Tri-Nations

Heyneke tops Boks coach poll

2010-07-30 10:20
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Heyneke Meyer (File)

Rob Houwing, Sport24 chief writer

Cape Town – Heyneke Meyer would be the Springbok “rescue remedy” most desired by the rugby public should under-fire coach Peter de Villiers get the chop.

That, at least, is the way Sport24 readers are leaning after a poll this week which had attracted almost 6 000 respondents on the site by Friday.

We asked: “If current Springbok coach Peter de Villiers were to be fired, who would you like to see take over?”

It was a hypothetical exercise, of course, because his SARU bosses have pledged their “full support” for De Villiers for the time being, despite the winless overseas leg of the Vodacom Tri-Nations.

But the results were fascinating all the same, with the 42-year-old Meyer clearly a people’s favourite should the job suddenly become available.

He had gathered 33 percent of the spoils from a 10-strong list of candidates we offered, which also included fellow-South Africans Jake White, Allister Coetzee, Rassie Erasmus, Frans Ludeke, Dick Muir, Gary Gold and Naka Drotske plus the New Zealanders John Plumtree and John Mitchell, both presently coaching on these shores.

Meyer currently has a fairly behind-the-scenes roll at Loftus, where he is the Blue Bulls’ Executive: Rugby Coaching, after having more actively coached the franchise for some seven years between 2000 and 2007.

But the man hailing from the Lowveld has also earned respect elsewhere around the country, having cut his teeth with the SWD Eagles and also assisted the Stormers during the Alan Solomons era.

Meyer has also coached Leicester Tigers in the English Premiership.

Next up for approval in the poll, and not far behind (31 percent) is 2007 World Cup-winning mastermind White, who recently made known his keenness for the job again after the 2011 event in New Zealand.

There is also fairly decent support for the Western Province coach Allister Coetzee, running at 17 percent. He has, of course, been a Bok assistant coach previously.

Then there is a drop to nine percent for Erasmus, five percent for the Bulls’ Super 14-winning coach Ludeke and more paltry numbers for the likes of Muir, Mitchell, Drotske, Gold and Plumtree.

 

