Re: We need some mongrel! : Sat Apr 19, 2014 5:31 pm  

Jimmy Lowes - must be bored to death in RU.

Re: We need some mongrel! : Sun Apr 20, 2014 7:55 am  

Bulliac wrote:

But surely, no more laughable than Brian Mac or Paul Anderson telling a Leeds or Hudds back that he needs to work on his pace? When it comes down to it, every coach in the league is coaching only because he can't hack it on the paddock any more. The position that Cummins played, or the way he used to play it, is irrelevant - he's the boss and I don't particularly have him down as a shrinking violet.

It's not the same. Brian Mac & Anderson played to the limits of their talents, they ran as fast as they could, putting their bodies on the line. Which is different to my reservations about Cummins as a player. I played under numerous coaches, some you would give more for.

[Bulliac]

Re: We need some mongrel! : Sun Apr 20, 2014 9:05 am  

It comers down to basic man management to me TT, and yes, I agree there are managers you would 'pull out all the stops for', and probably some you maybe wouldn't do the 'extra mile' for.

I used to work in a place that would promote managers from the shop floor, and the general opinion amongst the 'troops' was that it was always the lazy buggers [pardon my French] who got promoted. However, whilst that was occasionally thrown back at the manager when they asked for 'extra' effort, usually, the better man managers could, using only their personality, take the shop floor with them.

So, it depends much more on Cummins' management skills in his own particular work area, and this ability is of more importance in taking the players with him than how he played the game, imo.