Peter de Villiers, can you believe this bloke? Talk about trying to talk his way out of getting the sack?

Question

"The coach, in his first season since succeeding Jake White, said the Springboks had played great rugby against Australia in Durban and should have won." (http://www.capetimes.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=nw20080825175539784C814886) Next he will be saying the ABs didn't deserve to win 19-0.

Answer 1

im starting to think that the win s.a got in n.z was pure luck .

if your game plan is sucure , you will be consistant . there is no way you beat a team away from home , and then get smashed on home soil , lucky bounce for Januarie . peter de villiers doesnt seem to know what he is doing, and you,ll be forgiven for thinking that this just might be a tragic year for the boks. i reflect on the comment that was made " about the coach being like the Managing Director of of a company , and that he should take the blame . that is very correct , he is to blame , but now i wanna ask this. if a coach is like a MD , then why get rid of a MD that is doing well , a company would never sack a great MD ? jake white was the springboks most consistant coach , and world cup winner , why is he not there . its a joke .

Answer 2

That must have been one of the worst displays by the Boks because they are a great side. I dont want to take anything away from the Wallabys but the way the Boks played on Saturday the Poms could have won!

Answer 3

Peter de villiers is an idiot. He talk a world cup winning team with hundreds of years of history of playing a tight forwards game and tries to get them to play an expansive style of rugby. He needs to learn to play to his team's strength's  

Answer 4

i wasnt aware that the coach was the one who was on the field.

its up to the players to play on game day. the coaching is done during the week and the half time adjustments. thats about it.

at some point you have to expect the players to execute.

i saw the game, and while i was not pleased with the result, i cant say we played a terrible game. the aussies played a better game. sometimes these things happen. and sometimes they dont.

im pretty sure the sentiments about him were very very different when the boks beat the blacks, in new zealand about 4 weeks ago.  in a nail biting stunning game. people were hailing the players, but little was said about the coach. turnabout is fair play i reckon. so time to ask the players why they arent performing as they did before. its essentially the same group of players so they cant complain about chemistry or something like that.

Answer 5

They guy needs to keep his mouth close and let his players do all the talking on the rugby pitch...wait...im sure they didnt have much to say when they could score any points against the allblacks. lol.

South African rugby should stop living in the past and get over the racial politics in sports. Select the best person for the job no matter the color of thier skin.

I love it how he blamed the ref and 'cheating allblacks' on his losses.

South African rugby needs a parachute at the moment so it slow the speed of their descent to the bottom of world rugby.