Or everything has been going swimmingly off the field yet the team is losing continually on the pitch. Success off the field does lead to success on the field — sometimes. It got new players, its key players got way better, everyone became a bit more humble and changed a few things round. Tew is just like all of us — does most things right, gets the occasional thing wrong but diligently goes about his job. It could not have got it more wrong if it had employed Groucho to run the sport, Chico to coach the team and Harpo to skipper the side.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 20, 2017 16:07 UTC