The incoming Blues coach has absolute certainty over one key position. But there’s a tough decision to be made over another.
has sought the opinions of almost every person who has ever had anything to do with the Premier State of NSW about how to make the Blues great again, from theThat Maguire would embark on such an exhaustive fact-finding mission explains his approach as a coach: meticulous preparation that will either end in victory or, at the very least, leave the opposition bruised and battered, knowing they’ve been in a fight.
that Maguire will wrench the Blues out of their traditional beachside camp at Coogee’s Crowne Plaza and parachute them deep into the Blue Mountains at the Fairmont Hotel, using the Blue Mountains Grammar School as a training base. It also looks like a ploy to escape the glare of the Sydney media, which never really works because it’s Origin, the biggest story in town for two months, and editors will book reporters into the same hotel or, more likely, a cheaper alternative nearby.based the Blues team at an exclusive resort in Werribee in Victoria before the opening match of the 2009 series.
Whenever Fittler was criticised by News columnists or Fox Sports panellists, he suspected it was because he works for Nine, although that didn’t seem to stop the blowtorch being applied to his adviser,Blaming the media for losing football matches, especially Origins, is a cop-out. When it’s all said and done, it comes down to the players picked and the way they are coached.
This is the part when Maguire throws the keys to the Ferrari to the Penrith superstar and lets him take control. It would surprise if Maguire hasn’t said this to Cleary already.Tedesco has started the season strongly with the Roosters, has plenty of football left in him at the age of 31, and will forever be remembered as an Origin great with three series wins, including one as captain.
Translation: two years. Which means he has one series to work it out and another to get it right and win.
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