: Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:29 pm
Steve Mac is a lovely bloke but, as a coach, he's totally gash!
He has one method of play - 5 drives and a kick - and if that doesn't work, he's clueless. He'll just stand there with his arms crossed looking all stern and serious. At the end of the game he tell you how he knows what went wrong and will put it right in training. He won't say what he thought the problem was, or what he's going to do in training, so you'll be non the wiser.
Before the next game you'll hear how hard they've been working in training and how they won't make the same mistakes as last time - which of course they do. Before you know it there'll be pictures in your local rag of the players training. This will include tying each other up with socks and wizzing along on water slides WEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
You will not be surprised to see a completely disorganised mess of a defensive line, with most of the team stood under the posts looking frightened and the inevitable try that will be scored by any team with even a rudimentary ability to pass and kick and run. The attack won't be much better organised either. So 5 drives and a kick it is then. He is totally incapable of building a proper squad and just picks who played well against his team the previous season, no matter what position they play. He'll just play them out of position if he has to. So you'll end up with 8 back rowers and just one prop forward. He'll realise the error he's made, and try to recruit loan players to put it all right. It won't make much difference though. They'll still be totally disorganised and playing 5 drives and a kick.
Because the players know that Steve is a soft touch, most of them wouldn't have bothered turning up for training, so what little game plan he has will not be instilled in them. So they'll have no idea what they are doing or how they figure in the great 5 drives and a kick masterplan. So they just lumber about the pitch in a pathetic attempt to please. Occasionally they will succeed. But mostly they won't.
As a fan you'll be bored, and as it goes on, angry. That anger will simmer into outrage, with lot's of ant-Mac abuse from surrounding supporters - with less and less of then turning up - it will curdle into a sullen, silent discontent.
Fortunately for Barrow You have:
(a) Already ticked the box
(b) Already have a good squad recruited
(c) At least have a great kicker - Jamie Rooney - who might actually make 5 drives and a kick work
(d) Have a chairman who, for once, will do the right thing early and sack the useless c*nt.
HTH
