Blues 2018
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Will this get the crowds along next week...
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Traffic light blocking the word “Kids”
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@duluth haha...nice.
See rather than say they can come free, go to schools and hand out free tickets for kids, that way kids go home and pester mum and dad to take them, whereas saying kids come free, there isn't that free pressure from kids to go.
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"Blake's not far away [from returning] which is a positive," Umaga said.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12062362
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Blues chairman resigns after disappointing five-year spell
Having overseen a tumultuous five years at the club, Blues chairman Tony Carter has announced that he will leave the side at the end of the 2018 season.
Taking over in 2013, Carter oversaw the joining of Auckland, North Harbour and Northland to become Blues Limited Partnership.
However, although the organisation remains a success from a business standpoint, Carter says the on field results do not reflect the work going on behind the scenes.
"My personal view is the board needs more rugby expertise on it and for that reason I have told the board it is time for me to step aside and allow the shareholders to consider bringing in someone that can make a greater contribution to the rugby programme," he said.
"We all believe we are close to unlocking the playing potential of this club and have the right people in place to do so. I believe someone with different experiences as the new Chairman could help take our performance to the next level.
"It has been a privilege to Chair the Blues and I thank the shareholders, my fellow directors and NZ Rugby for their support during my tenure. I wish the Club every success in the future".
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@duluth said in Blues 2018:
Good. Tony Carter has more integrity then Redman, Umaga and Jackson.
One person with personal standards is not enough though. Hopefully the others show some decency and fuck off too.
Yes, good on him for having the self awareness and integrity to put the franchise's success first. Next should be the CEO and Coach, then select members of the board.
Hopefully this the beginning of accountability, and the search for competent back office staff so we can avoid farcical appointments like Tana in the first place.
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So Michael Collins with the last pass.
His other noteworthy contribution to the game was throwing Akira a hospital pass.
Tana of course rushed Collins in to 15 - despite the fact Duffie had actually found form at 15 in recent weeks. But no - Tana shifts Duffie back to wing where has been poor this year (and he was again poor) and Collins at 15 who was also poor (and provides 0 attacking thrust cos he is as slow as molasses). A double whammy selection fail.
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@kirwan said in Blues 2018:
Hopefully this the beginning of accountability, and the search for competent back office staff so we can avoid farcical appointments like Tana in the first place.
Appointing him wasn't a farce at the time. He'd done good things with Counties, and had a few years of coaching experience in pro/semi pro environments. Very different to Hammett, for instance.
it's just everything since then has been a bit poo fingered.
Ah, we're all going to regret this when he coaches the Blues to the title next season [insert ironic grin here]
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@nzzp said in Blues 2018:
Appointing him wasn't a farce at the time.
It wasn't farcical but it was risky
I didn't criticise him much during the first two years. The old mantra was 'judge him after three years'. Alarm bells went off when he tried to get an extension, regardless of results, before this season kicked off and he used sycophants in the media (Patrick McKendry) to campaign for that.
Were the wheels already beginning to fall off before the season started?Getting another years salary, ultimately paid for by fans, is his greatest achievement at the Blues.
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@duluth said in Blues 2018:
Getting another years salary, ultimately paid for by fans, is his greatest achievement at the Blues.
If you could bank bitter tears, angriness on the internet and excessive red wine consumption, he'd be able to retire.
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@tim "My personal view is the board needs more rugby expertise on it"
Good fucking grief. That this even needs to be said...I guess good on Carter, but five years these idiots have been grinding the franchise into the mud. The damage that he and fucking Redman and the procession of rubbish celebrity coaches have done is massive. I mean seriously? "We are close to unlocking the playing potential of this club". Dude, you are the fucking franchise of the biggest city in NZ, that used to be the powerhouse and is now an embarrassment.
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I'm still a bit mystified as to why Leon has taken up the Asst. coach gig.
He's surely not going to have free rein to make sweeping changes, he's going to be plugged into a stumbling regime, with a high probability of failing.
So then he's tarnished in terms of getting appointed as Head Coach and - even if he is - he's no longer a bright new saviour from the players' perspective.
I just don't see where there's a big win for him - unless he manages to turn the Blues around and even then Tana gets the public credit and presumably an extension.
