I would much rather listen to Cullen than Martin Offiah.
During the highlights show on Sunday evening Offiah was awful, he stuttered his way through a 10 minute slot and clearly didn't even know most of the players.
Cullen analysised teams performances and came across quite well, we all know he likes the sound of his own voice but that apart I thought he did well.
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I mostly enjoy listening to Cullen, as he is entertaining, and knows what he's talking about. Offiah is little more than a boring, droning irritant, seemingly just there for his name. Surely he ought to make an effort to appear up-to-date with SL players etc?
Other than "Look, we've got Offiah on the panel", what does he add? To me, he does nothing more than trot out stock cliches, and give banal answers to full toss questions. And he calls a certain Leeds player "Burrows", which is embarrassing. (Mind you, Cullen's been known to make that rick too).
PS How good has Barrie Mac got at this broadcasting lark? Sharp as a tack, very witty and knowledgeable, closely involved in and clearly in love with the game. More please.
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What it shows is that top coaches are brilliant man managers - both Rae and Cullen have great technical knowledge but failed as coaches.
You have to be able to get your players to not only believe in your plan but to give them the confidence/respect/belief to be able to carry it out.
Coaching is only part about technique
Your job is to say to yourself on a job interview does the hiring manager likes me or not. If you aren't a particular manager's cup of tea, you haven't failed -- you've dodged a bullet.
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morning warrior wrote:Makes you wonder why Warrington's defence was so bad when he was in charge if it is all so obvious now.
It's one thing being able to analyse and highlight problems, but it's another to come up with solutions and have the players implement them. That's probably the difference between a good analyst (Rae or Cullen, for example) and a top coach.
dave m wrote:Briscoe couldn't get into Wigans Team because of Radlinski even though Radlinski was playing crap at the time still better than old bent nose.
redtillimdead wrote:Oh and as for Briscoe,if he was that fab,why did Wigan see fit to let him leave?
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