Quote: Tarquin Fuego "Brian Smith was truly the Messiah
The finest man manager ever IMO as he had no cash and worked from a shocking low base '"
The guy who wrote the book on man management was Roy Francis - Smith was not in the same ballpark.
Smith was fairly successful in Aus but was also known as the coach who never won anything in spite of having some great teams (like Parramatta). Had 4 goes at winning GF's and lost all four - hardly a messiah.
Very successful at winning wooden spoons, however, with 3 to his name,
