The players are not the best judge of who the best coach is, you are making no sense. The best judge is the results. The players can like or not like the coach based on their own personal performance and selection. This attitude seems to plague NZ sports, the coaches have to be "mates" with the players. Wood for the last 2 years could not hit the target if it was the size of barn door and yet he should be the sole judge of whether a coach is any good? He will like a coach who picks him for a World Cup where he will be too old and slow to be of any use.
Oh dear. Have you been sniffing glue. Had a frontal lobotomy. Your cred was low, now it's moved into negative territory.