report<\/a> emerged during the series linking Daley\u2019s \u201csleepy\u201d pre-game speeches to NSW\u2019s slow starts in games, while others questioned whether his friendship with NSWRL CEO Dave Trodden played a part in his appointment as coach. <\/p>\n\u201cI don\u2019t mind any criticism about team selections or criticism any changes that you make. That\u2019s all part of the game,\u201d he said on Channel 9 post-game. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut there\u2019s times there when you think some things are quite personal. I just don\u2019t think there\u2019s a need to do that. I think that says a lot about the people that report that way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking in his post-game press conference, an emotional and frustrated Daley hit out at personal attacks directed his way.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one likes criticism. I get that. You know it comes, so you\u2019ve got to accept it and cop it. But there\u2019s some parts of criticism that go way, way above others which I get really disappointed with,\u201d Daley said.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople that report like that need to have a hard look at themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a leader. There\u2019s a difference between leader and coaching,\u201d Daley said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou go and ask Billy: why does he have assistant coaches? Why do you have an assistant defence coach? Why do you have an assistant attack coach? Why? Tell me.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know what the coach does \u2014 the coach drives it. So it just frustrates me a lot.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe coach sets the tone, the coach talks to his coaches about how they want to implement plans. Some of the stuff that\u2019s been written and said, gee, come on. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut anyway, hopefully those blokes might have a decent look at themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t about the last laugh,\u201d Daley added.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was just about these blokes playing the best they possibly could. And in particular when people have a crack when they don\u2019t even come to a training session, they won\u2019t front up to press conferences. Show some balls. Where are they now?\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked if he would contact certain reporters to, Daley hit back: \u201cWell, why should I?\u201d before adding, \u201cYou know what, I\u2019ll see. I\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI just think it was unnecessary. I think there were hidden agendas,\u201d Daley added.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes things are planted in the media too, so I\u2019d love to know where that came from and you know how it all works.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut when you\u2019ve put a lot into a game and put a lot into trying to be the person you are, and people attack you from an angle that you go, \u2018Wow\u2019 \u2026 anyway, that\u2019s probably my rant. But I hope it never happens to you one day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daley said the negative commentary around his coaching filtered back to him and was difficult to ignore.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople would say, \u2018Oh mate, are you okay?\u2019 and I go, \u2018Yeah, why?\u2019 I don\u2019t like it but you accept it, but it\u2019s other people that get affected by it as well when they go heavy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is what it is and people write stories and do whatever they want but you\u2019ve got to be held accountable to some of your stories too and I\u2019ll read those stories and if things aren\u2019t true I\u2019ll call them out and then they can either explain that they made it up, they can explain where they got it from or they can hide behind someone gave it to me. So, I\u2019ll see which one it is.\u201d <\/p>\n
Daley\u2019s contract as NSW coach runs out at the end of this series, and while he hasn\u2019t publicly announced his plans, he didn\u2019t sound like a man who wanted to deal with the State of Origin circus again.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve made my mind. I know what I\u2019m doing,\u201d he said cryptically on Channel 9.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t had a beer for nearly four months,\u201d Daley said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I\u2019ll have a couple tonight \u2014 and it tastes nice too, by the way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nathan Cleary said post-game: \u201cA lot of people wrote him off and negative things were said about him, but he\u2019s an absolute champion in NSW and we never write off champions.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love the guy and I\u2019m so pumped for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
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