Chiefs 2019

[Mokey]

@Chris I'm going to have to insist you stop disrespecting Muppets with such a comparison.

[Chris]

@Mokey yeah fair call massively unfair on Muppetts
But I have no other comparison with coaches who have nothing except manipulation from other people with their hand up their arse

[KiwiMurph]

#BREAKING The @radiosportnz  Breakfast can confirm Warren Gatland will coach @ChiefsRugby in 2020, 2022 and 2023, with a year off to coach the British and Irish Lions in 2021.

[E African Troll]

@KiwiMurph said in Chiefs 2019:

#BREAKING The @radiosportnz  Breakfast can confirm Warren Gatland will coach @ChiefsRugby in 2020, 2022 and 2023, with a year off to coach the British and Irish Lions in 2021.

WOW!!!

Chiefs has hired the best coach in NZ from next year onwards

Big Time move

[Hooroo]

@KiwiMurph said in Chiefs 2019:

#BREAKING The @radiosportnz  Breakfast can confirm Warren Gatland will coach @ChiefsRugby in 2020, 2022 and 2023, with a year off to coach the British and Irish Lions in 2021.

Is this Fake??

[E African Troll]

@Hooroo said in Chiefs 2019:

The @radiosportnz

Na

https://twitter.com/radiosportnz/status/1144325900709666816

[Hooroo]

@Jaguares4real said in Chiefs 2019:

@Hooroo said in Chiefs 2019:

The @radiosportnz

Na

https://twitter.com/radiosportnz/status/1144325900709666816

Cheers!

EXCELLENT!!!

[Yeetyaah]

@KiwiMurph Woooo called it

[Stargazer]

Weird that that news about Gatland has not yet been announced/confirmed by the Chiefs or NZR.

[Bovidae]

Great news if true.

The big story will be who Gatland's assistants are because one of them will have to assume the role of coach in 2021.

I'm not sure if Matson, Barnes and White (plus Randle) also have contracts until 2020 or Gatland would be free to bring in his own coaching team.
@Stargazer ??

[pukunui]

Hammerchiefs2021 he only needs 1 year to work his magic.

[mariner4life]

Fake News, surely

[Nepia]

Is he going to play Warrenball or adapt a style to NZ. I assume he'll play a mix.

[mariner4life]

@Nepia said in Chiefs 2019:

Is he going to play Warrenball or adapt a style to NZ. I assume he'll play a mix.

If we are hard to score against, with a rock solid set piece, then DMAc and ALB can take care of the rest.

Type of coach that might attract players as well?

I'll still wait for something more official

Hopefully the drop in pressure from being in charge of Wales/Lions will remove the grumpy from his ass.

[Nepia]

@mariner4life said in Chiefs 2019:

@Nepia said in Chiefs 2019:

Is he going to play Warrenball or adapt a style to NZ. I assume he'll play a mix.

If we are hard to score against, with a rock solid set piece, then DMAc and ALB can take care of the rest.

Type of coach that might attract players as well?

I'll still wait for something more official

Hopefully the drop in pressure from being in charge of Wales/Lions will remove the grumpy from his ass.

I'm waiting for @Stargazer to post it before I believe it's 100% true.

I wonder if he'll turn into Hansen who always used to come across as grumpy before his dry-ish humour started being shown.

[Bovidae]

@Nepia When Gatland coached Waikato the backs played very expansively while the forwards were well-drilled.

It comes down to the cattle you have to work with.

[taniwharugby]

@Nepia he has posted above, with similar reservations as M4L....

[mariner4life]

@Nepia said in Chiefs 2019:

@mariner4life said in Chiefs 2019:

@Nepia said in Chiefs 2019:

Is he going to play Warrenball or adapt a style to NZ. I assume he'll play a mix.

If we are hard to score against, with a rock solid set piece, then DMAc and ALB can take care of the rest.

Type of coach that might attract players as well?

I'll still wait for something more official

Hopefully the drop in pressure from being in charge of Wales/Lions will remove the grumpy from his ass.

I'm waiting for @Stargazer to post it before I believe it's 100% true.

I wonder if he'll turn into Hansen who always used to come across as grumpy before his dry-ish humour started being shown.

haha you mean when he started coaching a team we supported?

[taniwharugby]

I think alot of what Gatland says has a touch of humour in it, it just aint funny when French refs have a deal!

[Machpants]

@Nepia said in Chiefs 2019:

Is he going to play Warrenball or adapt a style to NZ. I assume he'll play a mix.

He has moved beyond Warrenball with Wales, so I'm sure he'll do the same with the Chiefs