Interview and my thoughts
Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 7:28 pm
After listineing to Millwards interview on the official site, I was glad to hear he insisted on Betts being his assistant, when the two have been guests at the same time they have always seemed to get on well and shared similar views on the game and how it should be played, Betts can and will learn from Millward there is no doubt of that.
Hearing him say "us" and "we" is strange, but its a strange that I like. For along time hes abeen a guy I dislike because hes arrogant, he was coaching the plastic scousers, but most of all hes an excellent coach who gets the best out of players, and instills a confidence in players to play good attacking rugby. Now though hesa coach who is doing all the above for our club, I dont really care about what he did at Saints, I feel he will have learned to bite his tongue now though, hes made his mistakes at the Stains, now we can benefit from the knowledge hes aquired and really become the force we should be in Super League, it may take time, but it will come.
These are exciting times for Wigan, we are in a transitional period we all know that, and now with Millward and Betts by his side, I feel more confident we will get through it and become a top side once again.
A week ago I didnt feel so optimistic about our future, it was clear Betts wasnt ready to lead the side on his own, but now working under Millward he can learn so much, and after listening to some of Betts comments, I think he knew to that he wasnt quite ready to handle the task, and I really do beleive that he thinks he will learn so much from Millward, I do not beleive he holds any grudges towards the club for bringing in Millward, in a way i think he is greatful, he knew he was in a hole, and all that was happening was he was digging himself deeper into it the more things went wrong. Now he can relax, step back, watch how a more experiedced and qualified coach handles the same situations that he had to, maybe look what he did wrong in certain situations etc, learn how to get the best out of players who are under performing.
Millward also seems to excel in man management, he can talk to a player and really bring him on, he can turn the potential in a player into a reality and turn that player into a guy who performs week in and week out.
Some people can dwell on the negative things he has done in the past, however I will not do that, he is here now and I going to think about the positives he brings to our club, not dwell on the negatives from hes previous employment.
Hearing him say "us" and "we" is strange, but its a strange that I like. For along time hes abeen a guy I dislike because hes arrogant, he was coaching the plastic scousers, but most of all hes an excellent coach who gets the best out of players, and instills a confidence in players to play good attacking rugby. Now though hesa coach who is doing all the above for our club, I dont really care about what he did at Saints, I feel he will have learned to bite his tongue now though, hes made his mistakes at the Stains, now we can benefit from the knowledge hes aquired and really become the force we should be in Super League, it may take time, but it will come.
These are exciting times for Wigan, we are in a transitional period we all know that, and now with Millward and Betts by his side, I feel more confident we will get through it and become a top side once again.
A week ago I didnt feel so optimistic about our future, it was clear Betts wasnt ready to lead the side on his own, but now working under Millward he can learn so much, and after listening to some of Betts comments, I think he knew to that he wasnt quite ready to handle the task, and I really do beleive that he thinks he will learn so much from Millward, I do not beleive he holds any grudges towards the club for bringing in Millward, in a way i think he is greatful, he knew he was in a hole, and all that was happening was he was digging himself deeper into it the more things went wrong. Now he can relax, step back, watch how a more experiedced and qualified coach handles the same situations that he had to, maybe look what he did wrong in certain situations etc, learn how to get the best out of players who are under performing.
Millward also seems to excel in man management, he can talk to a player and really bring him on, he can turn the potential in a player into a reality and turn that player into a guy who performs week in and week out.
Some people can dwell on the negative things he has done in the past, however I will not do that, he is here now and I going to think about the positives he brings to our club, not dwell on the negatives from hes previous employment.
things are looking up 