When will the John Madden of rugby finally emerge?
There's a lot more commentary about rugby than ever before, and a lot of it is negative. There are gripes about the maul. There…
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Thanks BeeMc. Im excited!
– Lets see next year, much of it sticks
– But first, lets see this weekend!
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Thanks BeeMC:
– Id say Blues will be almost impossible to beat this weekend
– Let the impossible happen!!!
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Thanks GP
– Reds next year. I do not see the light
– Tahs on the other hand looks good
– Brums is the mystery
– Rebs an enigma
– I’ve heard Force is at the cusp of greatness. Looking forward to that
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Out and out! Wearing blue today
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Thanks gents! Saders. Tahs. Blues. Brums
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The Reds is not a place to use training wheels, imo Nick. I think BT was promoted too early. Won games because of the lockdown, with the Tahs being down and out
He should still be in the Qld and WB system somewhere, but not HC yet.
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Thanks Nick. Basically, we need a new coach
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Thanks GP. Reds actually did win one against a Kiwi team. Couple of weeks ago 😉
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Thanks BeeMc. The Japan market itself is lucrative. However, like everything there its a closed system. Would be interesting to see how it may “blossom”
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thanks for your article Riggers. Im unsure how familiar with you with the motivations and practices of global PEs. imo they are not bad actors. But in the case of Aus Rugby, I think its a dangerous partnership for both counterparties
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Yes. We also need squidge level analysis. This will make the game much much more popular
When will the John Madden of rugby finally emerge?
Thanks Coker. NFL still has a lot of dead time after the analysis. I think there’sv plenty of time to analyse and present the game a lot better.
The current commentators are ok. But I think we need coaches instead
When will the John Madden of rugby finally emerge?
This would be the kind of thing we need. Combine this with coach level commentary, then it would bring the game to a higher level
When will the John Madden of rugby finally emerge?
Cheers GP. Danny Mc is ostensibly astute. The first step in expert commentary is using coaches. In fact just like Madison, bring in one of the best coaches:
– he will be an excellent analyst
– very good communicator
– an educator
– an astute leader
– and knows about the game more than 99.9% of the rugby population
– knows all about the competencies needed by the teams and players
– knows about teams and the players
.
It is very easy for producers to make the change. They are just looking at the wrong places for solutions.
When will the John Madden of rugby finally emerge?
I think much of the technology is there MrChook. But it’s not used. Doesn’t have to be slick. Only
to be informative 🙂
When will the John Madden of rugby finally emerge?
Cheers Ogato. This will change the game quite literally imo
When will the John Madden of rugby finally emerge?
I’m sure it’s all available live, Billy Boy. It’s a matter of putting in the right people in the production team
When will the John Madden of rugby finally emerge?
Frankly, sounds like a lot of fun, Frankly
When will the John Madden of rugby finally emerge?
Cheers Coker. There’s actually a lot of dead time in NFL even after the analysis. Still a lot of time looking at players, audience, etc
.
I think the first thing producers need to do is put the best coaches as commentators like Madison. The most successful coach in NFL of his time, and one of best ever. They use the real stats that are used to win
When will the John Madden of rugby finally emerge?
Yes. I get a lot of this type of comments from non-Americans
When will the John Madden of rugby finally emerge?
true Mark. The game was big when he came in. But he changed it. and made it even bigger.
When will the John Madden of rugby finally emerge?
Good point! Im thinking guessing Drua.
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Thanks GP. Its good to see the Blues doing well consistently. Brums, they have almost always been good. Too bad McKeller is moving on.
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