rugby World Cup champions.
Quite rightly, Rod McQueen gets the kudos for being a great coach. But is it because of his coaching style alone or the fact he employed the right coaches beneath him?
And lets analyse that for a second. He had John Muggleton as defence coach and and a dedicated attack coach in Scott Johnson.
The current team has no dedicated defensive or attacking coaches. And how was our attack and defence on the weekend just gone?
So without an attacking coach is it any wonder our attack is limp or non-existent? Is this the real reason we are where we are with the Wallabies?
And where do we lay the blame for such a set up? Is it Robbie Deans’ fault, or that of the ARU?
Why is there no backs coach? in every team I have every played in, we have always had a coach that hung around, handed out the hair brushes and hair spray for the backs, so why don’t the Wallabies?
Modern rugby coaching can’t be a one man operation any more – why doesn’t Deans have more support?
No attack coach? Well when questioning our poor attack, that would be the first place to start.
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