"He'll ask a lot of questions, he'll expect the players to tell the rest of the playing group, him and the coaches what their understanding of how they want to play is," Bell said.
"It's not a coach up the front talking all the time and 'telling'.
It is oh so easy to stand in front of people and explain stuff. But if that is all you are relying on to get your message across, you won't do well. If the coach says, "Just kick it 70 m to Tabs", then the players will think, "Well I can't do that", but they won't say anything. If a player says, "We've got to kick it 70 m to Tabs", then other players will pipe up and say, "I can't kick it 70 m, and I'm pretty sure you can't too. Are you sure that is what we are supposed to do?". At which point the coach realises that the message hasn't gotten through.
It is almost as though Longmuir is cheating by trying out the ideas of modern educators.
