Isn’t it amazing the people in the so called powerful seats of SA rugby manage to spoil a party just as it’s about to get going. Surely SA rugby committee has at least ONE brain between the 21 of them and would be able to see the value rugby could bring to SA if only their pea size brains could see a little further than their own pockets and serve preserving and serving attitudes
Will the next couple of years be regarded as the wasted years rather than the years when sport bought together a nation, reconciled political differences empowered the masses with rugby fields, facilities, coaches and hope. Surely One of the buffoons on the board could see beyond his own agenda and use the opportunity our world cup winning champions gave us to initiate change for the betterment of all in SA. Politicians and SA rugby could have used the euphoria to start community project initiatives with sport and rugby being the bonding power.
Hoskins has nothing useful to say about how his inept board are going to use the euphoria to transform rugby into a truly non racial sport, he says nothing about the plan to use the Springbok emblem and making it a brand worth millions. His only comment is to bring up some lame old history defending his cronies decision to summon a coach who is on a tour to appear before the board and “explain himself” Hoskins then who goes on to state “The truth is Jake managed to annoy and alienate some very powerful men in SA rugby.” Yes there is a business lesson here.
Lets see how powerful they actually are: Their enormous pay cheques, their first class travel and hotels, their ability to hob nob with the who is who of powerful business is directly proportional and related to the results displayed by the manager, squad and 15 men on the field at any given time. The Value of brand “SA Rugby” AKA Springboks is determined by the results of the team. It has absolutely nothing to do with sitting in a board room waiting for phone to ring of some powerful company like SASOL and naming the price for the enquiring company to have their name emblazoned across the Springbok shirt. How hard do you think it is right now to get sponsorship for the boks? Sorry correction how hard was it the day before Jake was given the red card? We must be the laughing stock of all English, Australian and NZ supporters, as soon as we get a winning formula we have some idiots Fix what’s not broken.
They say Jake Alienated the board and they can’t work with him, see the problem is that Jake doesn’t need to change, he brings pride, commitment and most of all results and a winning formula. It will be a fine day in SA history when politicians and sporting bodies realise we, the people are not here to serve you. The object is that you, serve the will of the people.
We want results that we can be proud of regardless of the colour of the person who wears our jerseys. Remember the reason why these buffoons of SA rugby have the opportunity to sit in five star hotels drinking French Cognac and brandy in Paris at the world cup final is because of the coach and teams performance. It has nothing to do with the administrators’ skills, I far as I can see their only influence on the team to date has been negative. Its funny how SA soccer players are allowed to play anywhere in the world, yet as rugby player as soon as you want to earn a living elsewhere you suddenly can’t represent your country Hoskins even has the audacity to infer the board won the world cup in one of our daily newspapers.
If they can’t work with a world cup winning coach is it obviously because they want to be in control and meddle in things that should be left to the discretion of the coach. Clive Woodward wins the world cup for England and is immediately knighted by the Queen. We win the world cup and the winning coach is set out to greener pasture without so much as a thank you.
Surely any coach who has been away from his family for 2 months, has had his idiot employers looking for reasons to “axe” him, has been under incredible pressure to produce results for the nation, has had to build a winning team and has done so, should be allowed to take two weeks to consider his future. Surely he should be given a golden handshake and the job no matter what his price or demands are. If we can spend 21 million on a football coach who has never won a world cup. Surely Jake is worth the same price? SA rugby’s only foresight is to prepare a shortlist because who in their right mind is dumb enough to put up with their incompetence and shit anymore?
Here’s the business lesson when you deliver on your promises, when you produce results, when you have dogged determination in spite of criticism to succeed, when you have a plan, belief and faith in your ability you have a whole bunch of people standing at the bottom of a mountain crawling their way to you standing at the top. Most people see the VALUE you produce.
Yet on the other hand SA Rugby board who are paid their huge salaries by the masses who attend games, whose bonuses are determined by the amount of sponsorship collected, determined by the value of the brand, determined by the results produced by the coach and players determine that it is in the best interest of SA Rugby to “push out” the only coach: who has managed bring us closer as a nation in spite of answering to a bunch of self serving buffoons who have managed to render NO VALUE to the masses whatsoever in the 12 years since the rugby boys last gave SA this incredible nation building opportunity .
A marketing coup for Sasol and a way to make politicians and administrators understand they serve the people, and not the other way around, would be to run a “census” at their petrol stations giving away R5.00 worth of free petrol to every citizen who fills out a survey asking a simple question “Who would you rather have serving SA rugby Jake White or the SA Rugby Board?”
Detective Dave
Committed to multiplying your income!
