Adam O'Brien

So Munster played there and he carved.

So yeah, ultimately it come down, you know, Bellamy rang me a couple of times and the assistants, Adam O'Brien, he rang me a couple of times as well.

So yeah.

I think they – I remember Adam, he was the assistant coach at the time.

And Justin Holbrook actually lent into that.

We saw Adam O'Brien lent into that.

And Newey, Newey looked unstoppable.

And then AOB would just go back to the same boring defensive tactic, complete high attack.

Yeah, that's right.

Who smiles the least? Adam O'Brien.

Who smiles the least? It's the story of the Steel City there.

But, you know, who else smiles a lot as a head coach? They're very serious, intense people.

Coach of Fiji for getting that performance out of his team.

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Well, he's

done it with arguably Fiji's best and most influential player, Viliami Kikia.

I mean, he's obviously got plenty to smile about this year.

Yeah, that's right.

Who smiles the least? Adam O'Brien.

Who smiles the least? It's a story of the Steel City there.

Yeah, for him to come in, as you said, I think it was a bit of a shit show, let's be honest.

The last game under Adam O'Brien.

We were playing to not get a wooden spoon and the Obeloks put 66 on us.

I think it was in that game.

I, I don't know.

I wish you could get some, Phil Gould on the, on the program and ask him, um, why they're not addressing the two problems, and who appointed Adam O'Brien as a tack case? Nothing against Adam, probably a good bloke.

He's had some d- you know, whatever.

I'm not sure-

Like if they full strength and try him at halfback and a better fullback, they wouldn't finish 12th.

I think, boys, as well, when you sign Adam O'Brien to be your attacking coach...

That also says a lot, and it showed.

It really showed, didn't it? How you can take that guy out of the Newcastle system after what happened there and then chuck him in.

The Newcastle Knights were really happy, and they needed a change.

Adam O'Brien, probably not a happy-go-lucky guy, bit more of a zero.

He's left, and it just sort of took the pressure, it seemed, off all the players.

Yeah.

Because he would work, he would, you know, drive the tractors, mow the lawn, all that sort of stuff.

Um, and then the Knights got him out of the Panthers system, and he sort of wasn't going anywhere at the Knights.

He was, uh, under Adam O'Brien, he was part of the system, but they didn't think they had, like, an elite player-

Yeah