Withare
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withare took on the task of lifting the potoroos from obscurity to the position they had held over eighty years previously. Under his tutelage the team performed well above expectations, qualifying in only their 2nd tournement. He was also noted for never giving interviews to the press and for assiduously avoiding celebrations. His career culiminated with his beloved Potoroos reaching the final of World Cup 36. withare is Errinundera's fifth inductee into the World Cup Hall of Fame.
World Cups
- Stats include qualifying matches
- Despite being offered the captain’s position and widely regarded as the best player in the nation, withare refused to join the privately backed team. His reputation was enhanced when the campaign faltered and the backers withdrew.
withare circa World Cup 26
- Non-playing coach
- Qualifying rounds: 14 games, 3 wins, 4 draws, 7 losses, 19 goals for, 32 against, 13 points
- Errinundera failed to qualify.
- Non-playing coach
- Qualifying rounds: 18 games, 11 wins, 2 draws, 5 losses, 33 goals for, 21 against, 35 points
- Group stage: 3 games, 1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss, 4 goals for, 6 against, 4 points
- 2nd round: lost 4-1 to Oliverry
- Non-playing coach
- Qualifying rounds: 16 games, 12 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses, 48 goals for, 21 against, 38 points
- Group stage: 3 games, 2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses, 9 goals for, 6 against, 7 points
- 2nd round: lost 0-4 to Jeruselem
- Forced to withdraw due to a brain haemorrhage.
- Non-playing coach
- Qualifying Rounds: 12 games, 7 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses, 32 goals for, 17 against, 23 points
- Play-offs: 2 games, 2 wins, 13 goals for, 1 against
- Group stage: 3 games, 2 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, 10 goals for, 5 goals against, 6 points
- 2nd round: lost 2-1 to Commerce Heights
- Non-playing coach
- Qualifying Rounds: 10 games, 7 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, 30 goals for, 6 against, 22 points
- Group stage: 3 games, 2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses, 5 goals for, 2 goals against, 7 points
- 2nd round: lost 1-2 to Ariddia
- Non-playing coach
- Qualifying rounds: 14 games, 10 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses, 43 goals for, 7 against, 32 points
- Group stage: 3 games, 2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses, 9 goals for, 4 goals against, 7 points
- 2nd round: defeated Squornshelous 5-4 (3-3 after normal time)
- Quarterfinal: defeated Elves Security Forces 3-2
- Semi-final: defeated Capitalizt SLANI 1-2 (1-1 after normal time)
- Final: lost 2-4 to Ariddia (2-2 after normal time)
- Chosen as best coach in the World Cup
Overall World Cup Coaching Record
- 6 world cup campaigns and qualified in 5 of them
- 109 matches including qualifiers
- 64 wins
- 17 draws
- 28 losses
- 23 World Cup matches
- 12 wins
- 4 draws
- 7 losses
What they say about him
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A retired withare caught in an uncharactistic public appearance
- ubhashinim on what he’s like as a coach: “Terrifying. He hardly says a word. He just stares at you.”
- ubhashinim on withare’s reaction to a dismal performance against The Lowland Clans: “In the rooms after the match he didn’t speak to us at all. He just lined us up and stared us down. That really added to the humiliation.”
- rosaniel when asked what he was like: “I know next to nothing about him. He is extremely taciturn yet everyone in the team is utterly terrified of him. Tactically he likes to take risks. To do so he shows great faith in his players. This combination of terror and faith has engendered absolute loyalty in the team. We would crawl over broken glass for him.”
- The First Creek Falls Age on how to avoid celebrations: “The national coach slipped off the river boat 30 kms from McKillops Bridge and bushwalked home refusing to attend any functions.”
- Boot-studder mckennap on more tactics to avoid celebrations: “Fans had been keen to catch a rare glimpse of the coach, withare, but discovered to their disappointment that he had travelled by trans-national train to Bonang and avoided the brouhaha.”
- mckennap on yet more tricks to avoid crowds: “Apparently the crowd-shy coach, withare, was so nervous he locked himself in the engine room.”
- mckennap on withare's powers of persuasion: "Some Nazis ran onto the pitch during the parade. After speaking with the potoroo coach, withare, they voluntarily left the ground. I wonder what he said to them. He does have a way with words, does withare."
