Foster, Robertson etc

[DaGrubster]

@Victor-Meldrew

On the Razor front, I’m not surprised that he didn’t want to do an assistant role.

Just as some people are suited to assistant coach roles and not head coach , the same is true for some people suited to head coach roles and not assistant coach.

Razor is a head coach through and through and regarded as one of the best in the world at the moment. He doesn’t have the specialist focus/knowledge that someone like a Jason Ryan brings to the forward coaching role.

If the rumour (that seems to be accepted as truth) that he was offered the AB head coach role last month, only to be rescinded, then I can’t imagine he would then accept an assistant role.

Personally, I think that he is a generational talent that will eventually be regarded as one of the great coaches, so we should secure him at all costs.

The reality of the situation is that we will probably lose him to a NH nation such as England and like so many NZ coaches before, cannot afford to lure him back due to $’s, timing and probably a complete lack of feeling wanted.

There is also the perception that he is not the type of persona the NZR want for their flagship brand.

[voodoo]

@DaGrubster just to challenge one point, how many coaches have we lost offshore and wanted back but not been able to afford them?

[nzzp]

@voodoo said in Foster:

@DaGrubster just to challenge one point, how many coaches have we lost offshore and wanted back but not been able to afford them?

Rennie
Joseph
Brown
Cotter
Schmidt

I'd take any of them, but they wouldn't take a pay cut to come back. Folk aren't coming back to coach in NZ for money.

[Nepia]

@nzzp said in Foster:

@voodoo said in Foster:

@DaGrubster just to challenge one point, how many coaches have we lost offshore and wanted back but not been able to afford them?

Rennie
Joseph
Brown
Cotter
Schmidt

I'd take any of them, but they wouldn't take a pay cut to come back. Folk aren't coming back to coach in NZ for money.

Huh? I think all of them would take a pay cut to coach the ABs without a second thought (aside from Brown who doesn't appear to want a head coach role and Schmidt who is already back and doesn't want the role for family reasons, apparently).

[mariner4life]

@Nepia said in Foster:

@nzzp said in Foster:

@voodoo said in Foster:

@DaGrubster just to challenge one point, how many coaches have we lost offshore and wanted back but not been able to afford them?

Rennie
Joseph
Brown
Cotter
Schmidt

I'd take any of them, but they wouldn't take a pay cut to come back. Folk aren't coming back to coach in NZ for money.

Huh? I think all of them would take a pay cut to coach the ABs without a second thought (aside from Brown who doesn't appear to want a head coach role and Schmidt who is already back and doesn't want the role for family reasons, apparently).

why the fuck would anyone want the job for any money? Being the AB coach is the shittest coaching gig on the planet

You are expected to win every game. You are expected to win every game by a decent margin. You are expected to win every game by a decent margin while playing free flowing football, while at the same time nailing the basics and being pragmatic.

There are never more than a couple of teams you are allowed to lose to without vociferous calls for your head. None of those losses are ever allowed in NZ

And if you win? everyone shrugs and says "of course you did, you are the ABs"

Fuck that

[canefan]

@mariner4life said in Foster:

@Nepia said in Foster:

@nzzp said in Foster:

@voodoo said in Foster:

@DaGrubster just to challenge one point, how many coaches have we lost offshore and wanted back but not been able to afford them?

Rennie
Joseph
Brown
Cotter
Schmidt

I'd take any of them, but they wouldn't take a pay cut to come back. Folk aren't coming back to coach in NZ for money.

Huh? I think all of them would take a pay cut to coach the ABs without a second thought (aside from Brown who doesn't appear to want a head coach role and Schmidt who is already back and doesn't want the role for family reasons, apparently).

why the fuck would anyone want the job for any money? Being the AB coach is the shittest coaching gig on the planet

You are expected to win every game. You are expected to win every game by a decent margin. You are expected to win every game by a decent margin while playing free flowing football, while at the same time nailing the basics and being pragmatic.

There are never more than a couple of teams you are allowed to lose to without vociferous calls for your head. None of those losses are ever allowed in NZ

And if you win? everyone shrugs and says "of course you did, you are the ABs"

Fuck that

Not for the faint hearted

[Nepia]

@mariner4life said in Foster:

@Nepia said in Foster:

@nzzp said in Foster:

@voodoo said in Foster:

@DaGrubster just to challenge one point, how many coaches have we lost offshore and wanted back but not been able to afford them?

Rennie
Joseph
Brown
Cotter
Schmidt

I'd take any of them, but they wouldn't take a pay cut to come back. Folk aren't coming back to coach in NZ for money.

Huh? I think all of them would take a pay cut to coach the ABs without a second thought (aside from Brown who doesn't appear to want a head coach role and Schmidt who is already back and doesn't want the role for family reasons, apparently).

why the fuck would anyone want the job for any money? Being the AB coach is the shittest coaching gig on the planet

You are expected to win every game. You are expected to win every game by a decent margin. You are expected to win every game by a decent margin while playing free flowing football, while at the same time nailing the basics and being pragmatic.

