Tinyiko Nukeri, Bramley: Jake White has an over-inflated ego. He forgets that when he first started [as coach] the media questioned his credentials.

He, too, failed to win the Tri-Nations Cup at first, but the SA Rugby Union was patient with him and, under his direction, the Springboks went on to win the World Cup.

During his struggles I do not remember any of his predecessors undermining White as brazenly as he has Peter de Villiers.

White is behaving as if the Boks are his; as if he is the only one qualified to save them from playing as they are now. All Saru needs to do is ignore the contracts in place and let him, the lord knight in shining armour, and his swashbuckling team of ghostbusters, save the Bok team from itself.

The tenor of his campaign is staggeringly self-conceited and presumptuous.

For all De Villiers' flaws and the caricatures of him as a bumbling person, he is still the coach in charge, appointed on merit by Saru.

He has had successes and failures.

Until Saru decides he is no longer the right man for the job, the public has to respect that, even if it does so grudgingly.

What this job is certainly not is an elected one, for which potential candidates campaign in the media and bash rival candidates.

The political landscape offers a big enough stage for potential members of Parliament to stake their claim on some manifesto or other. The Bok coaching job, on the other hand, is exactly that: a job to which one is appointed and/or dismissed, with the employer following labour laws in hiring and/or firing.

If Saru does decide to let De Villiers go, then will all qualifying potential appointees raise their hands, including messrs Chester Williams, Heynecke Meyer et al.