"What if.............?" It doesnt mean anything

It seems this player hating will never cease. I'm sorry guys I have to visit this same subject again, but I’m fed up of okes trying to discredit the Bok's sweetest victory in as many years. I'm not under the influence of any harmful substances (am in the office) but believe me or not, to me that victory was sweeter than winning the World Cup last year. I know most okes are still sour about why Henneke Meyer was not made Bok coach, but it’s late. People have hated DiV since day one; well of course why trust a black man with such a highly fancied “Bok job” .. .. bull@%$#!!! Everyone is just waiting for him to screw up so that they can say, “I told you, ……..”. People have to accept that DiV is the incumbent South African rugby coach…..yes, the first ever to win at Carisbrook in almost a century.

Well well well, this morning I read through a column on news24, posted by TANK. I regretted visiting the site that early in the morning as it got me angry and very irate the whole day. This so called rugby analyst posted an article entitled, "What if Ricky hadn't scored that try". He goes on to say that was a lucky try and that we should have lost and further criticize the coach and some players...... blah blah blah....... Don't get me wrong, criticism is good but there's some okes who've vowed to target certain individuals week in week out.

To respond to that that heading, I can also say that if Ricky hadn’t gotten that bounce, then probably he would have made 3 more breaks to score 3 tries. As much as people say it was a ‘lucky’ bounce, I could see Ricky’s hands trying so hard to the point of dislocating his wrist so as to salvage that stray ball. The level of eye contact and hands coordination under such immense pressure (as Mils was running behind him) was brilliant and I don’t think any average player would have recouped the ball. Big up Ricky, you are such a smart and intelligent player. He must do great things with those agile hands and I’m sure the ladies love them. Besides, even if it was luck, in any given situation, luck only befalls those who also work hard and put a bit of effort. Luck alone won’t pass you an exam but if you are intelligent enough to put in some effort, then you’d also be lucky to come up with a question that is familiar and ace it.

The author, TANK (no wonder he has that name- slow, sluggish and useless tank full of sh%#$) also talks about how the best scrum-half in the world is now available from injury (meaning FdP), therefore Ricky should make way as soon as FdP is match-fit……..Bull##$%!!!!! Ricky aint going nowhere. FdP should also regain match fitness and impress at Currie Cup before he can be considered for Boks. Besides, guys like FdP played were well suited under the old rules were the pack is protecting the no9 and breakdown rules are more lenient. Now under the ELVs, one has to be very quick and agile from the base of the scrum.

Ok, honestly if we live on "what ifs?" then anyone can say what ever they want. For instance in that game, i can safely say, "What if Matfield had not gotten a yellow card", or "what if Percy had scored all his conversions, then we wouldn’t have needed Ricky to score the 'lucky' try to win". "What if Dan Carter hadn't scored the 23 points he scored during that game, may be we would have won the game in the first half". "What if John Smit hadn’t been spear tackled and played on that game......” or “What if the All Blacks had won the world cup……..who knows”. Or interestingly, “What if the All Blacks where not chokers…then maybe they would have won the World Cup, thrice”. Last but not least “What if William Webb had not decided to pick up that ball and run around back then in 1823, then maybe we wont be having rugby after all”. So to hell with the “What ifs?”.

To conclude my article, I’d also want to ask a question. “What if Tank hadn’t written that article?”…..maybe I wouldn’t actually posted an article today.

Angry Coach