Meyer Bok coach – what’s your view

27 Jan 2012

Fire away campers. Keo online here to answer all your questions about the new Bok coach.

At the outset let me state I am thrilled Meyer is the man.


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  • 1.PissAnt: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 11:47 am

    Good luck Heyneke, hell knows you are going to need it.

  • 2.keo: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 11:49 am

    Communicated with him most of the week and he is taking this responsibility so seriously – mostly he says to the biggest stakeholders in the game, the rugby public.

  • 3.Lions_Soutie: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 11:49 am

    When do you think the captaincy will be announced?

  • 4.JA-JA: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 11:50 am

    Has the announcement been made yet? I can’t watch TV at the moment.

  • 5.Tacitus: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 11:52 am

    Is it going to be a 2 year or 4 year appointment?

  • 6.Lions_Soutie: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 11:53 am

    @keo-2: Does he have a hard enough edge to put up with 4 years of rubbish from the presidents council? Jake aged 10 years, PDV got off lightly, what will happen to Heyneke?

  • 7.keo: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 11:53 am

    No at noon. Captaincy only when first squad is announced.

  • 8.keo: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 11:55 am

    He has been consistent in his view that there is no four year ‘judge me at the world cup’ plan. He is adamant that the Boks need to be successful every year and a winning habit makes for the best World Cup preparation.

  • 9.DocNZ: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 11:56 am

    As least it is not helium bob dragon, or orange picking dragons…

  • 10.Mr Black: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 11:57 am

    Is it official?

  • 11.jamisz: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 11:57 am

    @Tacitus-5: Believe 4 years.

  • 12.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 11:57 am

    Good grief we had bazillion posts on “views”, now have to re-hash them all again.

  • 13.DocNZ: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 11:58 am

    When will his coaching crew be announced ?

  • 14.Treehugger: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 11:58 am

    what channel ?

  • 15.keo: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 11:58 am

    4 yrs but reviewable after 2 on performance. They may spin it differently but that is nuts and bolts of it

  • 16.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:00 pm

    He’s only been given 2 years anyway.

    SARU change of policy.

  • 17.Treehugger: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:01 pm

    Its on blitz

  • 18.Tacitus: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:01 pm

    The future looks so bright at the moment.

    Imagine what the Boks could achieve. Imagine what they could have achieved over the last 4 years. If only…

  • 19.keo: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:02 pm

    thank god the Peter de Villiers era is finally over

  • 20.Treehugger: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:08 pm

    Eishhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Heinie, you made me cry. He is so % dedicated to this, he was so emo …..shame man. Big hug for you.

  • 21.Lions_Soutie: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:09 pm

    @Tacitus-18: Not even Heyneke would have been immune to the experienced players egos. I think he may prefer starting off with a young team. Everything points towards Spies as captain now

  • 22.JA-JA: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:11 pm

    When are the assistant coaches going to be announced?

  • 23.Suzy Poison: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:15 pm

    As a Bok fan living in Oz, it breaks my heart to watch the Boks constantly kick away good possession, game after game. Australia have never had a decent forward pack in the 18yrs I have lived on this big Island, but yet they know what to do with the ball. Do you think Meyer can change a traditional way of thinking that is ingrained in high-veld “Skop-en-tackle” rugby from the year dot? I am not so sure, he discovered Derek Hougaard, a limited player that would not make a C grade side in Oz, and elevated him to God status at Loftus. I have heard that Heyneke can be innovative, but I am not holding my breath. To quote Darwin; “It’s not the strongest or the most intelligent that survive, but those that can adapt!” South Africa rugby never innovates or adapts, and Meyer will play ten man rugby again. Please, please prove me wrong!

  • 24.MacToogie: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:24 pm

    @keo-8: i dont think Spies should be in the Bok starting team let alone captain of the Boks, i have my reservation about Schalk and Bismark as captains as well. with Juan on the injury list i dont see anyone who can command that role right now.

  • 25.ufo: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:28 pm

    Congrats Heyneke… Make us proud!!

    Reckon you genuinely have majority approval and support…

    Keo… sheesh man… your site is get slower and slower…. really frustrating…

  • 26.the artist formerly known as gunther: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:29 pm

    Keo what is Heyneke’s star sign?

  • 27.Predawn: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:38 pm

    Heyneke Meyer has the unenviable task of getting Bok rugby off the Comedy Central channel and back on SuperSport.

    Expect SARU to nitpick and dissect every aspect of his coaching like they did with Jake White.