There are never more than a couple of teams you are allowed to lose to without vociferous calls for your head. None of those losses are ever allowed in NZ

And if you win**? everyone shrugs and says "of course you did, you are the ABs"**

Fuck that

TBF Fozzie may have lowered that expectation now. But yeah agree, could well be one of the shittest jobs in the country.

[canefan]

@Nepia said in Foster:

@mariner4life said in Foster:

@Nepia said in Foster:

@nzzp said in Foster:

@voodoo said in Foster:

@DaGrubster just to challenge one point, how many coaches have we lost offshore and wanted back but not been able to afford them?

Rennie
Joseph
Brown
Cotter
Schmidt

I'd take any of them, but they wouldn't take a pay cut to come back. Folk aren't coming back to coach in NZ for money.

Huh? I think all of them would take a pay cut to coach the ABs without a second thought (aside from Brown who doesn't appear to want a head coach role and Schmidt who is already back and doesn't want the role for family reasons, apparently).

why the fuck would anyone want the job for any money? Being the AB coach is the shittest coaching gig on the planet

You are expected to win every game. You are expected to win every game by a decent margin. You are expected to win every game by a decent margin while playing free flowing football, while at the same time nailing the basics and being pragmatic.

There are never more than a couple of teams you are allowed to lose to without vociferous calls for your head. None of those losses are ever allowed in NZ

And if you win**? everyone shrugs and says "of course you did, you are the ABs"**

Fuck that

TBF Fozzie may have lowered that expectation now. But yeah agree, could well be one of the shittest jobs in the country.

Except when shit like this happens

Then it is a godlike experience

[canefan]

As a rugby coach it is surely the greatest honour and heaviest responsibility

[cgrant]

@DaGrubster said in Foster:

@cgrant

Our defence has been pretty poor for a few years. It is too passive, the defence system can be broken down and and we don’t have enough urgency in defence.

Before the 2 sackings this year, people were calling for McLeod to be replaced last year.

I’m not truly up to speed with other coaches we have in Nz. Is there any Defensive coach in NZ that would be an improvement?

Defence seems like an area that we could go outside NZ to get an individual to improve our defensive ability.

We are improving from the horror start of the season but defence is one of the biggest weakness we have.

Wayne Smith did very well in that job.

[Machpants]

@mariner4life said in Foster:

@Nepia said in Foster:

@nzzp said in Foster:

@voodoo said in Foster:

@DaGrubster just to challenge one point, how many coaches have we lost offshore and wanted back but not been able to afford them?

Rennie
Joseph
Brown
Cotter
Schmidt

I'd take any of them, but they wouldn't take a pay cut to come back. Folk aren't coming back to coach in NZ for money.

Huh? I think all of them would take a pay cut to coach the ABs without a second thought (aside from Brown who doesn't appear to want a head coach role and Schmidt who is already back and doesn't want the role for family reasons, apparently).

why the fuck would anyone want the job for any money? Being the AB coach is the shittest coaching gig on the planet

You are expected to win every game. You are expected to win every game by a decent margin. You are expected to win every game by a decent margin while playing free flowing football, while at the same time nailing the basics and being pragmatic.

There are never more than a couple of teams you are allowed to lose to without vociferous calls for your head. None of those losses are ever allowed in NZ

And if you win? everyone shrugs and says "of course you did, you are the ABs"

Fuck that

Same as people who join the SAS, or climb stupid cliff faces without gear, or who do 50 marathons in 50 days - gotta have that attitude

[Machpants]

@DaGrubster said in Foster:

@cgrant

Our defence has been pretty poor for a few years. It is too passive, the defence system can be broken down and and we don’t have enough urgency in defence.

Before the 2 sackings this year, people were calling for McLeod to be replaced last year.

I’m not truly up to speed with other coaches we have in Nz. Is there any Defensive coach in NZ that would be an improvement?

Defence seems like an area that we could go outside NZ to get an individual to improve our defensive ability.

We are improving from the horror start of the season but defence is one of the biggest weakness we have.

Hiring a League coach seems de rigueur for this role

[Crucial]

@mariner4life said in Foster:

@Nepia said in Foster:

@nzzp said in Foster:

@voodoo said in Foster:

@DaGrubster just to challenge one point, how many coaches have we lost offshore and wanted back but not been able to afford them?

Rennie
Joseph
Brown
Cotter
Schmidt

I'd take any of them, but they wouldn't take a pay cut to come back. Folk aren't coming back to coach in NZ for money.

Huh? I think all of them would take a pay cut to coach the ABs without a second thought (aside from Brown who doesn't appear to want a head coach role and Schmidt who is already back and doesn't want the role for family reasons, apparently).

why the fuck would anyone want the job for any money? Being the AB coach is the shittest coaching gig on the planet

You are expected to win every game. You are expected to win every game by a decent margin. You are expected to win every game by a decent margin while playing free flowing football, while at the same time nailing the basics and being pragmatic.