Your Comments

TIP8/5/2010 8:19 AM
sticks wake up jake built a world cup winning side pete was given one.obvious that he is going to have better stats.
Shaun8/2/2010 5:26 PM
The rest of the world must really be laughing at this blog. Firstly i do not believe that the Government would allow a white coach ever again - Simple. Secondly the quota system ( yes it is alive ) will be worse in months / years to come. SA has the potential to be the best in the world - they were before and could return to that position, BUT, not if the government continues to use pawns and quota systems. PDiv is a pawn in the organisation and so is Hoskins. This is not P Div's fault its the governments fault
YES8/2/2010 11:28 AM
...HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE BOK COACH IN THE FIRST PLACE.. ...BHHOOOOO TO QUOTAS AND AA
Megabull8/2/2010 10:44 AM
Thats why I am more a Bulls fan than a Bok fan. The Bulls pick the BEST team for the job! Need I say more?
sticks 8/2/2010 10:33 AM
To all you Racis White AGENTS I hope you can read and understand the following: This is a true reflection that you are all still White Racis Agents. Jake White vs Peter DIV Both coaches achieved a winning percentage of 69,23% (13 played and nine won) in their first year and were successful in their second year as coaches with a winning percentage of 66,67% (12 played and eight won). Whereas De Villiers has had a success ratio of 57% in his third year, White achieved only 41%. The Springboks won only five out of 12 Tests in 2006. Statistics show that both coaches did well on transformation. Sixteen of White's 38 new Springboks were players of colour (42%) , while 11 of De Villiers's 24 (46%) fall into that category. Both coaches have won the Tri Nations once, but are otherwise not performing well in the competition. White's team won seven out of 17 Tri Nations games, while De Villiers boasts seven wins from 15. With the World Cup being played in New Zealand next year, one also has to examine the coaches' records there. The Springboks never won there in four years under White and the average score against them was 18-31. However, the 2007 team was without 20 senior Boks. De Viliers's team has played in New Zealand five times and won twice, with an average score of 20-28. White's four defeats in New Zealand included three scores of 30 or more points against the Boks. In 2005 the Boks lost 27-31, in 2006 the score was 17-35 and in 2007 it was 6-33. De Villiers's defeats in 2007 were almost similar: 12-32 and 17-31, with the score 8-19 in the 2008 Wellington defeat.
Get Over It8/2/2010 9:25 AM
Hi there. I have been thinking about the whole state that SA Rugby finds itself in, and it all comes down to a few things that is going wrong. 1. The appointed coach after Jake White wasn't the correct desicion at the time, even SARU boss Oregan Hoskins admitted what it was all about. 2. PDV allows the players, in particular the senior players, too much!! They are in the same boat that the Proteas were in when the senior players did what they wanted to. It's the simple case of too many chiefs and no indians!! 3. We have no gamwplan whatsoever, we are still trying to apply what the Bulls did 3 years ago, kick and chase, the only difference is that no one chases!! 4. We have not adapted to the Kiwi and Wallaby playing style, they simply wait for the kick and then counter, make contact, clean out quickly and get good quality, go forward ball - all because of a "FETCHER"!! Although I was and still am a big Jake White fan, a fetcher is NOT a guy that fetches beer from the fridge!! 5. We have too many OLD STAFF in the squad. Look at the Sharks the weekend, a bunch of young guys mixed with some experience!! A great flanker/NR 8 in Jean Deysel that comes on and plays lock!! They want to play!! We all know that it is a professional sport and money is what it's all about, but you have to play the game for the love of it. I don't do my dayjob only because I need money, but because I love what I'm doing!! Tiaan Liebenberg once told my father in law, and I quote: "ek gee nie om waar ek jol nie oom, ek wil net jol". That is what it must be all about!! 6. There is a lot of good coaches out there, and I'm not saying PDV isn't good, but you need a guy that can earn respect, someone that can lead from the very front, a guy that even a captain respects and listens to!! I can't remember who the player was, but he came to practice and greeted Mr Kitch Christie "Hey Kitch". At that moment Mr Christie told him: "You call me coach or Mr Christie". That is something that I respect because in a work situation you don't call youre boss by his name, you say Mr. so and so or you day Sir!! I don't think there is a quick solution to what is happening now, but they will have to start making changes now or it will be too late to do anything about the situation before the World Cup next year!! Let's see what happens in the remaining Tri-Nations tests. I'm still wondering if this wasn't just a smokescreen (remember tri-nations 2006 / 2007) before the world cup?! There must be some changes made, guys like a Keegan Daniel, Jean Deysel, Francois Hougaard, Juan Smit, Tiaan Liebenberg, Bjorn Basson, Sarel Pretorius etc. are guys that showed week in and week out what they are capable of. Select a fresh new team with some of the experience there is and see what happens. I don't think it can really get worse then it is at the moment!!
