TX - I would accept that if we hadn't developed a cult of Ricki after the WC. If he came out and said well done the players, they made this happen etc then I would have a lot more respect. Instead we have Ricky monopolising coaching jobs in NZ off the back of a campaign that he wasn't really responsible for.
Additionally, I don't see how that approach will work at U23 level. If that is his style I don't think it is the right one for youth or younger players.
To be honest, I'm agnostic when it comes to Herbert and the All Whites. I've never been in the dressing room or on the training pitch so I don't really know what goes on.
But you're making a couple of very subjective statements there JD. "Cult of Ricki"? "Monopolising coaching jobs in NZ off the back of a campaign that he wasn't really responsible for"?
As for "how that approach will work at U23 level" maybe Ricki just takes the approach he thinks is most appropriate in a given situation. That would be good coaching wouldn't it?
But I really don't know. I can only look at results, which with both the All Whites and the Phoenix seem pretty good to me.
