All Blacks 2025
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@Chris My apologies. Hansen does at least have some credentials though.
Ellison on the other hand has failed upwards.
If it does come to it, Jamie Joseph’s massive advantage in 2028 would be his coaching group would like be highly qualified with an array of background.
@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
@Chris My apologies. Hansen does at least have some credentials though.
Ellison on the other hand has failed upwards.
> If it does come to it, Jamie Joseph’s massive advantage in 2028 would be his coaching group would like be highly qualified with an array of background.
Joseph's big challenge is getting the Highlanders humming. If he wants to be the AB coach he needs to coach a winning team. Two things need to happen for him to be a viable option at that point. Razor needs to fail to a point where NZR and the board has no choice but to open his position and Joseph needs to turn around a franchise that has battled for years to one that is winning and a dominant force. If he can't do that. He isn't an option.
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NZRU is considering signing TSF moderator to fill end of year vacancy
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2025:
NZRU is considering signing TSF moderator to fill end of year vacancy
They could do a hell of a lot worse!
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@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
@Chris My apologies. Hansen does at least have some credentials though.
Ellison on the other hand has failed upwards.
> If it does come to it, Jamie Joseph’s massive advantage in 2028 would be his coaching group would like be highly qualified with an array of background.
Joseph's big challenge is getting the Highlanders humming. If he wants to be the AB coach he needs to coach a winning team. Two things need to happen for him to be a viable option at that point. Razor needs to fail to a point where NZR and the board has no choice but to open his position and Joseph needs to turn around a franchise that has battled for years to one that is winning and a dominant force. If he can't do that. He isn't an option.
@SouthernMann said in All Blacks 2025:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
@Chris My apologies. Hansen does at least have some credentials though.
Ellison on the other hand has failed upwards.
> If it does come to it, Jamie Joseph’s massive advantage in 2028 would be his coaching group would like be highly qualified with an array of background.
Joseph's big challenge is getting the Highlanders humming. If he wants to be the AB coach he needs to coach a winning team. Two things need to happen for him to be a viable option at that point. Razor needs to fail to a point where NZR and the board has no choice but to open his position and Joseph needs to turn around a franchise that has battled for years to one that is winning and a dominant force. If he can't do that. He isn't an option.
Maybe super rugby credentials aren't that important? Razor has several super titles to his name and yet the All Blacks look like dogs right now. Of course he has time to turn things around. Joseph has international credentials but obviously Japan is not exactly one of the six nations or a TRC team. I don't know how you shoehorn them in, but getting rid of some of these lightweight assistants and replacing them with a couple of experienced guys like Joseph and Rennie could be good
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@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
@Chris My apologies. Hansen does at least have some credentials though.
Ellison on the other hand has failed upwards.
> If it does come to it, Jamie Joseph’s massive advantage in 2028 would be his coaching group would like be highly qualified with an array of background.
Joseph's big challenge is getting the Highlanders humming. If he wants to be the AB coach he needs to coach a winning team. Two things need to happen for him to be a viable option at that point. Razor needs to fail to a point where NZR and the board has no choice but to open his position and Joseph needs to turn around a franchise that has battled for years to one that is winning and a dominant force. If he can't do that. He isn't an option.
@SouthernMann said in All Blacks 2025:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
@Chris My apologies. Hansen does at least have some credentials though.
Ellison on the other hand has failed upwards.
> If it does come to it, Jamie Joseph’s massive advantage in 2028 would be his coaching group would like be highly qualified with an array of background.
Joseph's big challenge is getting the Highlanders humming. If he wants to be the AB coach he needs to coach a winning team. Two things need to happen for him to be a viable option at that point. Razor needs to fail to a point where NZR and the board has no choice but to open his position and Joseph needs to turn around a franchise that has battled for years to one that is winning and a dominant force. If he can't do that. He isn't an option.
The Highlanders can't be the wooden spooners, but equally I don't necessarily think they have to be a dominant force. He has the credentials, and crucially in Tony Brown he has a right-hand man who will trump anyone any of the other coaches can offer.
As Robertson and Foster have proved, in the modern climate the assistant coaches might be more important than the head-honcho.
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@SouthernMann said in All Blacks 2025:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
@Chris My apologies. Hansen does at least have some credentials though.
Ellison on the other hand has failed upwards.
> If it does come to it, Jamie Joseph’s massive advantage in 2028 would be his coaching group would like be highly qualified with an array of background.
Joseph's big challenge is getting the Highlanders humming. If he wants to be the AB coach he needs to coach a winning team. Two things need to happen for him to be a viable option at that point. Razor needs to fail to a point where NZR and the board has no choice but to open his position and Joseph needs to turn around a franchise that has battled for years to one that is winning and a dominant force. If he can't do that. He isn't an option.
The Highlanders can't be the wooden spooners, but equally I don't necessarily think they have to be a dominant force. He has the credentials, and crucially in Tony Brown he has a right-hand man who will trump anyone any of the other coaches can offer.
As Robertson and Foster have proved, in the modern climate the assistant coaches might be more important than the head-honcho.
@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
@SouthernMann said in All Blacks 2025:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
@Chris My apologies. Hansen does at least have some credentials though.
Ellison on the other hand has failed upwards.
> If it does come to it, Jamie Joseph’s massive advantage in 2028 would be his coaching group would like be highly qualified with an array of background.
Joseph's big challenge is getting the Highlanders humming. If he wants to be the AB coach he needs to coach a winning team. Two things need to happen for him to be a viable option at that point. Razor needs to fail to a point where NZR and the board has no choice but to open his position and Joseph needs to turn around a franchise that has battled for years to one that is winning and a dominant force. If he can't do that. He isn't an option.