Gatvol8/2/2010 7:15 AM
1. Melema, f%@# off. It is Racists like you that keep the country back. Stop wanting everything for free, I promise, you will never get that free stove or fridge that was promised to you in 1994-1995. Work for what you want you dam idiot. 2. 49 000 000? This includes babies, infants, toddlers, Teenagers, young people, middle aged, and the elderly and very old. But of course you thought this through and did not include the people that aren’t even interested in rugby at all. Rugby is a great sport and it brings people together in our diverse country. It is racist people like you that tare it apart. Facts are facts, if you do well you stay if you don’t lift your game and do better, but if you are not up for the job move on and get someone that is. I agree give Div a chance to redeem himself. 3 home tests and enough time to work out the problems will do. If not fix the problem what ever it may be. 3. Malema it is you that must leave the country... I will even buy you the ticket, seeing that I am a white South African and can afford it.
Gatvol8/2/2010 6:24 AM
1. Melema, f%@# off. It is Racists like you that keep the country back. Stop wanting everything for free, I promise, you will never get that free stove or fridge that was promised to you in 1994-1995. Work for what you want you dam idiot. 2. 49 000 000? This includes babies, infants, toddlers, Teenagers, young people, middle aged, and the elderly and very old. But of course you thought this through and did not include the people that aren’t even interested in rugby at all. Rugby is a great sport and it brings people together in our diverse country. It is racist people like you that tare it apart. Facts are facts, if you do well you stay if you don’t lift your game and do better, but if you are not up for the job move on and get someone that is. I agree give Div a chance to redeem himself. 3 home tests and enough time to work out the problems will do. If not fix the problem what ever it may be. 3. Malema it is you that must leave the country... I will even buy you the ticket, seeing that I am a white South African and can afford it.
paul8/1/2010 7:44 PM
Isn't it amazing how quick the WCS have eroded most of the positive vibes in our country? Let's be honest and all agree on something: nobody likes losing and we all want to have a winning national team. SA has got great rugby talented players and coaches. This has been proven in the last few S14's. If the coach and players don't perform get rid of them and select the best. Leave politics and the race cards out Sports!
Edwin8/1/2010 7:11 PM
Of course - he is white , cannot really speak english, never coached a national team- bet YET CAUSE HE IS WHITE HE IS good.
Gary8/1/2010 11:09 AM
Imagine how good we would be with a TOP coach whether is white black or whatever. Judge the coach on his record and ability and that's all!
odi8/1/2010 9:49 AM
I would prefer that the boks received a quick bullet than a slow death. Let all the ostriches with heads in the sand (politicians and their selections) have their way completely, so that the bok dies dramatically, and then maybe the idiots in charge with their racial agendas will see what exactly they have destroyed. The cancer will only spread and devour the sport in the longer run if people all act PC and bow to the racist SA policies by supporting a losing cause. A long slow death will deceive too many people, who will look to a 100 possible causes in a PC attempt to explain things away. A quick death is better cos we then all know which gun the bullet came from. This 3N has produced an outcry second to none.. I think it is because deep down people sense the imminent death of our rugby glory. Sadly I think the cancer is now terminal. There are so many blogs here about this player or that player that are all mostly irrelevant symptoms. It's the root cause of the cancer that is the problem here, and that takes us to the doorstep of the ANC and it's insidious kleptocratic self-inflating policies. I will mourn the springbok, the goosebumps I felt and the national pride that swelled my heart when we took to the field and won.
Player 238/1/2010 9:17 AM
