All Blacks 2022
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@African-Monkey haha, for some reason I got Carl Hoeft mixed up with Afeaki, correction - Ben Afeaki is a 2x SR winner as a player with the Chiefs..
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I'd that Craig McGrath is a very highly regarded defense coach, Daniel Halangahu is their individual specialized skills/backs coach.
It seems almost unfair.
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@kiwi_expat said in Blues 2022:
I'd that Craig McGrath is an excellent defense coach, Daniel Halangahu is their individual specialized skills/backs coach.
the answer to your specific question is coaches want to work there because it's a healthy environment with a structure that supports success.
Same way the Crusaders stockpiled talent for years - success breeds success. It feels good to have some envy; for years we were a dumpster fire, and frankly 12 good months don't make up for a decade of underachievement.
something something joke about salty tears of impotent rage
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@nzzp I don't really begrudge the Blues organization, my frustration is more relating to how All Blacks are supposed to be the pinnacle, after all they are considered our 'flagship team'...
To me Foster, McLeod, Plumtree, Mooar is a reasonably acceptable coaching team for a Super Rugby team.
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@kiwi_expat said in Blues 2022:
@nzzp I don't really begrudge the Blues organization, my frustration is more relating to how All Blacks are supposed to be the pinnacle.
To me Foster, McLeod, Plumtree, Mooar is a reasonably acceptable coaching team for a Super Rugby team.
only if you never watched their Super Rugby teams
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@nzzp said in Blues 2022:
@kiwi_expat said in Blues 2022:
I'd that Craig McGrath is an excellent defense coach, Daniel Halangahu is their individual specialized skills/backs coach.
the answer to your specific question is coaches want to work there because it's a healthy environment with a structure that supports success.
Same way the Crusaders stockpiled talent for years - success breeds success. It feels good to have some envy; for years we were a dumpster fire, and frankly 12 good months don't make up for a decade of underachievement.
something something joke about salty tears of impotent rage
the Blues are the only team worth tuning in to watch at the moment. They have box office players, and i love the brand they play. If i only have time for one game a weekend (so, every weekend) generally I'll make it the Blues game.
Have fun while it lasts Blues fans.
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@kiwi_expat TBF, when the AB appointments were made, none of those were really on the radar, it was a 2 horse race between Foster and Razor, and the former had a huge headstart.
I think NZR placed too much emphasis on continuation following 2011/2015 sucesses, meaning it didnt seem they went through the process properly post 2019 RWC.
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@mariner4life Mooar wasn't a good coach, both Mansbridge & Razor couldn't wait to get rid of him as he wasn't supported or rated by the players or fellow coaches, it's well documented that he was considered a liability.
As for McLeod, he was the weakest link (by far) in an international worthy coaching group that included Jamie Joseph, Tony Brown, Clarke Dermody - and the very highly regarded John Preston.
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@kiwi_expat yeah no shit, you are making my point back at me
again
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@Frank I'd quite like that as well.
Jordie providing more size in the midfield (than last year). Clarke a power wing.
Rieko, Jordan and Beaudy with a ton of pace.
If it all came together it would cover most bases - though that "ïf" contains a fair bit of wishful thinking!
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@Chris-B said in Blues v Reds:
@Frank I'd quite like that as well.
Jordie providing more size in the midfield (than last year). Clarke a power wing.
Rieko, Jordan and Beaudy with a ton of pace.
If it all came together it would cover most bases - though that "ïf" contains a fair bit of wishful thinking!
it would at least be fun to watch come together
but, knowing NZ rugby's absolute hard on for rotation and "building depth" it would be given one test and then there would be two changes, no matter what the performance looked like.
(i blame 2011 and the need for 8 first fives for this fucking obsession with having every player in the country getting a run to build experience)
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Joe Schmidt reveals the blueprint to Ireland's success over the All Blacks
Former Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has detailed how he planned the country's first-ever wins over the All Blacks.
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@mariner4life To be honest - I think a part of that rotation is to keep key players from fucking off overseas.
e.g. If you tell either of Beaudy or Richie, "You're clearly number 2", you're risking them thinking, "Well in that case I might as well pick up my multi million pound, franc, yen cheque".
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@taniwharugby said in Blues 2022:
@kiwi_expat TBF, when the AB appointments were made, none of those were really on the radar, it was a 2 horse race between Foster and Razor, and the former had a huge headstart.
I think NZR placed too much emphasis on continuation following 2011/2015 sucesses, meaning it didnt seem they went through the process properly post 2019 RWC.
The problem is NZR (like every other union on the planet does..) needs to initially seek out the best available head coach -irrespective of age, nationality or experience - and then assist in building the best possible support team around them, that's how Aus got (Rennie, McKellar, Wisemantel, Taylor, Du-Plessis).
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@Chris-B said in Blues v Reds:
@mariner4life To be honest - I think a part of that rotation is to keep key players from fucking off overseas.
e.g. If you tell either of Beaudy or Richie, "You're clearly number 2", you're risking them thinking, "Well in that case I might as well pick up my multi million pound, franc, yen cheque".
which makes them weak fluffybunnies. They are getting paid the same to sit the pine or start FFS
And seriously, this isn't 1987 any more. The bench is getting big minutes every week.
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If NZ Rugby hired an Englishman to coach the All Blacks people would burn HQ to the ground
And rightly so.
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@mariner4life or an Eddie Jones...although right now you get the feeling people would be more open to a foreign coach than ever before
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@mariner4life Not sure they're doing it entirely for the money though - or, when you get to the RWC play-offs, that you're going to give your bench first five anything more than token minutes.
You've seen it over the years with a handful of people we wanted to keep - Piutau, Luatua - who fucked off because they didn't feel enough love.
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