In the last couple of weeks, Michael Bradley has faced a huge challenge to get the balance right between an apparent willingness to acknowledge failings publicly and the need to avoid being interpreted by his team as kicking them when they are down.
In the last couple of weeks, Michael Bradley has faced a huge challenge to get the balance right between an apparent willingness to acknowledge failings publicly and the need to avoid being interpreted by his team as kicking them when they are down.
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Kevin Ferrie
Edinburgh's head coach must have been shocked by the nature of his Heineken Cup semi-finalists' five-match losing run, culminating in a new low when they became the first side to fail to register a score in either of their first two Heineken Cup pool matches. However, he has also spoken about the damage done to the confidence of a group of players he believes in and he knows are unlikely to be boosted by reading savage criticism from their boss.
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