Quote ="The Biffs Back"A fascinating article, I think that Brian was very forthright and open with his views, i was particularly drawn to this comment from Mac:
[iThat's not to say you love each other because I can tell you now that there are a lot of men in there [he gestures to the changing room who don't like me. But I'd put good money on them respecting my decisions.[/i
I have heard tales that several players have been in Gary's office with complaints regarding Brian Mac and how he has treated them, Maybe these tales were true after all?
I wonder if this is the trait required to be a successful club coach as opposed to the coach that often socializes with the squad ?
I was told by the mother of a current Warrington player that lives in my area that the players at that club do not particularly like Tony Smith as a person but that they certainly respect him as a coach'"
People are complicated, you can't have everyone like you and get anything done. I think we also forget that RL players are young men. Some of them still kids. Physically they are at the peak of development but I think back to myself in my 20's and I was a total prat at times. Volatile and argumentative, very black and white on opinions etc...etc...etc... You can hear from that article that Brian himself was in his 30's and coaching before he realised things about himself. It must be very difficult (impossible I'd say) to manage a bunch of highly competitive "kids" and have them all like you.