Malema I feel so sorry for you, a one track minde that is what you have race will always be a problem in SA because of people like you that does not want to change that is was the soccer can't get anywhere. This is sport Rugby is a sport enjoy it don't make it a race thing. Heyneke Meyer will take the boks to the next level DIV had a team that was great that Jacke White build for him and now he broke the team DIV it's time for you to go and rest give the job to someone who will make a sucsses ot of the boks not clowns
Skouperd7/31/2010 1:42 PM
@Melema, Ai ai ai Malema!!! Why do you again have to make this a racist issue. Obviously the rugby public voted this poll on merit and merit only. Look at the results again. Meyer (very successfull blue bulls coach), White (world cup winner), Coetzee (good stormers coach and bok assistant). If white people make more money, so what. If black people want to make more they can. Look at Patrice Motsepe. You are the idoit and will never make so much money cause you only complain. Do something about it if you have it in you.
Malema7/31/2010 11:34 AM
Oh so SA has only 6000 people...Let all 49million people vote than we will have another result..That is what we call democracy........It is very clear that , white people will never be happy with a non-white coach...In their eyes there will always be a better white coach....so if I were Hoskins ,I would have hired an all black management team plus players just to give the suckers what they deserve..........Racism is will never dissapear...Oh and how about the report that white male still earn far more that any other race..........You White people want to own everyone and everything....Just F to Australia, surely u have money 2 buy the tickets/////
joe7/31/2010 9:51 AM
omg you are an idoit,get a life you fool,you know nothing of rugby and that is simple for anybody to see i say again you an idiot?
JONES7/31/2010 9:30 AM
It sounds like we still have the "stasie boer" mentallity...only they were allowed to be traindrivers although they were useless for anything else!!! Pieter is doing far better job than what you give him credit for...look at his record for this year....they only lost three and you are up in arms???? You are just plain weird!!! No need for a stasie boer!!!
sean7/30/2010 5:08 PM
Meyer has all the credentials to become bok coach , only problem is .....HE IS WHITE !!! Imagine meyer was black ..... PDV wouldn`t even be able to become the boks ``shoe polisher `` !! I`m done supporting the bokke , I hate politics !!! Where else in the world do players get chosen because of there colour ???
sylverstar7/30/2010 4:22 PM
play snorr at hooker
@rugby lover7/30/2010 3:35 PM
Meyer left the Tigers because his dad had cancer and was very sick you idiot, a disease, by the way his dad been struggling since he bacame the BB coach! Please don't critisize somebody if you don't know what really happened!
Chuck7/30/2010 3:20 PM
I love this guy and I think his brilliant! But 33% of only 6000 votes doesn't really represent South Africa rugby population by a far!
THE VOICE7/30/2010 3:13 PM
Fred@THE VOICE. You are clearly not only far behind ... your rugby knowledge seems to be on par with MALEMA'S knowledge of nuclear physics! Do a refresher course in South African rugby facts as soon as possible ... then try again to lure the Supreme rugby brain of THE VOICE onto your "space of incompetence!" Now switch of the nanny's pc and start studying!
siya7/30/2010 3:04 PM
You people are really pushing for a white coach ahead of the WC next year , i can see u ,
JR7/30/2010 2:31 PM
Julle kan se wat julle wil. Hy moes in eerste plek die coach gewees het. As hulle hom nie bevark het nie was hy nou nosteeds die bulle se coach. Hy het ons sukses in die s14 begin en die bulle se grondslag gele vir wat hulle vandag is. Die bulle se huidige coach is goed en hy het aangegeaan met die resep en die jong spelers behou wat Heyneke getrek het. Div in teendeel het niks met die span gedoen nie.
Deon2 7/30/2010 2:12 PM
Ai people politics should stay of the blog and so does all these one eyed Stormers. Every time I look at the blog there is always someone who want all the other players that are not Stormers out of the Springbok team. Lets have a look CURRIE CUP..............BULLS, VODACOM CUP.........BULLS....... SUPER 14 CUP..........BULLS. Meyer did a great job for the Bulls and I think he deserves to be at least the assistant coach in place of DICKHEAD MUIR.
Roberto7/30/2010 2:04 PM
For a kicking game Meyer, defence Coetzee overall Nick Mallet
@b7/30/2010 1:25 PM
Are u a goldfish with a short memory or no memory @ all!!
Nigel7/30/2010 1:21 PM
