Munier forced himself to watch the whole Springboks vs Ireland match last Saturday.
Eish, it was one of the worst performances by the Bokke.
All in all, it was a frustra- ting 80 minutes of poor quality rugby.
To the mense who sang the praises of the Irish afterwards - what game were you watching?
Yes, the home team was merciless on defence, and their kicking game was accurate.
But they were scrappy, sloppy and couldn’t build any momentum with ball in hand.
After psyching himself up all week, Munier dozed off midway through the second half.
When he woke up, so did the Irish, who showed a bit of class in the end to run away with a 38-3 win.
With a woeful scoreline like that, the headlines and the post-match reaction had already been written.
“Fire Allister Coetzee!” “Stop the quotas.” “Keep politics out of sport.”
Isn’t it funny how whenever the Boks lose, politics and race are inevitably to blame?
Were Beast Mtawarira, Siya Kolisi, Elton Jantjies, Courtnall Skosan and Dillyn Leyds really the reason why we lost?
OK, Skosan did go missing under that high ball to let in the first Irish try - but come on!
Then when the Bokke score a big win and Kolisi is named Man of the Match, then it’s Rainbow Nation rugby at its best.
Rubbish, man!
The Bokke were vrot- finish en klaar.
From the kick-off, they were clueless, they looked unsure, like they didn’t have a game plan.
And when “Plan A” flopped, they didn’t seem to have a “Plan B”.
Frankly, they looked like they hadn’t been coached at all.
Munier refuses to entertain talk about South African players not having the skills - not being able to pass, catch, kick or play running rugby.
Criticism that South African players are not able to think on their feet and make correct decisions, that theory doesn’t hold water either.
If that were true, the Springbok Sevens wouldn’t be world champions.
They are South Africans too, are they not?
So where do they get their mad skills and rugby intelligence from?
For that matter, how did the Lions manage to top the Super Rugby log, run rings around the New Zealand teams and make back-to-back finals?
Hell, were it not for that red card at Ellis Park, they might be Super Rugby champs today.
South Africa has the talent, in such abundance in fact that there is a Saffer in almost every top European club.
Which brings Munier to another point: what’s wrong with our players or coaches plying their trade abroad?
SAFA didn’t bar Benni McCarthy from playing for Bafana Bafana during his stints at clubs in Holland, Portugal, Spain and England.
So why punish our rugby players and brand them traitors for wanting to travel a bit and earn some foreign currency?
SA Rugby should really rethink this overseas player policy.
But back to the current Bok team and their problems.
Munier is going to be brutally honest here: Coetzee is not the man to take the team forward.
The manne are playing well below their potential. They are no longer a force in world rugby, and morale is sapped.
The Cape will always be indebted to Toetie for delivering Currie Cup glory.
But we all know his shortcoming is his conservative, defensive approach.
And that is the last thing the Boks need in their bid to conquer the world.
What we need is an innovative, dynamic coach.
A master tactician who is not going to play catch-up with All Blacks rugby, but is going to go one better than the world champs.
The kind of coach who can turn minnows Japan into Springbok giant killers.
The kind of coach who can turn a disgraced England World Cup 2015 squad into double Six Nations champions - and lead them on a record-equalling run of 18 Test victories.
The kind of coach who helped Jake White win the 2007 World Cup for us.
But since Eddie Jones is unavailable, the next name on Munier’s wish list would be former Lions coach Johan Ackermann.
Just not Coetzee. Sorry, but he has to go.