PdV made 2 crucial mistakes on Saturday.
1. Adi Jacobs? I mean WTF?
2. Replace Bakkie Botha? WTF?
Appart from that he's still doing ok. Like I mentioned in the previous thread, I'm not going to rate him as yet. Just judging by the amature mistakes he made on Saturday any praise would have been misplaced. It does however not make him a bad coach. We need to give him time so we can judge him accordingly.
Currently he's doing a good job. I'm sure he's allowed a mistake or 2
The biggest mistake that he made was in not following through on the rules regarding the tight phases. The Australians were scrumming up in the scrums, in the rolling mauls they were always offside trying to pull it down, and in the rucks they were playing the scrum half.
They had a telecon with the convener of refs and just accepted him saying they he was happy with the tight play - and then did nothing about it.
That just demonstrated complete arrogance or absolutely no understanding of what it takes to win.
Australia and the ref may have had some dodgy moments but they put points on the board. The Boks need to get smarter about the meta game. The Australians also made noise about the scrum so all the attention goes there - then for the most part their game consisted of playing obstruction. Any complaints? No! The ref and linesmen were looking at the wrong thing.
And that's where Jake White is far superior - he plays total rugby. Sure, part of it is about having the biggest players there first. But the real game is doing something the opposition can't counter and then moving on to something new when they start catching up.
The 3 greatest coches that South Africa has had are Ian McIntosh, Nick Mallet, and Jake White. McIntosh changed the way the Springboks played rugby. Mallet got them used to winning, and White managed the Boks incredibly well.
Snor has taken us backwards. Not disputing that we've won games - but that's just the minimum requirement.
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