Coaches Column
Loffie
http://www.glru.co.za/coach-s-column/Coache-s-Column-25-March.html
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
And still no beacon… well…sort of… A draw for me is like losing…..
There are no words to describe it when you lose or draw a match with 47 seconds to go. It was heartbreaking, as could be seen on the faces and body language of the players in the cloakroom after the match.
Well a few positives… we have turned the corner, with times we played brilliant rugby… there is progress…
Negatives… bad tactical kicking, lack of finishing.. Missed 1st time tackles cost us the game.
Doing retrospection of the competition so far, the reality is that we only got beaten by one team – the Blues. The rest we lost against ourselves, and that all because of a lack of concentration, lack of experience, simple and bad mistakes and attitude.
As I have been saying, all is not lost, we will fight every battle to the end, and give it our best. We are not going on a paid holiday, but on a hard tour with a mission to do well and grow as a team. We have clear goals and want to achieve them I am getting just as impatient as all our supporters, and want those big wins and the magic to come.
We must remember this is year 2 of the 3 year plan. I still believe we are ahead of time and it is only a matter of time and we will be that awesome team, that will be respected in our country and in the world.. That is my vision and dream, and I have committed myself to mostly our supporters, the players, the sponsors and the Union, come the end of my term/contract 31 Oct 2009… we will be there!!!
To all our loyal supporters… thanks for your belief, support but mostly your friendship. We are going through tough times together, but we are going to have the glory together as well. I will be in touch from abroad.
Regards
ugene “Loffie” Eloff
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