Heineke Meyer should have been the coach in the 1st place, the sooner we move away for politics in sport the better. Politicians are useless at politics, nevermind sport. It doensn't matter how well the Boks do now, PdV has done such damage to SA's rugby image with his idiotic statements, he should be replaced.
Loepster7/30/2010 1:06 PM
kom almal sit ek dink vir n slag , die bokke was swak, die coach kan net soveel doen en dan moet die spelers op die veld 101% gee , die bokke het moeg gelyk , paar van die manne het hulle harte uitgespeel , te veel rugby vir paar van die manne , Matfield , John Smith , Waynand Olivier , Habana , moet gaan n bietjie gaan rus , hulle lyk baie moeg , habana moet ook leer om n bleddie bal vas te vat , so gebruik n bietjie ander manne , ons het genoeg diepte en manne wat lus is vir Rugby speel .
Rugby Lover7/30/2010 1:00 PM
Is this Meyer that ran away from his job at the Leicester Tigers and the same Meyer that said that Derrick Hougaard was the best No10 in the world? I would rather have PDV.
kalmkallie7/30/2010 12:57 PM
why don't you put Div's name in the poll as well and let's test the public ?
Knopkierie @ Sham7/30/2010 12:56 PM
You clearly know very little about rugby or have not been following it for very long. The Bulls were nowhere before Meyer took over, and he basicly took them from zero to the champion side they still are today...Very unlike Div who took over a side which were already champions and now can't maintain that. It is easy to look good for a while when you take over a great team, but after a while, if you don't adapt, it's going to blow up in your face i.e three losses in a row.
@blikperd7/30/2010 12:56 PM
If that is how you reason then Heyneke Meyer should get the job. He took the Eagles, with even less resources than the Griquas, to a currie cup semifinal. Theron has never made the semi final, not even when the Boks werent playing. Heyneke did this with the Eagles and the all Boks were available.
@OMG and co7/30/2010 12:46 PM
When you have something to brag about then you can open your trout, until then please refrain from trying to sound clever. What you numbnuts cant phantom is that this is the SPRINGBOK team, an national team and your over zealous provincialism is worse than PdV's coaching! Get over it please your tune is starting to loose its melody. Regarding the coaching, Meyer is your man, but in new SA tradition, anything that has discipline, honor, success is frowned upon if it is done by a white guy. Why is wanting to win such a bad thing? Jeesh let me try another last beat at a old cliche, PICK THE BEST PEOPLE FOR THE JOB, and everyone wins!!!!
Deon7/30/2010 12:39 PM
I dont think we will see anything but affirmative coaches in the near future.Oregan Hoskins is in charge and the national coaches are Peter De Villiers, Eric Sauls and Paul Treu!!!!!!!!!
Jou Ma'a Nonu7/30/2010 12:31 PM
Well a great coach can turn any team into a great one. Jimmy Stonehouse and Dawie Theron
me7/30/2010 12:29 PM
Find a Medium and bring back Kitch as coach!!
Koos7/30/2010 12:29 PM
Well Dawie Theron should definitlitly be on the list to at least stand a chance. He is good, but think Meyer is better
Sham7/30/2010 12:27 PM
Once again I will ask your guys to leave the politics out and use statistics to get our anwers. Im not saying Div must stay and to be honest, I actually don like him but he has proved himself with the junior guys and i believe Meyer must do the same. Why must he get the top job if he hasnt proven himself in SA rugby and I dont talk about Super 14 here. Just check the history and see for example how many players the Crusaders lost to foreign teams and yes, they suffered becoz of this. Lets be honest here, that was the time the Blue Bulls were the top team. At the moment the wrong players are in the squad but I can easily say that if we take out guys like Smith, Spies, De Villiers, Steyn, Bakkies, Olivier, Chilliboy and yes maybe even Habana. We have more than enough talent to select into the Boks team.
Fred @ THE VOICE7/30/2010 12:26 PM
Still have not heard of Leonard - or are you talking about the useless no8 from the Bulls that played 1 or 2 games for the boks and was only picked because he is a bull, Hougaard - useless, Scholtz?? Joubert?? Cronje?? - did they even play under Meyer. Ina any case, if that is the best you can come up with then we might as well give the Bulls up for the Southern Spears.
Tom7/30/2010 12:23 PM
O dear, so NOW they will ONLY be kicking. As if it isn't bad enought... Shame, poor bokke.
Theo7/30/2010 12:16 PM
DAWIE THERON
Green or Gold (African)7/30/2010 12:16 PM
DIV is not going any where, for those who think rugby is piano keys (black or white thing) you're all in a wrong country. Marllet lost games/super Jake lost games too and believe me or not DIV will win us the WC next year. I dont care whether the next Bok coach will be RED, Yellow, GREEN as long as he will be ready for the JOB.
