KFC SuperCoach historical past has been made.
For the primary time in any format of Australia’s favorite fantasy sport — AFL, NRL or BBL — a coach has gone back-to-back.
BBL11 champion Andrew Langley, who lives about two hours north east from Melbourne in Taggerty, has accomplished the unthinkable by profitable the $25k total prize two summers in a row.
Langley’s group Diabolical Point surged dwelling from eleventh to first within the closing spherical final season, incomes him a spot within the KFC SuperCoach historical past books.
This summer season, he timed his run completely once more and jumped from third — 58 factors from the lead — to be topped KFC SuperCoach champion once more.
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Langley completed 90 factors away from his nearest rival to go from one-time champion to KFC SuperCoach immortal.
“I know I was right at the pointy end in those last couple of rounds but part of me thought, ‘luck won’t go my way in the last couple of rounds’ and I’ll fall short,” Langley mentioned.
“Didn’t quite do the big jump like I did in the last round last year but things went my way, which was great.”
Langley had a goal on his again this summer season after his BBL11 success and as an skilled coach was in a position to be added to leagues.
That meant he wasn’t in a position to conceal his commerce plans or methods and was in the end on the mercy of what different coaches round him did.
“I know the guy who was leading for the last four or five rounds and we’re actually in a league together,” he mentioned.
“We’ve been having a bit of banter the last few weeks. I was telling him I was coming to get him and he was trying to hold onto the lead.
“We knew each others’ teams. I was third going into that last round. I didn’t know second’s team and I didn’t know fourth’s team. But I did know first’s team and I did know I’d taken the lead off him going into the final game of the round.”
BBL participant of the event Matt Short, breakout all-rounder Aaron Hardie and Hobart import Faheem Ashraf had been three of Langley’s key choices.
Langley mentioned breaking the fixture into three sections and creating a easy plan centered on double sport rounds had rocketed him to the summit once more.
As for his second $25k prize in as a few years, Langley mentioned it was prone to pay for the brand new automobile he purchased earlier than Christmas to switch a automobile which broke down.
Talk about good timing.
Our first back-to-back KFC SuperCoach champion has that in spades.
Originally revealed as KFC SuperCoach BBL: Andrew Langley turns into first back-to-back winner with BBL12 success
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
