And maybe, they deserve the opportunity to prove they are both the best men for their jobs. In other words, has this reversal of fortunes signified something more than a stay of execution.
Are we in fact on the brink of a new era of All Black dominance that has the potential that could lead to the wining of our 4th Rugby Word Cup.
Will the doubters, including myself, be prepared to admit we were wrong about those who are in charge of the nation’s most widely respected talisman - the All Blacks.
In order for that to happen, the aforementioned leadership duo will need to show that they have the keys to regularly unlock the playing skills that our team obviously possess both in preparation for and during each match. They have earned that right to have at least one more go.
Alas, the same can not be said regarding Jacinda and her militia of destructive incompetents.
The analogy we can draw between the leadership of our sporting heroes and the current government could not be more of a contrast.
The All Black Coach and Captain have, for the moment, silenced their critics and should be given another chance to develop this squad so that they consistently perform at the highest level. But, time is up for this Empress who daily operates in a deluded manner similar to the Saxon King Canute who is famous for mistakenly believing in his own super human abilities. Remember, the claim from the pulpit at the height of the Covid pandemic that she was the sole source of truth. She has overstayed her welcome and should go. Enough of the lies.
Foster and Cane have shown that the team has the talent and ability to make things happen at the highest level and the nation should be happy to, at least, reward them for their latest result in charge. Hopefully, it will not be a “oncer!” But their stay of execution is, unlike Labour, conditional.
Against that, the Government has already exhausted it’s own nine lives.
You can’t convince enough people that you are the right people in these key leadership roles when the record continues showing failures to deliver on major promises to the electorate (housing, child poverty, economic well being, you name it) and management errors that have effectively destroyed important parts of our economy (tourism, high quality pastoral hill country going into trees, etc).
The only way for any chance of a change for the better is to lance the boil and start again with a whole new set of inclusive policies that will ensure our survival as one of the last remnants of a true democracy - a sovereign state that is best in the world at doing the things that matter.
Clive Bibby is a commentator, consultant, farmer and community leader, who lives in Tolaga Bay.
3 comments:
Getting rid of Labour and Ardern is on a whole different level to whether the All Blacks win or lose.
When all's said and done the latter is ONLY a sports game, albeit one that is more important than politics to some, but not the national disaster it was when I first arrived here a few decades ago.
NZ has to come to terms with the fact that many other countries have caught us up and victories can no longer be expected.
Or maybe the decline of NZ democratically and economically is reflected in the poor performance of our national team who have been inflicted just like the rest of us.
As usual, I think quite differently to the masses and are quite pleased that the all blacks have lost a few games, as it makes the game more exciting. I love watching a game and not knowing who will win until the end. All this mass hatred towards the coach and players is to me indicative of the brainwashed, weird masked society we have become thanks to conditioning by ardern's govt.
You are a bit unfair to Canute. He didn't command the tide to retreat in order to demonstrate his power; he did it, knowing that he couldn't, to demonstrate to those who thought that he was superhuman that he wasn't.
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