Soothsayer7/30/2010 12:09 PM
We the public can vote with our feet,if the results are not there don't attend Springbok games until the problem is fixed,or the coach is changed.This is a natural progression,the bottom teams do not enjoy the same volume of support as the performing teams.Look at the Lions support,it is not there to be seen in the stands.
Comrade7/30/2010 11:59 AM
It's NOT what the minority public with an agneda has to say...the decision will made by those who are mandated to carry it as prescribed to them finish and klaar.
Jakes7/30/2010 11:58 AM
One thing is for sure, the way it is going now, its all downhill to nothing. Why don't the top guys take action or even better, why don't the rugby supporters take action-we pay for what we see and at this point we pay but see nothing!!!!!! Just a lot of shame for the sircus!!! Anyway, even a real sircus is organized-you know beforehand that the lions are coming out at 20:00-can't say the same of the Bok sircus!!!!
THE VOICE7/30/2010 11:46 AM
A point of correction to some of the obvious "less informed and ignorant rugby illiterate girls here ..." such as OMG! When Meyer took the "flou kalfies" and eventually made them the MIGHTY BULLS no one ... but no one ... even heard of the likes of MATFIELD, BOTHA, DU PREEZ, LEONARD, HOUGAARD, JOUBERT, SCHOLTZ, HABANA, CRONJE etc ... HEYNEKE MEYER made these and other guys ... he "developed them" into Currie Cup and Super 14 champions!! He "provided" them to JAKE WHITE to eventually become TRI NATIONS and RWC CHAMPIONS!! In fact ... MEYER even managed to beat the then BULLS team with the SWD team that he was coaching prior to his appointment at the BULLS!
Bruce7/30/2010 11:45 AM
Div will stay...no chance of change AND chilliboy will be next captain!! No way I will pay good money to see bnoks embarrass themselves again...can't believe soweto test is sold out already... I will rather support the All Blacks than the "All Browns" with 'token' whites....dit is die toekoms vir SA rugby!
henk7/30/2010 11:45 AM
natuurlik sal hulle de villiers ondersteun, hulle het die NAR aangestel in hulle SIRKUS!!
CANTHETRINATIONS7/30/2010 11:44 AM
Well their it is fella's!!!They don't really respect our input in the TRI-Nations and firmly believe the Bledisloe Cup is more important!! Theirs our cue to leave and join the SIX NATIONS or start something else! The 3n is becoming a bore anyway.
@OMG!7/30/2010 11:41 AM
That is just what we need! More Wiepie "robbish" in the team! Don't you like winning?
Trancesky7/30/2010 11:37 AM
Did Dick Muir vote for himself to get to 2%?
@sham7/30/2010 11:37 AM
Please refrain from commenting-your response is similar to your title(absolute tripe)PDV-has brought nothing substantial to the Bok Camp/except allowing players to run riot and have a jol!!!NO Gameplan-No insight-No f@@@ing idea but embarrasment!!! The whole lot should be fired!! Time the paying public had a say in who should represent our expectations the best.Certainly no political appointee would get the nod!!! Once bitten hundred times shy!!!
THE VOICE7/30/2010 11:28 AM
No SURPRIZE here ... MEYER is simply one of those individuals who was BORN TO BE A RUGBY COACH! Make no mistake ... this man HAS BUILD the BULLS from NOTHING to EVERYTHING ... even to this day the BULLS are reaping the rewards (not only silverware but rands also!) of HEYNEKE MEYER'S hard work! But remember ... even HEYNEKE took two/three years to build the BULLS and create synergy and structures in Pretoria!
Frikkie7/30/2010 11:24 AM
If you look at the way the All Blacks played it is a carbon copy of the Stormers S14 campaign this year. Double up on defense, tackle the players back and secure the ball. if the springbok coach "has" to be an affirmative candidate I can think of no other than Alistair Coetzee, brilliant coach and even better with the media. Enough Said
Kobie7/30/2010 11:18 AM
Does everything is SA have to be black??Why don;t the rugby public and the sponsors have a say.We are paying!!! In life WE as the PUBLIC are tired of the South African useless service(be it from blacks or whites).Thing is..whites get fired;blacks dont!! Maybe empty stadiums is what the anc are praying for!!!! Peter Div is uselss and has failed in the job.Who to pick now,black or white should be done not only in the interests of BEE/anc but also in the interests of us the PAYING rugby public!!
Telg7/30/2010 11:17 AM
• PDV will NEVER lose his job. It is simple - an affirmative appointment does not require results(no matter what the contract say). Removing PDV will be politically incorrect and therefore will not happen. PDV can lose every match from here on and he will remain coach till after WC2011 and even beyond. The only replacement that will ever be considered will be another political appointment. Reason is simple, if a white coach should take over and turn current disaster in success, the embarrassment will be too much to stomach. The fact is the last white coach was Jake WHITE - pun intended.
