Re: Coaches and Media Skills : Fri Jul 10, 2015 11:29 am  

Blobbynator wrote:

I don't mind that too much to be honest, he's coaching St Helens not anybody else.

It wound me up beyond belief when Nathan Brown kept praising Sean O'Loughlin before our derbies, it's like we were afraid of him and in admiration of his ability.

When leeds put a score on us like last week then you've got to paraise them. We didn't lose it, they won it. They was better in every department.

Re: Coaches and Media Skills : Fri Jul 10, 2015 11:32 am  

St pete wrote:

When leeds put a score on us like last week then you've got to paraise them. We didn't lose it, they won it. They was better in every department.

I know what you're saying, and KC does say some bizarre things at times, but after we've been whooped like that, the last thing I want to hear from our coach is how awesome Leeds were.

Re: Coaches and Media Skills : Fri Jul 10, 2015 11:37 am  

I find rugby league in this country generally likes to downplay the role of the media and the power it has in selling rugby league. We criticise Sky's coverage, which is fair enough, but fans also generally seem to hate the fact that Sky has any influence in our game, despite the fact that they give us so much money. This reflects itself in the coaches, who treat interviews as something that has to be done, rather than something which can be done to sell the game better.

The exception to this is Tony Smith I'd say. The best example would be Paul Anderson at the Magic Weekend. The interviewer basically said obviously Huddersfield had lost but isn't the Magic Weekend a great experience, with the record crowd and rave reviews. Anderson replied saying that he basically didn't care because they'd lost. Killed the interview completely.

Re: Coaches and Media Skills : Fri Jul 10, 2015 11:38 am  

St pete wrote:

When leeds put a score on us like last week then you've got to paraise them. We didn't lose it, they won it.

You praise the opposition when your side plays well and you still lose. Why praise them when you've played badly? All they've done is walk through an open door.

Re: Coaches and Media Skills : Fri Jul 10, 2015 1:43 pm  

Mugwump wrote:

You praise the opposition when your side plays well and you still lose. Why praise them when you've played badly? All they've done is walk through an open door.

2 things:

1 - Because sometimes they play that well they negate everything you throw at them. They are just better than you. Remember the WCC?

2 - Why do you persist in using CAPITALS and underlining EVERYTHING in your POSTS? People can read.

Re: Coaches and Media Skills : Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:18 pm  

St pete wrote:

When leeds put a score on us like last week then you've got to paraise them. We didn't lose it, they won it. They was better in every department.

As much as they were better throughout, the major difference was how badly we started. If after 18 minutes you are 18-0 down and have completed 1 set from 6, that's us losing it IMO.

Re: Coaches and Media Skills : Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:28 pm  

Blobbynator wrote:

I know what you're saying, and KC does say some bizarre things at times, but after we've been whooped like that, the last thing I want to hear from our coach is how awesome Leeds were.

To be fair the leeds post match interview was the best he has done as he actully said what needed saying regarding how "garbage" we was.

Re: Coaches and Media Skills : Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:36 pm  

St pete wrote:

To be fair the leeds post match interview was the best he has done as he actually said what needed saying regarding how "garbage" we was.

It was. For the first time I saw a flash of anger in his eyes instead of the smug, self satisfied, goofy look I have become accustomed to. Keep it up KC - let's hope we see a reaction later.

Re: Coaches and Media Skills : Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:53 pm  

Allez wrote:

It was. For the first time I saw a flash of anger in his eyes instead of the smug, self satisfied, goofy look I have become accustomed to. Keep it up KC - let's hope we see a reaction later.

KC Is a very calm softly spoken guy. I can't ever seeing him really losing his rag as its not in him. He was same as player. He was tough and hard but very quite and always calm.

It was nice to see him mention senior players he wasn't happy with, in the past it's been the younger guys he's called out.

Like I said, the coaching job came a year early and KC knew last July that he would most probably be first team coach so he's also inexperienced talking as a coach on live TV.

Re: Coaches and Media Skills : Fri Jul 10, 2015 5:08 pm  

St pete wrote:

KC Is a very calm softly spoken guy. I can't ever seeing him really losing his rag as its not in him. He was same as player. He was tough and hard but very quite and always calm.

It was nice to see him mention senior players he wasn't happy with, in the past it's been the younger guys he's called out.

Like I said, the coaching job came a year early and KC knew last July that he would most probably be first team coach so he's also inexperienced talking as a coach on live TV.

There is no doubt that his calm disposition is an attribute. I just hate any coach calling out any players publicly. The Press work is communication and expectation management.

What any coach thinks of a player is for the sheds and the training ground. No exceptions.