    I believe that Meyer had to be literally put in an arm lock to take the position.

  • 28.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:38 pm

    this website is going to the dogs, why is so slow? ffs

  • 29.Treehugger: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:40 pm

    Ok have finished watching the whole thing now and for those of you who didnt watch, he is so the right man, He comes across as strong, humble and just wants what is best for the team, oh he diffidently wont take any chit from any one, no ones “yes man”.

  • 30.Guns: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:48 pm

    @Suzy Poison-23:

    “he discovered Derek Hougaard, a limited player that would not make a C grade side in Oz,”

    hmmm.. Not sure I buy that…

    The standard of Rugby is very high in SA, Players that don’t make it in SA are more likely to have a higher chance of making an Auz team.

  • 31.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:50 pm

    What the hell is happening to this site? It’s like watching a super slo-mo some continental drift footage.

  • 32.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:52 pm

    What the hell is happening to this site? It’s like watching a super slo-mo of some continental drift footage.

  • 33.ChairmanShabazz: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:54 pm

    Congrats to the white and especially Afrikaner race on the appointment of your man.

  • 34.MacToogie: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:56 pm

    @Suzy Poison-23: the Boks have their own way of playing rugby, we are not NZ, we are not Aus, we are the Boks and we have been one of the best teams in the world along with NZ and Aus for plenty years playing our way, the only entertaining rugby is winning rugby. if you enjoy the flashy stuff switch to supporting the Wallabies or NZ, and just in case you think flashy is the way to go, go look at how NZ won the RWC and tell me if that was pretty rugby.

  • 35.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:59 pm

    On the questions about the coach… Keo, is it true that Meyer will move Habana back to the Bulls so that he can train and play alongside the rest of the Bok squad?

  • 36.Guns: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 12:59 pm

    @Suzy Poison-23:
    Don’t get me wrong though, Im not saying we have the best players.

    & I hope he does prove us all wrong re: 10man game… & I Hope Speis does not walk into that team although im sure he will. He will probably up his game in the Super15 this year though to lead the Bulls and prove his worth to Meyer.

    Having said that though I have to admit after watching the lions tests again Speis adds value with his cover work and positional play in tight games, he is not a big bruiser like Vermulin or Alberts but he does know the current/old bok defensive patterns pretty well and has the ability to get across the park and make cover tackles of field kicks, that much we all know.. So I have a feeling the argument would be “IF” you had big ball carriers like Alberts, Schulk & Bismark all ready in the team, would you need another big carrier or grunt or would it be more usefull to have a faster player to do lots of cover work?

    As a sharks man I am just playing Devils Advocate here, I have been one of spies hardest critics in recent times and would love to see some1 like Vermulin play for the boks.

  • 37.keo: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 13:01 pm

    apologies for the slowness …. server problems in germany

  • 38.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 13:08 pm

    Germany.

    Right.

  • 39.Mr Black: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 13:09 pm

    @ChairmanShabazz-33:

    Thanks :lol:

  • 40.HHS: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 13:09 pm

    Liewe f0k…. SARU, in future pass around a packet of Skittles, because some of those reporters need a color “fix”.

  • 41.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 13:11 pm

    Journos really banged on at him re transformation in their flat Flats accents.

    So last century.

  • 42.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 13:13 pm

    Heard Reyhan though. On first name terms nogal.

    Pure Model C.

  • 43.the artist formerly known as gunther: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 13:15 pm

    @ChairmanShabazz-33:

    Ja.

    Sorry the cullart thing didn’t work out so well.

  • 44.Great White Sharks gonna get ya: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 13:17 pm

    @ChairmanShabazz-33:

    Baie dankie.

  • 45.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 13:17 pm

    Yay.

    Three quarters of that room was cullart.

    We rule the world.

  • 46.Jeez: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 13:19 pm

    I like the fact that he mentioned getting the best international and/or local people as his support staff….Hopefully a good Auzzi backline coach…

  • 47.ChairmanShabazz: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 13:21 pm

    Today will go down as an extremely dark day in the history of black South Africa.This is the day that the ANC gave rugby back to the non-black invaders and they should really be ashamed of themselves.

  • 48.trupisero: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 13:22 pm

    ok, now just Hougie then the bulls quota for the boks is filled

  • 49.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 13:26 pm

    Yo keo

    Pay the bill.

  • 50.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    27 Jan 2012, 13:28 pm

    Shabazz

    Go to mosque

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