All Black Coach - Ian Foster
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I like that he was honest about it. That alone fills me with confidence that they're going to address it.
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@Tim said in All Black Coach - Ian Foster:
@voodoo It's one thing to think it, but quite another for the coach to publicly acknowledge a critical failing of the team.
It's basically the story of the RWC semi-final loss. If he tries to harden us up then I'm all for it. Bring back some smash mouth rugby
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@Tim said in All Black Coach - Ian Foster:
I opened that thinking it was going to be a big whine by Robertson. It was the opposite.
Kudos to him from getting strength from a tough interview.
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@Hooroo said in All Black Coach - Ian Foster:
@Tim said in All Black Coach - Ian Foster:
I opened that thinking it was going to be a big whine by Robertson. It was the opposite.
Kudos to him from getting strength from a tough interview.
I actually opened that thinking it would be the opposite ... the headline just seemed to sensationalist.
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I think Henry has also said that he expects Razor to be the AB coach - just not this time round it seems. I reckon the harder Henry pushes the more he probably rates you. Possibly a hangover from his principal days.
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@Paekakboyz said in All Black Coach - Ian Foster:
I think Henry has also said that he expects Razor to be the AB coach - just not this time round it seems. I reckon the harder Henry pushes the more he probably rates you. Possibly a hangover from his principal days.
I think Razor stands a better chance to be a strong long term ABs coach if he gets a little more seasoning. Maybe even an overseas gig too
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@canefan said in All Black Coach - Ian Foster:
@Paekakboyz said in All Black Coach - Ian Foster:
I think Henry has also said that he expects Razor to be the AB coach - just not this time round it seems. I reckon the harder Henry pushes the more he probably rates you. Possibly a hangover from his principal days.
I think Razor stands a better chance to be a strong long term ABs coach if he gets a little more seasoning. Maybe even an overseas gig too
Yeah, agree. I think John Mitchell has forever ruined inexperienced coaches getting the top job.
Even though I think it's been well proven that John Mitchells main problem was John Mitchell, not his experience.
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@MajorRage inexperienced as a head coach at international level you mean? He'd coached the forwards in both Ireland and England.
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@Bones said in All Black Coach - Ian Foster:
@MajorRage inexperienced as a head coach at international level you mean? He'd coached the forwards in both Ireland and England.
General experience. Mitchell had only a few months head coach experience I think. Robertson has zero overseas experience.
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@Paekakboyz said in All Black Coach - Ian Foster:
I think Henry has also said that he expects Razor to be the AB coach - just not this time round it seems. I reckon the harder Henry pushes the more he probably rates you. Possibly a hangover from his principal days.
Ted has also been pretty self-critical on his preparedness for the Welsh and Lions roles in parts and he had decades more experience than Razor (different time of course).
@Hooroo said in All Black Coach - Ian Foster:
I opened that thinking it was going to be a big whine by Robertson.
The bit about them obviously wanting continuity is a bit of a whine, but certainly not of Deans proportions after 2007.
I do really wish Rennie and/or Joseph had have put their hand up and the process hadn't been so binary as continuity vs change.
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John Mitchell gets an awful lot of crap for a bloke that won two out of two Tri-Nations, won back the bledisloe (after how many years?) Coached a team that put 50 past Aus and SA away in consecutive weeks.
I'm not saying he was a great coach, but he's far from terrible. His assistant coaching results would point to that. John's problem appears to be his complete inability to get along with people when he is in charge.
You're never going to get anything tactical out of these conferences, just some generic babble speak. Not really sure why they bother at all
