Quote JMSports_Ltd="JMSports_Ltd"It is not just Doc, many people who have behind the scenes access and ex players all seem to see what he is doing and agree with the most of it.
Their tactics were bang on last night, something picked up by Mcrae and Morgan as well as the two idiots. How did you want them to beat Wigan, 5 drives and a kick and hope that Tom Briscoegot some interception tries? As was mentioned by the SKY team the only way to beat Wigan is play for repeat sets in their 30mtrs and build pressure, not trying to score off each play but to just keep moving them around from side to side and let their slide defence mix up.
The problem was that at times Hull dropped ball and took dumb options. I cannot for the life of me understand why that would be Agar's fault when he is sat in the stands?
Hull play a high tempo attacking game when they can but execution is poor.
Rich Agar shouldn't have to Coach basic skills to International players.
The question as to why they are playing so dumb at times can only lie with the players. Confidence? Unhappiness? Lack of interest?
I dont see how a guy from Cumbria giving his honest opinion having played the game at the highest level can be shot down by so many.'"
I'm not sure if your post is a genuine one or an amusing parody of the kind of sycophantic nonsense that Murdock comes out with. But, assuming it's genuine, perhaps you could answer a few questions:
Why, given that yourself and 90% of the people who use these boards can identify what [ineeds to be done[/i to beat Wigan, do you think that a man should keep his job purely for getting the theory right? Are you unable to acknowledge that the real skill in elite level sports coaching is often not in knowing what to do, but in how to get the players to [uactually do it[/u and do it consistently?
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'Rich Agar shouldn't have to Coach basic skills to International players'[/i - This is precisely the sort of stuff supporters of Cullen used to come out with if you recall? Tony Smith came in with a different approach (remember him falling out with Thackray because he wanted to change his catching technique) and look what happened.
[i'I dont see how a guy from Cumbria giving his honest opinion having played the game at the highest level can be shot down by so many.'[/i Because when you say things like 'FC play the same way as the origin teams' and base your opinions on everything but statistics and results then you leave yourself open to ridicule, regardless of what part of the country you hail from and what you used to do for a career. Are you unable to recognise that fact simply because you too are pro-Agar?
Finally, how can you possibly justify blaming the players when every single one of them has been signed or re-signed by the man in charge, and he has remained the one constant throughout a 4-year period of abject failure? I can only assume that it's the same sort of bias that allows you to come on here criticising Brian Noble's coaching abilities yet singing the praises of Iestyn Harris', despite the fact that a quick glance at their respective record sheets shows that what your saying couldn't be further from the truth?
