The second question is why have they not given the most ridiculous coach in rugby history some media training?
Or, gone to the extreme lengths of writing his comments in the post match press conferences for him?
Paul Henry must be thinking why he ‘resigned’ when over in South Africa, you have a guy who publicly says that he ‘100%’ supports a murderer, but ‘not his actions.’
Yes, there is a long line of De Villiers gaffes.
In a 2008 interview, he managed to totally confuse the reader and interviewer with his first line:
‘It has been challenging. When you walk through the shadow of the valley of death, sometimes it’s difficult to know which side your bread is buttered.’
Make of that what you will.
That comment is from the coach that also claimed he was like Jesus, made racist comments about a player on his own team, and earlier this year that suggested the All Blacks’ victories in NZ were a conspiracy to boost ratings before the RWC 2011.
De Villiers, now isn’t respected anywhere in the world, and South Africa’s media training, monitoring, and censoring machine seems unable to do anything about it.
Yes, in my view De Villiers is more of a train wreck than his predecessor Rudolph Straeuli, who presided over the infamous Kamp Staaldraad debacle.
It is obvious that
A. South African Rugby Union does not have a PR Plan, seemingly taking things day-by-day, and operate under no real authority.
B. The practitioners have been rendered so ineffective by the ruling body.
C. After the Jake White Era, South African rugby infighting is at an all time high.
Is the PR department reflective of the state of South African Rugby as a whole?
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