Without talking about Danny, I think when comparing the views of Lancaster, Johnson and Jones vs that of our own Edwards, I will believe Shaun's view every time. Only one of those was a successful club coach, and that was Shaun. Johnson had no coaching career, and Lancaster was by and large a failure as club coach. 8 years of England with effectively near scrub level coaches who were, as described in the article, archetypal risk averse anglo saxon coaches. I wonder how many players lost out becuase of their conservatism?
Whether Danny had what it takes to be a successful international player is up for debate and another story, but when it comes to handling people, I don't buy the "three successive Englad coach" argument, because two of them simply had no right to be in the job, and the other would not be in the job if it were not for Danny saving it in SA, and has shown himself to be a man who selects according to his personal esoteric "positions are not important" philosophy and to raise fingers at the media as much as anything. Two of those coaches selected Mike Brown as a winger. If those three successive coaches were Ashton, Woodward and Edwards would it have been different? I don't know, I suspect Danny would not have had that many more caps if only for his kicking being unreliable, but at least we would have found out than be left wondering.
I would not be surprised to see Danny make a decent coach very soon, as a player he might not have many options.
Topic: Very Long Article in The Times on Cips. (Read 1300 times)
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