All Blacks 2025
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@Tim said in All Blacks 2025:
@stodders said in All Blacks 2025:
He needs to be given the chance to fix it.
Nope. He's had long enough, and he is a dunce.
Time for executive action. Move on.
It is a shame the Blues performed so badly this year. Vern Cotter would have been the clear candidate with Jamie Joseph to come in. I know there were injuries, but it was still a large drop off from last year.
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@Tim said in All Blacks 2025:
@stodders I dunno.
Brown would be a great addition. Not Cotter as head coach, and not keen on Joseph for that role either.
Now ... how about a foreign head coach?
It might blow out some of the arrogance in the upper echelons of NZ rugby. I think that may be a step too far though. A foreign assistant coach may be the best first step. Get the Toulouse attack coach
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Scott Robertson has been found out as a massive dud and should be relieved of his duties.
Just pay the compensation and let him go.
I'd approach Jamie Joseph and Vern Cotter to be the caretakers for the Bledisloe Cup, then Joe Schmidt as the new boss for the EOYT through to the World Cup campaign.
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@Tim said in All Blacks 2025:
@stodders I dunno.
Brown would be a great addition. Not Cotter as head coach, and not keen on Joseph for that role either.
Now ... how about a foreign head coach?
Brown is going nowhere before 2027. After that, he will head back to NZ if wanted with a new management team at the helm. Robinson and team have done significant damage that will take time to repair.
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Why would Schmidt leave Australia?
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@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:
Scott Robertson has been found out as a massive dud and should be relieved of his duties.
Just pay the compensation and let him go.
I'd approach Jamie Joseph and Vern Cotter to be the caretakers for the Bledisloe Cup, then Joe Schmidt as the new boss for the EOYT through to the World Cup campaign.
It isn’t so much his fault as it is Mark Robinson and the panel that selected him. They got swept up by populism, which is not something NZRU was known for. They decided to split from the continuity process put in place since Henry, but the reality was they have most of the team they needed already there (Ryan and Schmidt). They just needed to select the right head coach rather than change it all completely.
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks 2025:
Why would Schmidt leave Australia?
He’s stepping down. Laurie Fisher is taking over after the RC.
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@MiketheSnow Always on a short contract. Has a seriously ill child he needs to be close too.
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@stodders said in All Blacks 2025:
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks 2025:
Why would Schmidt leave Australia?
He’s stepping down. Laurie Fisher is taking over after the RC.
And is he not stepping down due to family commitments?
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@MiketheSnow He's leaving Australia at the end of the Rugby Championship and Les Kiss will take over as Wallabies job.
Joe Schmidt is going to be living back in NZ. Whether he would take the AB's Head Coaching job, given personal matters, is not certain.
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@MiketheSnow The All Blacks is our family.
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@Tim said in All Blacks 2025:
@MiketheSnow Always on a short contract. Has a seriously ill child he needs to be close too.
Technical advisor for the ABs would be great for Schmidt. Or skills coach. He wouldn’t need to travel so much. ABs need someone to take over from Wayne Smith in the innovation stakes. Could do a lot worse than Schmidt. He creates high performing environments. Maybe Director of NZ Rugby?
