Chiefs 2019
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I think alot of what Gatland says has a touch of humour in it, it just aint funny when French refs have a deal!
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Next priority for NZR is to get Joe Schmidt to Blues in 2021
Joe gets a year off to spend time with family in NZ
Leon gets to learn off a maestro and NZ rugby keeps more rugby IP
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love how Cooper annouces his 'retirement' then Gatland already lined up to get in there.. that would have been months in the making with all the moving parts to make that happen...
I would have thought if the chiefs wanted cooper to stick around they would have offered him an assistant coach position cause you know "My passion is ‘hands-on’ on-the-field coaching"..
so obviously wanted him gone.
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@Stockcar86 Not a bad idea at all.
I must admit that I checked my list of signings to see for how long Jono Gibbes was contracted to La Rochelle, but that's until June 2022.
@Stargazer said in Chiefs 2019:
@Stockcar86 Not a bad idea at all.
I must admit that I checked my list of signings to see for how long Jono Gibbes was contracted to La Rochelle, but that's until June 2022.
problem with getting guys back is that they'd have to take a massive pay cut to do so.. Gats is ok cause he's still got the Lions gig and potentially AB's down the line
Jonno still young, only enticement for him would be family.. but that didn't stop him from leaving so wouldn't bring him back!
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It's being reported on Fox Sports now.
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well fuck me. Those crazy bastards actually did it.
This is pretty big for NZ rugby. Imagine what his pay cut is?
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well fuck me. Those crazy bastards actually did it.
This is pretty big for NZ rugby. Imagine what his pay cut is?
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@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.
@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2019:
@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.
One only has to look at the different way Wales play.
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well fuck me. Those crazy bastards actually did it.
This is pretty big for NZ rugby. Imagine what his pay cut is?
@mariner4life expect he managed to bank enough coin while in Wales
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@mariner4life Gatland won't be coming back for the money. The Welsh and Lions gigs will be his main earners.
@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2019:
@mariner4life Gatland won't be coming back for the money. The Welsh and Lions gigs will be his main earners.
yea, well, no shit
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Happy days! I am unreasonably excited to see the back of Cooper and welcome back Gatland.
Rennie turned the team around big time when he took over. Now let's see what happens.
@Mokey said in Chiefs 2019:
Happy days! I am unreasonably excited to see the back of Cooper and welcome back Gatland.
Rennie turned the team around big time when he took over. Now let's see what happens.
Ha ha! Same. I now have an unrealistic expectation! Crusaders of the north sort of thing but with out all the choppers.
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have to think he will be allowed his own coaching team, given it is highly likely he will leave one of them in charge while he goes on holiday to SA....
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Really surprised there isn’t much more comment on Gatlands return.
For one it is obvious that Coops was shunted aside to make the deal happen.
Secondly I have a concern that Gats has been away from the NZ game for too long. Sure he will add some new stuff in but part of the overall AB strength is a consistency through grades and levels. I don’t really see him adding any innovative stuff to our game.
The messy year in/year out/back again situation. Would hope he has some strong assistants lined up to make this work. Even then it is disruptive.
Is this the end of the Chiefs setup as created by Rennie and continued by Cooper? I don’t really see Garland in the same vein. -
Listening to Michael Collins (Chiefs CEO) on the TV news tonight he says Cooper had been having discussions with him to leave early for a while and Gatland was not spoken to until after that decision had finally been made.
As to the assistants, a season review will take place with all the current coaches but Gatland will be able to choose his own coaching staff. That could include some of the existing coaches for continuity or bringing in new assistant coaches.
