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This was from GEL Phil Hardcastle on GAGR and I think he must be a strange Reds Supporter or he is EX Force read and have a laff
In last night's presser, Richard Graham believes that the referee had a big impact. He stated that we did not get the rub of the green and that the Force were allowed to infringe at the rucks and that was a big reason we lost.
I can't believe that he honestly thinks this way.
No referee this year has forced the players to pass into touch, pass forward, knock on, miss tackles, align poorly defensively, kick out on the full when you can't, not kick out on the full when you can, go off the feet at the ruck, be offside, loiter at the back of the rucks, passively defend our own rucks, not attack their rucks, not follow the play, walk around with hand son hips whilst the game is going on, not support players who have made a break, not cover defend, not field high balls, not chase our own kicks, not run back to cover on their kicks, get held up over the try line, drop the ball over the try line, lose the ball in contact, pass directly to the opposition in clear space, stand around whilst the opposition take a quick tap and score a try.
These are all things that have materialized repeatedly throughout the year - not just one off incidents. I watch a lot of super rugby and no other team has ALL of these faults so constantly on display.
How we are not at the bottom of the table is beyond me, because our skill set is unbelievably poor. The Cheetahs and the Lions regularly put multiple phases together in some form of coherent play - which is more than can be said for us.
None of the above has anything to do with the referee and has everything to do with the reds players themselves. If it were one or two shit players that were the problem, then it could be argued that it is a player side issue - but this is *all* the players throughout the squad, most of whom have been good enough to represent their country multiple times over the years that are incapable of the very, very, very *very* basic. That suggests a massive issue with the coaching staff, as it is a systemic problem.
Later in the presser, Richard states that it is his job to get "these guys" (the reds) to win. I would contend that Richard Graham, based on his own job description and performance criteria, is in fact unbelievably bad at his job and should actually be pretty ashamed of himself for ever thinking that he could be a head coach. Any reasonably sane person would know deep down whether they were out of their depth or not, and surely he knows this when it is so plainly obvious.
Stick to being one of the support coaches roles, Richard, you are unconsciously incompetent at head coaching roles and have no business drawing a salary in that role.
Richard provides nothing positive to the reds group and, in fact, detracts greatly from them.
He should leave.
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