Let’s revisit a topic first raised during the early days of this year’s Super Rugby campaign, when the first signs of a less-than-stellar season started to emerge. I asked (via a cake-baking analogy that admittedly fell rather flat) just what effect the constant changing of coaches must be having on the Sharks squad and put forward the hypothesis that it was this change in itself that was mostly to blame for the drop in performance, rather than anything to do with the skill levels of the particular individuals. […]
Posts tagged with: Brad Macleod-Henderson
Gold’s time to shine
17 Jun 15 09:44 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 107 Comments
Macleod-Henderson resigns
15 Jun 15 10:02 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 116 Comments
The Sharks have just announced the resignation of assistant coach Brad Macleod-Henderson. […]
Time to settle
17 Feb 15 11:46 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 57 Comments
It’s Tuesday and in the absence of much news, it’s time for my weekly rant. It’s about the Sharks, of course and it’s about a couple of home truths that we all seem to have completely forgotten in the light of some ultimately meaningless pre-season “good news”. […]
Tuesday snippets from the Shark Tank
18 Nov 14 11:03 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 42 Comments
The start of pre-season training ahead of a new campaign always brings a flurry of activity. By all accounts, yesterday was certainly a busy day in Durban. […]
Coach Brad’s post mortem
21 Oct 14 13:18 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 35 Comments
We caught up with Sharks Currie Cup coach Brad Macleod-Henderson earlier today to do a bit of a wash up after the team’s season came to an end on Saturday. […]
Lions score 50 as Sharks falter in Johannesburg
18 Oct 14 16:26 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 98 Comments
The Golden Lions have booked their place in the Currie Cup final, eclipsing the Sharks with an overwhelming 50-20 victory in Johannesburg. […]
Four changes for Sharks
9 Oct 14 11:13 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 23 Comments
Brad Macleod-Henderson has made four changes to his team for Saturday’s showdown at Newlands, two of which are injury enforced. […]
Plenty of big names linked with Sharks job
8 Oct 14 10:22 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 61 Comments
They say nature abhors a vacuum and with the media probably a part of the natural world (although sometimes it’s a bit of a stretch), it’s unsurprising that the particular vacuum that is the now-vacant Sharks Director of Rugby position is drawing in plenty of names. […]
Tank returns for Lions clash
1 Oct 14 13:53 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 36 Comments
Sharks head coach Brad Macleod-Henderson has made two key changes to his tight five for Friday’s game against the Lions, with the inclusion of Thomas “the Tank” du Toit at loosehead prop a significant one indeed. […]
Sharks cannot afford another false start
1 Oct 14 10:54 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 44 Comments
I work in a pretty high-paced and demanding industry, where coping with change is something you have to do on a daily basis. It’s never fun, it’s incredibly stressful and when you’re trying to do your best to provide good service to your customers, changes happening above your head within the organization can often prove an unnecessary distraction. Of these, a change of boss is definitely the most disruptive. […]
Cooper, Swiel in doubt for Lions
30 Sep 14 10:46 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 4 Comments
The Sharks have two injury concerns ahead of Friday night’s crunch Currie Cup game against the Lions at Kings Park. […]
Two fewer Boks for Friday night showdown?
30 Sep 14 10:12 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 7 Comments
While many had reason for dismay during the first hour or so of the Springbok test against the Australians at Newlands on Saturday afternoon, for a pair of opposing Currie Cup coaches, there were some rather direct consequences to the clash. […]
Anthony speaks some hard truths
10 Sep 14 08:41 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 29 Comments
When I was a young man, going through my school career as a rugby player of no exceptional talent, I was very fortunate to come under the tutelage of one Mr Paul Anthony – affectionately known as “the Lion of Lebanon” – at Pretoria Boys High School. Anthony, aside from having a clearly great rugby brain, could always be counted on to speak plain, leaving us boys under no illusions as to whether our efforts were coming up to standard or not. […]
The scrums are not the issue
8 Sep 14 16:54 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 30 Comments
I note with some dismay that Sharks coach Brad Macleod-Henderson has identified scrums as an area of weakness for the team – and one that needs to be worked on ahead of this weekend’s trip to Bloemfontein. […]
What are we expecting, exactly?
2 Sep 14 12:19 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 61 Comments
I think the title pretty much sums it up. What are our expectations from this year’s Currie Cup campaign, as fans? And are those expectations fair or realistic? […]