The Highlanders can't be the wooden spooners, but equally I don't necessarily think they have to be a dominant force. He has the credentials, and crucially in Tony Brown he has a right-hand man who will trump anyone any of the other coaches can offer.
As Robertson and Foster have proved, in the modern climate the assistant coaches might be more important than the head-honcho.
Fozzie's assistants were important because one of them was Schmidt....
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@Wurzel said in All Blacks 2025:
Who are the attack masterminds out there? We ain't getting Tony Brown this side of the RWC
Tyler Bleyendaal was really highly regarded at the Canes and now Leinster. Jordie said he’s one of the best attacking coaches he’s played under.
So happy Holland is gone, he was never qualified to be the Canes head coach and he was never qualified to be an AB assistant. Good riddance.
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@Wurzel said in All Blacks 2025:
Who are the attack masterminds out there? We ain't getting Tony Brown this side of the RWC
Tyler Bleyendaal was really highly regarded at the Canes and now Leinster. Jordie said he’s one of the best attacking coaches he’s played under.
So happy Holland is gone, he was never qualified to be the Canes head coach and he was never qualified to be an AB assistant. Good riddance.
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:
@Wurzel said in All Blacks 2025:
Who are the attack masterminds out there? We ain't getting Tony Brown this side of the RWC
Tyler Bleyendaal was really highly regarded at the Canes and now Leinster. Jordie said he’s one of the best attacking coaches he’s played under.
So happy Holland is gone, he was never qualified to be the Canes head coach and he was never qualified to be an AB assistant. Good riddance.
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:
@Wurzel said in All Blacks 2025:
Who are the attack masterminds out there? We ain't getting Tony Brown this side of the RWC
Tyler Bleyendaal was really highly regarded at the Canes and now Leinster. Jordie said he’s one of the best attacking coaches he’s played under.
So happy Holland is gone, he was never qualified to be the Canes head coach and he was never qualified to be an AB assistant. Good riddance.
Between Holland and Hammett, two chancers who took years from me that I'll never get back
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Holland leaving is no surprise. Never thought he was up to it anyway.
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I’ve mentioned Bleyendaal before - would love to know if he’s got an out clause in his contract.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2025:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2025:
Tyler Bleyandaal another good Canterbury and Crusader man.
It is good to see you so excited enjoy.
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@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
@Chris My apologies. Hansen does at least have some credentials though.
Ellison on the other hand has failed upwards.
> If it does come to it, Jamie Joseph’s massive advantage in 2028 would be his coaching group would like be highly qualified with an array of background.
Joseph's big challenge is getting the Highlanders humming. If he wants to be the AB coach he needs to coach a winning team. Two things need to happen for him to be a viable option at that point. Razor needs to fail to a point where NZR and the board has no choice but to open his position and Joseph needs to turn around a franchise that has battled for years to one that is winning and a dominant force. If he can't do that. He isn't an option.
@SouthernMann said in All Blacks 2025:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
@Chris My apologies. Hansen does at least have some credentials though.
Ellison on the other hand has failed upwards.
> If it does come to it, Jamie Joseph’s massive advantage in 2028 would be his coaching group would like be highly qualified with an array of background.
Joseph's big challenge is getting the Highlanders humming. If he wants to be the AB coach he needs to coach a winning team. Two things need to happen for him to be a viable option at that point. Razor needs to fail to a point where NZR and the board has no choice but to open his position and Joseph needs to turn around a franchise that has battled for years to one that is winning and a dominant force. If he can't do that. He isn't an option.
I think you’re being a bit over the top here.
Robertson only needs to be imperfect enough to make NZ Rugby think there might be something better available. And if he wins the World Cup, he’s off to coach another team anyway apparently.
Joseph doesn’t need to make the Highlanders a dominant force. To put himself in the frame, he only needs to prove he can take a struggling team and significantly improve their performance to the point where he looks capable of getting the best from the All Blacks.
And I don’t think it’s all about the head coach anyway. The ideal situation would see a team of coaches working together, all excellent at the particular areas they’re assigned.
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The fact he gets to go on the EOYT is another nail in the coffin of the idea the All Blacks are a high performance unit.
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Oil update.
Jason Holland to step down after the end of year tour I’m hearing.
Reliable source, as always will wear it if wrong but have no reason to believe it isn’t accurate. Very interesting development. Can expect a possible announcement over the next day or week.
@Landers92 said in All Blacks 2025:
Oil update.
Jason Holland to step down after the end of year tour I’m hearing.
Reliable source, as always will wear it if wrong but have no reason to believe it isn’t accurate. Very interesting development. Can expect a possible announcement over the next day or week.
I posted the rumor that he was unhappy and isolated after the historic thrahing by SA. Turns out it was right.
The only non-Crusader leaves. What a disaster.
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Anyone who spins this as a negative is a moron. Holland was never qualified for the job in the first place.
Can’t remember too many glorious ‘strike’ plays under his watch…
What I would like to see is a new attack coach, with Hansen shifting back to defence (which he previously held for the Crusaders?) and a slimming of Ellison’s role.
@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
Anyone who spins this as a negative is a moron. Holland was never qualified for the job in the first place.
Can’t remember too many glorious ‘strike’ plays under his watch…
What I would like to see is a new attack coach, with Hansen shifting back to defence (which he previously held for the Crusaders?) and a slimming of Ellison’s role.
There were two tries in Boks 1 this year that were excellent strike plays.