There are never more than a couple of teams you are allowed to lose to without vociferous calls for your head. None of those losses are ever allowed in NZ

And if you win? everyone shrugs and says "of course you did, you are the ABs"

Fuck that

Bang on.
It can be shit being one of those fans as well and searching for enjoyment.

[voodoo]

@nzzp said in Foster:

@voodoo said in Foster:

@DaGrubster just to challenge one point, how many coaches have we lost offshore and wanted back but not been able to afford them?

Rennie
Joseph
Brown
Cotter
Schmidt

I'd take any of them, but they wouldn't take a pay cut to come back. Folk aren't coming back to coach in NZ for money.

Joseph and Brown we told to not bother applying. We never sought Rennie in time. Schmidt was out.

Did we really try to get Cotter?

I dont think anyone those guys were sought after but we couldn't get them cos money

[Machpants]

@voodoo said in Foster:

Joseph and Brown we told to not bother applying. We never sought Rennie in time. Schmidt was out.

Um what? Brown said he turned down both Foster and Razor, Joseph decided on Japan (early same as Rennie). 26 candidates were invited

[voodoo]

@Machpants said in Foster:

@voodoo said in Foster:

Joseph and Brown we told to not bother applying. We never sought Rennie in time. Schmidt was out.

Um what? Brown said he turned down both Foster and Razor, Joseph decided on Japan (early same as Rennie). 26 candidates were invited

Brown wanted to work with Joseph, didn't say he wanted more money.

Joseph and Rennnie both had no shot and they knew it. Timing and process, nothing to do with coin

[Machpants]

@voodoo said in Foster:

@Machpants said in Foster:

@voodoo said in Foster:

Joseph and Brown we told to not bother applying. We never sought Rennie in time. Schmidt was out.

Um what? Brown said he turned down both Foster and Razor, Joseph decided on Japan (early same as Rennie). 26 candidates were invited

Brown wanted to work with Joseph, didn't say he wanted more money.

Joseph and Rennnie both had no shot and they knew it. Timing and process, nothing to do with coin

So they were asked to apply but didn't. That's the opposite of "Joseph and Brown we told to not bother applying". I'm not talking about money, but your statement they were told not to bother

[voodoo]

@Machpants said in Foster:

@voodoo said in Foster:

@Machpants said in Foster:

@voodoo said in Foster:

Joseph and Brown we told to not bother applying. We never sought Rennie in time. Schmidt was out.

Um what? Brown said he turned down both Foster and Razor, Joseph decided on Japan (early same as Rennie). 26 candidates were invited

Brown wanted to work with Joseph, didn't say he wanted more money.

Joseph and Rennnie both had no shot and they knew it. Timing and process, nothing to do with coin

So they were asked to apply but didn't. That's the opposite of "Joseph and Brown we told to not bother applying"

The process gave them no shot and they knew it. NZR had every chance to do it differently but didnt.

Anyway, it's not the point. The point is that we haven't lost anyone to money when we wanted them back

[Machpants]

@voodoo said in Foster:

@Machpants said in Foster:

@voodoo said in Foster:

@Machpants said in Foster:

@voodoo said in Foster:

Joseph and Brown we told to not bother applying. We never sought Rennie in time. Schmidt was out.

Um what? Brown said he turned down both Foster and Razor, Joseph decided on Japan (early same as Rennie). 26 candidates were invited

Brown wanted to work with Joseph, didn't say he wanted more money.

Joseph and Rennnie both had no shot and they knew it. Timing and process, nothing to do with coin

So they were asked to apply but didn't. That's the opposite of "Joseph and Brown we told to not bother applying"

The process gave them no shot and they knew it. NZR had every chance to do it differently but didnt.

Anyway, it's not the point. The point is that we haven't lost anyone to money when we wanted them back

The point is they were not told not to apply. They decided not to, as NZR are useless fluffybunnies and they thought it was obvious the result would go, but that's very different from being told not to apply directly.

[junior]

@DaGrubster said in Foster:

@Victor-Meldrew

On the Razor front, I’m not surprised that he didn’t want to do an assistant role.

Just as some people are suited to assistant coach roles and not head coach , the same is true for some people suited to head coach roles and not assistant coach.

Razor is a head coach through and through and regarded as one of the best in the world at the moment. He doesn’t have the specialist focus/knowledge that someone like a Jason Ryan brings to the forward coaching role.

If the rumour (that seems to be accepted as truth) that he was offered the AB head coach role last month, only to be rescinded, then I can’t imagine he would then accept an assistant role.

Personally, I think that he is a generational talent that will eventually be regarded as one of the great coaches, so we should secure him at all costs.

The reality of the situation is that we will probably lose him to a NH nation such as England and like so many NZ coaches before, cannot afford to lure him back due to $’s, timing and probably a complete lack of feeling wanted.

There is also the perception that he is not the type of persona the NZR want for their flagship brand.

I just cannot fathom how NZR would consider that a guy like Fozzie has the personality to lead one of the world's leading sports brands.