The Crazy and Zany World of Earl Rose as South Africa 15 Take on the Leicester Tigers
This chap Rose has all the markings of a desperado.It is a known fact that he is a loose cannon.
It is a certainty that he will somehow manage to remain in the Springbok trigger hairs for years to come.
I personally don't see him ever getting more than a couple of undeserved caps at this juncture of what I have seen.
But, like the Freud-like aspects of Robbie Deans' mind, I never rule out anything from those I deem absolutely crazy, not psychotic.
Earl Rose has centerstage today against Leicester.
He is a little fellow with little fellow skills, not unlike a bloke like Shane Williams.
Sometimes like fresh garbage these guys stink up the joint but other times that garbage transforms itself into some sort of compost and the very nature of compost things can happen.
I believe that we will see Earl Rose who might very well be able to slink around on the heavy turf, turn the negativity that he always projects in recent times, to more like a work in progress.
Actually I am hoping that he is up to all his old tricks like pop kicking the ball backward or two inches into the hands of the defender, losing the ball in the ingoal, making some idiotic choices like trying to restsrt the ball with Castrogiavanni, Ayerza, and Ben Kay ten inches from him and he is flattened like a flapjack.
But I am realling excited about the possibility of Ear Rose running backward and scoring a try for Leicester and then trying a 100 metre drop kick form his own goal line.
Whether Earl Rose is truly a magician or a clown doesn't matter, he will provide what the people come to see ,and actually pay for, ENTERTAINMENT.
I know that my eyes will follow all the craziness of a rugby world only known to Earl Rose, applauded by Pieter de Villers, and mocked and scorned and laughed at by every other coach except those in the USA.
THe best thing the Americans could do and learn is to somehow watch this game.
They will get an idea of how crazy their game is, just like the unpredictable Earl Rose.