Peter de Villiers is one lucky son of a gun. This Springbok team is so good that even his auntie could coach it to a series of successes. All he needs do is pitch up and sit in the front row of the team photo. Job done.
Okay, you can keep your bouquets or brickbats, whichever ones you were aiming to throw, because the above, forgive me, is said in jest. It was just to get a rise out of you to establish exactly which side of the field you occupy on the question of the Springbok coach.
Have you noticed that things have gone a little quiet around him? That's the way it should be from both sides of the divide because we don't want him saying silly things and all those critics reopening their argument.
People tried to suggest that he was saying silly things again earlier this week when a report in this newspaper suggested that he might drop Morne Steyn from his starting line-up for Saturday's Test against Australia.
But all he was doing really was ensuring that Ruan Pienaar, the star flyhalf who has been rudely upstaged by his understudy, did not feel like he had been forgotten. It was also a reminder to Steyn that he has Pienaar looking over his shoulder.
That's the kind of assurance and competitive edge that you need in a strong squad and De Villiers made sure to bring it right up to the surface.
If you were looking to score him, that's most certainly a point in his favour. In fact, give him a bonus point for deliberately playing down Steyn's 31-point blitz of the All Blacks just in case it threatened to get the better of the kid. (It must be said, however, that this young player looks unlikely to become big headed because he has played starring roles in other productions and looks to have both feet on the ground, when he's not scoring points, that is).
The role of the coach in big-time sport is a fascinating one. We tend to think that teams comprising a bunch of crack individuals don't actually need a coach but, if this is true, for what exactly did Alex Ferguson get knighted?
It is no doubt true that in some sports - and international cricket has been suggested - the role of the coach is secondary to how the players conduct themselves under their captain.
Cricketers over the years will tell you that the captain is the numero uno in the team and, indeed, it wasn't too many years ago when some of the best teams there ever were did not employ coaches.
I, too, sometimes wonder why a coach gets fired when it is actually the players who are messing up but that is shallow thinking because the coach himself can hire and fire and he is paid crazy money to ensure that his players are up to what ever challenge presents itself.
The challenges that the Springboks have encountered and overcome so far this season have by no means been monumental - but they may have become that way without a coach that has the respect of his players.