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I lol'ed massively when I read this the other day. I had no idea! 
Don't play it again, Daniel
EELS coach Daniel Anderson – the man who guided the Warriors to their only Grand Final appearance – will have learnt from a mistake he made on that fateful day in 2002.
That's the verdict from his former right-hand man at the club – then injured Warriors skipper Monty Betham.
During the halftime break of the 2002 Grand Final against the Roosters, Warriors players were left gobsmacked after Anderson strode into the sheds, placed a tape recorder down and without a word proceeded to turn on a mock commentary of the Warriors winning the premiership, against the Broncos no less.
Clearly, his attempt at sparking a revival in his charges, who, at the time were trailing 6-2, backfired as the Roosters went on to win the game 30-8.
Four years later, in 2006, Warriors legend Kevin Campion had this to say about the incident: "That halftime speech goes down as one of the worst things I have ever heard – it was just ridiculous," Campion said.
"I am not too sure what he was thinking.
"He made us this tape of a mock commentary and must have thought the Broncos would make the Grand Final.
"He never addressed us at halftime.
"He brought a tape recorder in, said, `Boys I want you to listen to this', and then walked out.
"It starts playing, `Welcome to the 2002 Grand Final, the Warriors versus the Broncos'.
"I flipped out and thought, `What is this?'
"I was just going, `Turn that s*** off'. I was screaming, `What the f*** is this?"'
Betham missed the Grand Final and most of the 2002 season due to a serious knee injury but was a witness to the events that transpired during that now infamous halftime break.
"It was bizarre," he said last night. "At the time, I wasn't actually aware it was happening because I was in the dressing room and in the ear of a few individuals giving them some advice and trying to gee them up. I missed it a bit.
"It's my understanding there was a bit of a commotion but I didn't realise what had happened until Kevin came out some years later and started talking about it in the press that I sat back and went – `what the hell?'
"It was bizarre because Daniel, technically, is a very good coach and another one of his strengths is that he can deliver a very uplifting, motivating team-talk.
"His decision to put a tape on at halftime was odd and I don't know why he did that.
"In saying that, he stepped outside the box a few times during his coaching tenure at the Warriors and sometimes it paid off and other times it didn't.
"In the Grand Final, it was a gamble and it didn't pay off."
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-news/s...t-again-Daniel
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What's the most bizarre strategy you've ever head a Roosters coach try? Chris Anderson's infamous 'one marker defender' strategy will always stand out to me.
Don't play it again, Daniel
EELS coach Daniel Anderson – the man who guided the Warriors to their only Grand Final appearance – will have learnt from a mistake he made on that fateful day in 2002.
That's the verdict from his former right-hand man at the club – then injured Warriors skipper Monty Betham.
During the halftime break of the 2002 Grand Final against the Roosters, Warriors players were left gobsmacked after Anderson strode into the sheds, placed a tape recorder down and without a word proceeded to turn on a mock commentary of the Warriors winning the premiership, against the Broncos no less.
Clearly, his attempt at sparking a revival in his charges, who, at the time were trailing 6-2, backfired as the Roosters went on to win the game 30-8.
Four years later, in 2006, Warriors legend Kevin Campion had this to say about the incident: "That halftime speech goes down as one of the worst things I have ever heard – it was just ridiculous," Campion said.
"I am not too sure what he was thinking.
"He made us this tape of a mock commentary and must have thought the Broncos would make the Grand Final.
"He never addressed us at halftime.
"He brought a tape recorder in, said, `Boys I want you to listen to this', and then walked out.
"It starts playing, `Welcome to the 2002 Grand Final, the Warriors versus the Broncos'.
"I flipped out and thought, `What is this?'
"I was just going, `Turn that s*** off'. I was screaming, `What the f*** is this?"'
Betham missed the Grand Final and most of the 2002 season due to a serious knee injury but was a witness to the events that transpired during that now infamous halftime break.
"It was bizarre," he said last night. "At the time, I wasn't actually aware it was happening because I was in the dressing room and in the ear of a few individuals giving them some advice and trying to gee them up. I missed it a bit.
"It's my understanding there was a bit of a commotion but I didn't realise what had happened until Kevin came out some years later and started talking about it in the press that I sat back and went – `what the hell?'
"It was bizarre because Daniel, technically, is a very good coach and another one of his strengths is that he can deliver a very uplifting, motivating team-talk.
"His decision to put a tape on at halftime was odd and I don't know why he did that.
"In saying that, he stepped outside the box a few times during his coaching tenure at the Warriors and sometimes it paid off and other times it didn't.
"In the Grand Final, it was a gamble and it didn't pay off."
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-news/s...t-again-Daniel
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What's the most bizarre strategy you've ever head a Roosters coach try? Chris Anderson's infamous 'one marker defender' strategy will always stand out to me.
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