Comments on: Kudos to Coetzee

By: Superbru

Superbru — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:37:49 +0000

@Mike H-81: He is a man with a plan,and he is able to get his players to believe in that plan,and to believe in themselves.

By: MrEd

MrEd — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 07:35:56 +0000

@Ryan you started off so well by giving AC his deserved credit, but then you spoiled it by mentioning his racial orientation. He did well as a coach, and just that! What I’m trying to say is this: Lets move forward and see beyond that which seperates us, but rather that which unites us!

By: digger

digger — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:41:17 +0000

@Skeppie-76: @katman-82: LOL, you guys made my day!!! It was unthinkable in my day too! It makes it better that he is Province boy otherwise I am not sure how the TV would have survived a kick from me with that dance. As Transie put it though, times are changing, sigh.

By: katman

katman — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:21:25 +0000

If you can react like this, why would you do it any other way?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xAPwx3z950

By: katman

katman — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:05:41 +0000

@Blokkies-83: That requires a sniper in the back row.

By: Blokkies

Blokkies — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:17:11 +0000

@katman-82: Nah, this is how it should be done…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBXQlGNAx_Q

By: katman

katman — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:25:09 +0000

@Transformation-79: If sportsmen want to take their cue regarding celebrations from someone, it should be Ivan Lendl. Or, at a push, Kimi Raikonnen. Anything more extravagant is obscene.

By: Mike H

Mike H — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:25:37 +0000

Coetzee is an excellent coach and has excellent personell skills.

He gets the side to play for each other.

Imso glad he has a trophy to show for his efforts

By: SjamBok

SjamBok — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:32:46 +0000

It would have been intersting if Coezee had taken over from Jake White, without losing any of the intellectual property that they had built up together. However, I recall that he was backline coach, and the Bok backline was nowhere until Eddie Jones came along. Obviously the Jake White patented head coach method works (given the results achieved by him and his successors).

Also, the WP seem to have starte to make changes to their attacking game that makes them score more tries. Hopefully that will come through in 2013 Super rugby. It was the one thing that was holding back the Stormers.

By: Transformation

Transformation — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:14:03 +0000

@Skeppie-76: move with the times the "stoic jaw" thing is in the past...players in all sport celebrate great plays & rugby has moved with the times... think tiger woods, serena williams, le bron james...

By: Jinx2

Jinx2 — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:55:08 +0000

Enjoy the Victory Parade, AC. You are a humble man. Take a bow.

By: nama1

nama1 — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:22:52 +0000

@Skeppie-75:
Trying to move on Skeppie. It was a wonderful two days with WP winning but it’s time to move ahead now.

Thanks for asking, bru.

By: Skeppie

Skeppie — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:22:16 +0000

@WP-Forever-66: He is a really good player but eff me I hate those dances when players score, give me the stoic jaw clench and high five anyday

By: Skeppie

Skeppie — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:21:37 +0000

@nama1-74: How you feeling today Nam's?

By: nama1

nama1 — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:18:30 +0000

“Coetzee, in this regard, has succeeded where Peter de Villiers, who proclaimed himself the saviour of black players, failed.”

Why bring your hatred of PdV into an otherwise good article?

AC is a provincial coach. He has a much wider choice when it comes to P’sOC.

PdV was a national coach. He could only work with the players developed by the PROVINCES in the 1st place. If they did not do their bid, his hands were tied.

Please man, PdV was released of his contract 10 months ago already. Time for you to move on.

By: Heavens Game

Heavens Game — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:18:32 +0000

@Tacitus-62: Classic! Excellent…

By: katman

katman — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:27:02 +0000

@Beertjie-71: Thelo is going to be most disappointed when he reads your post. He had his eye on at least half a dozen kudos.

By: Beertjie

Beertjie — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:18:27 +0000

Kudos is one of those words like congeries that look like plurals but are etymologically singular. Acknowledging the Greek history of the term requires Kudos is (not are) due her for her brilliant work on the score. But kudos has often been treated as a plural, especially in the popular press, as in She received many kudos for her work. This plural use has given rise to the singular form kudo. These innovations follow the pattern whereby the English words pea and cherry were shortened from nouns ending in an (s) sound (English pease and French cerise), that were mistakenly thought to be plural. The singular kudo remains far less common than the plural use; both are often viewed as incorrect in more formal contexts. · It is worth noting that even people who are careful to treat kudos only as a singular often pronounce it as if it were a plural. Etymology would require that the final consonant be pronounced as a voiceless (s), as we do in pathos, another word derived from Greek, rather than as a voiced (z).

By: shebeen

shebeen — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:57:15 +0000

recent currie cup ‘droughts’

WP – 2001 – 2012 10 unsuccessful campaigns
Natal – 1996-2008 11 campaigns
Transvaal/lions – 1999-2010 11 campaigns
FState – 1976-2005 28 campaigns
NTvl/Bulls – 1 win in last 8 campaigns.

So basically everyone has had recent periods of not winning the cup, it’s a really dumb argument to point out for anyone.

By: wnbb

wnbb — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:02:53 +0000

@The Bill-68: His Christmas jibe will haunt him for a long time as well.