powerport wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong Goatherder, heard there was a bit of unrest with a few of the vista players with the captaincy?
Batting in the wrong spots, not bowling , fair enough u get this a all clubs but these players were quality players....don't shoot the messenger!
Not that I'm aware of PP, although I was slightly more removed from the playing group in 2011/12 than the previous 4yrs as club coach. If anything, it's the old story that all decisions in life are a lot easier in retrospect, and no different in this situation. Make a bowling change or bat someone in a certain spot, and if they come off & you win, you're a genius. If the exact opposite occurs, there's always a group of critics lining up to criticize & take a pot shot. Just ask a few AFL coaches that don't have a contract in 2013.

As an aside, I didn't hear any criticism whatsoever in 2010/11 when he led the Club to a convincing win to rack up Div 1 premiership #12.
To be completely fair, our batsman didn't do the job and most of our bowlers underperformed in last year's GF. Not to take anything away from RPCC, they clearly deserved the W, but it makes things hard for the skipper when at least 2 of the 3 main facets of the game were executed poorly by the players on the 2 days in question.