@Blikperd7/30/2010 11:13 AM
And you SHOELD(your spelling) go for a brainscan mate!
THE ALMIGHTY MAN7/30/2010 11:10 AM
i have said it before jake white was the last white man the spring bucks will ever have again as coach...the the next black coach is already in the making in the lower spring buck squads...the heynecke mayer chap will never be a national coach in south africa NEVER!!!! or any other white coach for that matter NEVER EVER!!!
Oval Ball7/30/2010 11:10 AM
If tere is a change... Coetzee will be the one
JOHAN JOUBERT7/30/2010 11:09 AM
BLIKPERD - NOU PRAAT JY WAAR. EK KEN VIR DAWIE PERSOONLIK EN KAN JOU VERSEKER DAT HY DIE REGTE MAN SAL WEES VIR DIE WERK. HY IS BESIG OM VAN GRIEKWAS 'N GROOT SUKSES TE MAAK. WAS DIT NIE VIR DIE GRIEKWA SPELERS IN DIE CHEETAHS SE SUP14 SPAN NIE HET HULLE NOG SLEGTER GEVAAR. DAWIE THERON MOET NOU RAAK GESIEN WORD !!!!!!
b7/30/2010 11:09 AM
Any one on the list will be netter than Snorre. I took over from Jake White a very gelled squad. Snorre transformed the squad into the laughing stock of the world
pierre7/30/2010 11:06 AM
Blikperd stem saam.
Joe7/30/2010 11:04 AM
wonder what the sample o respondents were!
BlouBul7/30/2010 11:00 AM
I think Meyer is the obvious choice here, but you have a good point BLIKPERD, a great coach is ussually a guy that could turn good players (no disrespect) into a great team!!! Dawie Theron!!
Lion7/30/2010 10:57 AM
Heyneke Meyer would fix the Boks in no time. Wish the Lions hired him last year instead of Muir!
E7/30/2010 10:54 AM
Had SARU not appointed PDV based on the colour of his skin and not on merit, like Oregan Hoskins admitted, Meyer would have been in charge of the Springboks and we would have been the best side in the world!
Piet Parow7/30/2010 10:50 AM
No surprises there - Meyer was the obvious successor for White and would have gotten the job if it was not for the obvious political agenda of SARU.
WP7/30/2010 10:50 AM
After the great success Heyneke has had with the Blue Bulls, turning them around from the laughing stock of the Super 12 and 14 series, into the dominant champs they are today, there is no doubt he is the next man for the job.
Sham7/30/2010 10:47 AM
I dont for one moment believe the readers are honest here. Meyer has only proved sucess at the Bulls but we have to be realistic & admit that any coach would have been able to get a wining team out of that bunch becoz they are a formiddable team and no one can go wrong with them. I believe he must first prove himself at SA under 21 level or junior Springboks like Div had and then we can talk. We must also leave politics out of the equation as we all know that it stuffed up this country quite badly and we have to compare the coaches by results & to this end we can firmly say that Div is a bit better than what Jake was. What we usually find in these forums are that people are quick with their racist remarks instead of being constructive. I would like to know on what basis Meyer got 33 percent of the spoils by the readers and what criteria they used without bringing in politics.
fuzzy7/30/2010 10:43 AM
Its a no brainer, Meyer is the man. If it has to be a person of color, then it has to be Alistair Coetzee. Coetzee has the credentials without being considered as an AA apointment.
OMG!7/30/2010 10:42 AM
Typical South Africa mentality! This clown will select even more dumb BB players in the Bok-team who already proofed that they cannot defend and that their game plan sucks! The 2010 S14 was the last time EVER that a team will win a big competition with that kick & charge k@k rugby. Snorre should stay where he is. Appoint an interpreter to assist him at press conferences, get rid of his so-called selectors and fire Dick (ek f@k als op) Muir. Get the WP/Stormers defensive coach in to assist and a decent backline EXPERT to replace Dick Muir. Get rid of John Smit and use Matfield wisely (rest him as much as possible until the next WC) Kick Chilliboy out and ditto for overrated, no-skills Spies. He is a show pony and cannot compete at international level. How difficult is that to see? Final chances for players like Habana, Jean de Villiers and Morne Steyn. No use they perform well at home against k@k teams. The WC will not be played in SA and to be the best you have to beat the best! Lots of VERY GOOD young players at the Sharks and WP. Bakkies PLEASE retire NOW!
Blikperd7/30/2010 10:37 AM
Where is DAWIE THERON. He is best coach in SA by a long way. He made the Griquas a great team, even with limited resources. Shoeld be next Bok coach.
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