Across the state, across the country, across the world, people are begging for Phil Gould to return as coach and saviour of the NSW Blues next year. Well between Albury and Townsville they are anyway. NSW needs him. State of Origin needs him. Rugby league needs him. That’s an awful lot of insecure neediness floating around. Come on ‘Gus’, won’t you be our Dr. Phil and save us from our plight?
But even if he was to heed the call, would it be enough? Could a ‘Gus’ coached Blues side restore the passion and intensity of this once great annual series? I believe the answer is yes. My only reservation is that handing over the reigns to the restrictive role of coach alone, and expecting miracles, just may not suffice.
Gould must be instated as coach, manager, trainer, water boy, masseur, bus driver, tracksuit manufacturer, and anything else he wants. It’s the only way. Things can’t end there however. For this radical proposal to work it must be embraced wholeheartedly on every level. Appoint ‘Gus’ as the referee, video referee, and linesman. His one-off experience at the latter is an added bonus.
Let him sing the national anthem, captain both sides and run around with a microphone in his collar commentating the whole shebang. And even with his hands in all those pies (wait, let him sell the pies too) surely League’s biggest personality could somehow still find time to sit back, relax and enjoy the game amongst fellow fans in the grandstand. Who dares suggest that he couldn’t?
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