Quote: Bull Mania "Leaves with huge respect from Bulls fans for the horrendus circumstances he coached in, but in truth, he had to go. The fight had completely gone from the team. Yes he has had to deal more in two years (while learning to be a head coach) than most coaches will have to deal in ther entire careers.
However a change was needed. The bulls fans have given the team standing ovations despite been hammered, but of late, the team haven't been putting up any sort of fight and it's left even the must optimistic/deluded fan deflated. Yes we have a small squad, but the players we do have, are so much better than what we have seen of late. Weve conceded nearly an average of 40 points a game!! We struggled to do the basics (passing, catching, tackling) Some of Cummins selections were infuriating at times. The famous "he's having to play Chev Walker at prop" line got thrown out a lot by the media. But the truth is he didn't have to play prop. Cummins played a lot of players out of position. Gaskell who is a stand off played full back, Addy who is a second rower played at stand off, he persisted with walker at prop and seemed to keep wanting to put a back on the bench.
Whoever comes in wont save us, but if the teams has a dig the fans will go home happy and they will applaud the team off. Unfortunately we haven't see any thing like fire, passion or pride from the team.
I wish Franny the very best, I'm sure he will become a good coach, and I hope he will be back in the game soon.'"
Oh how this rings bells. For the last two seasons we watched a team that, for the most part, appeared not to care (including some well paid journeymen who were clearly more interested in London night life than turning up at kick off). We still aren't winning games, but at least this season's team play like it matters and don't give up. And no, it won't save us either.
I think Francis Cummins did far more than could be expected of a head coach by providing a bit of stability in amongst the chaos, and in that respect has a lot in common with Tony Rea who did the same for us.
