Quote: The Avenger "The worry here is because Webster has been alongside Agar for about 6/7 years ans known nothing else!'"
That's a long time indeed.
It sounds like ( to use a cliche ) Agar had lost the dressing room like Elliot did here in NZ. It happens. Total lack of faith in the head coach.
An advantage of the number two man from the inside is that they have been watching their bosses relationship with the players and more importantly seeing their weakness's free of the bias so many Coaches carry for certain players etc.
Assistant coaches get more of an overview, free of the same polarizing pressure of the head coaching role.
I quite like the idea of an assistant having some time as caretaker, you get to find out quickly who they rate in the squad...who wasn't pulling their weight at training, who the assistant thinks was a contributor to the ill culture in the team.
Hopefully Webster starts by changing the way Wakefield defend.
Here in NZ the focus went on picking players who can get off the line fast and use defense as an attacking weapon.
It really catches the opposition out when they expect to face a weak defence and end up on the back foot when they have the ball.
I hope he comes down hard on people that are giving away penalties , putting pressure on their team mates, not adhering to the plan.
So many coaches dig holes for themselves by miss placed Loyalties. Set a standard and make everyone in the team accountable.
Fans won't turn on the new guy for dropping players if their is a clear plan. Three Stars were dropped in the first three weeks here. Ok so some fans got a bit sad on one of them , but that players rampaging now. Personally I enjoyed seeing the accountability put on the players and especially that none of the 'most talented' were immune to being used to set an example to the rest from reserve grade ( one bloke never made it back ).
Looking forward to reading peoples thoughts three games from now , when Webster has started showing his hand.
