I think a lot of people give coaches a little too much credit at times. Often i believe ego and stubbornness stand in the way of common sense. Think Ivan with Inu. Everyone knew Inu was a big game player, but Ivan couldnt bring himself to bring him back when we needed his pizzazz. The reverse could be said for Mateo. Was a total lazy-ass leech, but was being paid too much for Ivan to drop him. Many coaches have persisted with decisions long past anything sensible. Its not usually a plan, or a coach showing faith. Its just ego.
Thats what
Hiku was, and thats what Kata is. Both of them have cost us more than they have given us. For every Kata try, there is a duffed pass to an unmarked winger, and often in the same game, a worthless tunnelling dummy half scoot.
Hiku let in 2 tries for every try he assisted in. We are better off with
Beale and (insert any name but
Hiku or Kata here).
Hiku is just one of those players with a myth and a fantasy attached to his name. He has achieved little of value in his career. Moved around often. The only reason we even discuss him us due to
Beale's long injury. If not for that, we would be discussing how his defence isnt up to ISP standard.
Kata has an opportunity to fix his greed. Open up his outside man, and both of them will score more. And throw a long pass from dummy half inside the 10m, and watch the crowd of defenders in front of him as they realise what has just happened.
